<p>I've submitted my applications to NYU stearn (ED) and U mich ross (EA). Currently, my senior year schedule has 5 APs (Calc BC, Lit, Biology, Micro, US Gov), a world language, and a college accounting course.</p>
<p>I haven't been doing well in Bio, and honestly it's as far as I can get from my intended major, Accounting. I don't need a 4th science credit to graduate, but is it one of those "unspoken requirements", such as 4 years of world language? Suppose NYU accepts me, and requests a midyear report. If they don't see a science credit, will that play a huge role in my chances for admission?</p>
<p>I think it sounds like it makes sense for you since you’re already in 4 other APs- just make sure that you let the colleges you’ve applied to know about your decision if you decide to drop, since dropping without letting them know could be a major issue. Not having a science will probably hurt you a bit but it might be worth it- I dropped science this year to double up in history and this has been the best year for me so far academically because I actually enjoy all of my classes.</p>
<p>My sense is that there’s a likely deep disconnect between how you see dropping this class and how an admissions department is likely to see it.</p>
<p>From your point of view, the class is unimportant for your proposed college major, and it shouldn’t matter what you do.</p>
<p>From the perspective of college admissions, you’re not applying yourself, and you’re taking the easy way out by dropping a core class very late in your high school career and very late in the semester. This indicates what you’re likely to do once in college when the going gets tough. I think they will care less about the class and the subject than about your approach to a difficult academic situation.</p>
<p>Your best course of action is to get serious. Get a tutor. Open the books. Burn the midnight oil and bring the grade up to a B – or even a B-.</p>
<p>What if you don’t do that, or if you’re really convinced that you don’t have the innate ability to “get” the course? You can’t leave a D on your record. The hopefully positive Early decision/early action will then get questioned. So if you’re sure you’ll get in, and if you’re convinced you’ll get a very poor grade no matter what you do, then you don’t have a choice.</p>
<p>But what if you don’t get in through ED/EA then think about the other schools you’re applying to, and plan accordingly.</p>