Course Selection and college admissions

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<p>Some advice please....</p>

<p>My son just called me from school. (He attends a top tier boarding school in New England). It is the beginning of his second week and he says he is overwhelmed with the amount of work. He is a junior and is taking Calculus, Honors Chemistry, and Honors Spanish 4. He would like to drop down to regular Spanish 4. He has been in honors Spanish since Spanish 2 and got a B+ in Honors 3 last year. The instructor felt he seemed a bit lost, though, and suggested he go with non-honors this year. He did not want to go off the honors track, so he asked if he could stay in the honors class. The instructor acquiesced. Now my son is not so sure. He is concerned about how this will look to colleges (dropping down to non-honors). His instructor told him he could take AP if he gets an A in the non-honors section. I suggested dropping the honors chemistry, but he says he likes it. Thought, comments, suggestions?</p>

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<p>don’t make him drop a class he likes (chemistry). I’d let him drop the Spanish, but tell him he better get an A and take AP next year, or else! Then I don’t think it would look bad, since he had a tough schedule junior year, and stayed with spanish all the way to AP.</p>