<p>Hi. I'm applying to Ivy League-level colleges as a humanities major (particularly English, politics, history, languages, etc). This is my situation:</p>
<p>I currently have one class each in highest rigor honors/AP science, math, English, and history for senior year, plus my elective and some non-academic school requirements. I finished the most advanced course sequence for my world language last year, so I was going to take a second history course to replace my world language during school, but one of the AP history classes in my school is a joke because the teacher doesn't do anything and students don't learn anything, so I decided to just take nothing during that period, since easy filler electives don't interest me. I plan to dedicate the additional time to my elective, extracurriculars, studying, college applications, my arts supplement for colleges, creative writing, studying the world language outside of school, etc. I also will probably use the time to get a political internship.</p>
<p>However, I told my guidance counselor I was dropping the class because I wanted more time to work on college applications because my parents said I should be "politically correct" (i.e. don't mention the teacher's poor quality) and simple (i.e. don't explain so much stuff). Should I talk to him later and tell him what I've been accomplishing with my time so he doesn't think I'm some kind of slacker? I don't want him to recommend me as the student who took the most rigorous courseload but took it easy in 12th grade.</p>