<p>So I'm a senior who am taking three AP classes: AP Biology, AP Calculus BC and AP Statistics.</p>
<p>Statistics is only offered online at my school, and the first semester was terrible. I barely pulled an A, and I just couldn't stand the material. I love math, but statistics bore me.</p>
<p>So I want to drop the second semester of it, and just take the first semester as an honor's credit, but the problem is that colleges will see that I dropped the 2nd half of the course. I want to fill this spot in with AP Earth Science, so it's not like I'm slacking off, I just want to take a course which is more down my alley (I want to eventually major in biology). </p>
<p>My GPA is a 4.86 weighted and 4.00 unweight.</p>
<p>I'm mainly worried because I'm trying to get the levine scholarship at uncc, and my mom says that they will see the fact that I dropped a class as being a red flag. She says if it comes down to two people who are almost exactly the same, they will choose the one who hasn't dropped a course.</p>
<p>Is this true? Should I just suck it up and keep the course? Thanks!</p>
<p>1) Your admission and potential scholarship depends, in part, on the then future classes you indicated you would take in your application. You should let your admitting schools know of any changes you are making. That is the only way you be sure of how they would react.</p>
<p>2) The College Board has no AP Earth Science curriculum (see <a href=“Course & Exam Pages – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board). Your high school might be using the AP trademark to indicate an advanced class (but should not be if the curriculum has not been audited by the College Board) however there is no crediting authority that ensures that the course is “rigorous”. Hence it might very well not be viewed as at the same level as AP Statistics. Certainly it cannot be preparing students for an AP exam as there is none in this subject. So be cautious with the assumption that the substitution will be acceptable.</p>
<p>Yes, there is Environmental Science. Not quite the same, IMO, as Earth Science (geology, meteorology, oceanography, perhaps paleontology, etc.), but as long as everyone’s clear about it, it’s not a problem.</p>
<p>Also, if you want to major in Biology, statistics is kind of a handy class to have. You’ll undoubtedly need it somewhere down the line, especially if you do research.</p>