<p>D wants to drop AP Euro next semester. She does not enjoy the class and feels it is a waste of her time. She has an A so far, so it's not because she can't do the work. She just dislikes the class. How bad would it look if she dropped it and took a non-honors, non-AP one semester course? Also, since the AP class is listed on all her apps, will she have to call the schools she already submitted to and let them know?</p>
<p>My gut feeling is against this, but I generally try to keep out of her class choice decisions. What do you think?</p>
<p>hmmm…can you give us (or PM me) her list? and the rest of her classes? (given that I know what she may want to major in, I don’t think it’s a big deal at all, but we haven’t “spoken” in awhile)</p>
<p>My S took AP Euro, along with AP Calc BC and AP Spanish Language, as a sophomore. He struggled the most with AP Euro. I was surpised he decided to take it, since when he was signing up for classes he said there was “no way” he was going to take it.</p>
<p>I think it was more a struggle (although he got an A- in the class and a 4 on the test) because the thought processes and methods for it were so new and different from his other AP classes.</p>
<p>Now he’s a senior. I think if I asked him if he’d do it again, he’s pause and say yes, for a number of reasons. He discovered the methods he learned made AP US History the next year much easier. Also, at his HS, he prefers learning with the kinds of students who tend to populate the AP classes, even though social sciences are not his bag (he’s more of a math/science guy, and now he’s taking/enjoying AP Macroeconomics this year.)</p>
<p>Yes, it would be advisable for her to contact the schools she’s already applied to if she makes a change in her schedule. For the schools my S is/may be applying to, they all require this.</p>
<p>D dropped AP-Biology after one semester. Granted, she already had two decent college acceptances in hand, but I really don’t think it was that big of a deal with the remaining applications. She still received two more acceptances with substantial merit $$. </p>
<p>We did not notify the schools, although the information would have been automatically included on the Common App mid-year report.</p>
<p>QM: if we are still talking dentistry? than no, she doesn’t need the AP in the social sciences in high school…now, what about the college list? any top 25 schools? you will still need to contact them…</p>
<p>here’s where it gets tricky…when is the end of your semester? if it’s like here, not until end of January; you may already have acceptances in hand (in which case I agree it will not matter)…for those that have not been decided yet, you’ll have to see when to contact…</p>
<p>We wrote the admissions offices (all of them) a note when our daughter dropped an online science class (for health reasons). We said in the note that we did not want them to think that she had taken a class, when she hadn’t. She did fine.</p>
<p>S2 is thinking about dropping AP Lit next semester and picking up a philosophy course. He thinks the philosophy course will be more beneficial once he starts college. He has always been very good in language arts and literature, so his idea may be a good one.</p>
<p>She has a plenty rigorous schedule already and may enjoy a more focused class more. She can drop the class. The fact that the A will appear on her transcript will persuade adcoms that she is not dropping it because she is struggling in it.</p>
<p>Yes, the semester ends the end of January and she already has one acceptance in hand (her safety-so it shouldn’t matter to them as long as she graduates and passes everything). As far as top schools, yes she has a couple of reaches on her list and they are all women’s colleges. Those were all RD so no decision before the semester ends in January. I am leaning to letting her drop it. Her replacement course would probably be Comparative Religion-not exactly a slacker class either.</p>
<p>Yes, she is still considering dentistry, but you know as well as I do that things change in college.</p>
<p>So idad, looks like we’re in the same boat. :)</p>
<p>QM: yea, I would let her drop it as long as the transcript/something will reflect that she received an A for the semester (and she didn’t drop bc of grade)…yes, I agree that Comparative religion would be a fine substitute…GL</p>
<p>I would proceed cautiously about dropping. Our guidance counselor told us that many schools frown upon changes to a less rigorous schedule. My advice would be to contact the schools directly and make an anonymous inquiry with the admissions office.
~Starryskye</p>
<p>Yeah, I told him ‘no way’, but when I saw this thread I wanted to ask just in case. He could take a semester long Satire class 2nd semester, which many seniors take. English is not his forte anyways and I was a bit unsure of it when he signed up for it. Arghh!</p>
<p>My son and a number of classmates dropped AP courses second term once that mid year transcript went out. The counselors decried the act in a number of notes. I don’t know how it affected anyone’s acceptances. No one I have ever known has ever had admissions rescinded upon a change in classes that second term.</p>
<p>Yes the schools almost all have blogs or “ask the counselor” type of thing. I have no problem asking without anonymity either. As far as college credit, I am not particularly worried about that. It is just an admissions issue as far as I am concerned.</p>
but I don’t think it will matter at all.</p>