Dropping AP Bio?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I’m sure part of this is back from break sadness and another part is senioritis, but here’s my situation:

I took Honors Bio my freshman year and really loved it. I’ve always been good with math and science, and I’ve always enjoyed it, too. I was excited to take AP Bio my senior year, but it’s really just become a chore to me and I feel overwhelmed. I originally wanted to major in Biology, but I don’t think I could do it now. The homework is such a struggle for me to get through even when it isn’t much (chapter study guides and labs spread out over weeks). I don’t really have an interest in Biology or anything science related anymore. I’ve recently come to the realization I want to work with music somehow (teaching or performing, wherever I end up).

I’m taking four AP classes, so my schedule will still be fairly rigorous, but I just don’t feel the same passion I did. Should I tough it out and see if it peaks my interest again? How detrimental would it be to college applications for me to drop one AP class? I would most likely fill the hole with signing up for the non-auditioned band at my school to help some younger players or TA for the teacher. This is such a hard decision for me because I know I once was SO passionate about science and I was 100% sure that’s what I wanted to do, and I feel like I’ll be letting my teacher down if I drop. I had him as a freshman and he recommended me to take AP Bio as a sophomore but I couldn’t fit it in. I just feel like everyone expects so much of me and I can’t let anyone down, but I’m not really happy. What should I do?

(sorry it’s so wordy, thanks for reading!)

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I actually really considered dropping AP Bio at the beginning of this year, but I ended up enjoying it and doing well. The difference for me is probably that I want to be a surgeon and I like biology, so if you don’t feel passionate about it and if it’s not relevant to your career interests, then don’t do it.

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@hsstudent2015 Do you think it will affect my chances of being accepted to Northwestern or Notre Dame a lot? Those two schools are the ones I would most like to go to, and I think dropping out will have a negative effect on my application, especially since I’m not the strongest of applicants for those schools. With this in mind, is it still best I drop?

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@twirlergirl42‌ Hmmm well if you’re looking at top schools that changes things. They would see that you dropped the class, and that would definitely be suspicious, so you should probably keep it unless you’re really suffering.