<p>Hi guys. I'm currently a senior into his second semester of high school. But I want to drop an EC (Journalism II) from my schedule. I know I have to contact the schools after I do that, but does dropping that class hurt my chances of admission?</p>
<p>Depends on why you’re dropping it and how many other ECs you have, but generally speaking it will probably make your chances of admission slightly less likely. What’s your reasoning behind the drop?</p>
<p>“I know I have to contact the schools after I do that” No you don’t.
"does dropping that class hurt my chances of admission? " No it won’t.</p>
<p>Is it an elective class or an extra curricular? Did you list it on your application as a class that you were planning to take? If so, I would advise the school since they will be expecting you to take it and will be looking for a grade for it on your final report if you are accepted. Even if it is an elective class, they are basing your acceptance on your senior year schedule and should be informed.</p>
<p>However, if it is purely an extra curricular activity without a grade and was never reported to your colleges as a class, I would not worry about it.</p>
<p>Sorry guys for the confusion. Its an elective class. I want to drop it after taking a semester of it, and I did put that I took the class on my app. I wanna drop it because its very time consuming and I really detest the environment in that class. And the UC’s do want to be contacted if there is any change in my schedule. How much does it hurt my chances?</p>
<p>Would you be dropping it or replacing it with another, less time consuming class? If replacing it, it probably won’t affect your chances. I applied to UCB and changed two of my classes for another two, both were college classes.</p>
<p>I would just be dropping it as I can’t take anything else the period its offered at.</p>
<p>Well I could replace it with the yearbook class</p>
<p>You’re not planning to major in journalism or communication, right?</p>
<p>Nope, nothing close to that</p>
<p>If at all possible, replace it with yearbook. Then it doesn’t seem like you’re slacking off to the colleges.</p>
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<li><p>I don’t think dropping it will be an issue given that it’s an elective and you’re not going into that field.</p></li>
<li><p>Yearbook would be better than nothing. If your schedule is otherwise rigorous, a free period would be perfectly acceptable for your final semester, though.</p></li>
<li><p>Since you listed it on your applications, you should notify schools where (1) you’ve already been accepted, or (2) you have a pending application.</p></li>
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<p>Rigorous, schmigorous. It’s not as if the counselor needs to submit a “student previously taking the most rigorous curriculum has now dropped an elective red flag card” to the colleges. I think some of the advice given is extremely paranoid. I’ll bet half the colleges the OP applied have already decided yes/no on the decision. Does anyone think that a single college would even LOG IN the updated information of this class being dropped by a single applicant? Really?</p>
<p>If I were the work-study employee at the Admissions office and saw a letter or an email from an applicant saying they were dropping an elective class, half a second after my eyes stopped rolling, I’d delete the email or drop the note in the trash. Seriously.</p>
<p>In D’s ED acceptance to NYU they stated that they wanted to hear about all changes to her program, if any. They made a point of it. I don’t think following a school’s directions is paranoid. I agree that it probably won’t make a change in an admission decision as to whether she took the elective class or not, but it is still her responsibility to inform them.</p>
<p>As many have stated, unless you are dropping say - AP Calc for Basketweaving, colleges and universities are not going to really care about your schedule change. </p>
<p>However, Uskoolfish makes a great point. Just because it’s not going to be a big deal, doesn’t mean that you should at least notify your admissions contact people at each school where you have been accepted or have a pending application. It’s the right thing to do and might even win you some points for your thoroughness and honesty!</p>