Dropping tutoring class for more AP classes

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I have a class called “AVID tutoring” where I essentially tutor avid kids 9th-12th (Sorta like a student teacher), but I’m planning on dropping it for more AP classes (AP Psychology) and would appreciate your input.

Next year my schedule without the tutoring period would be
E125/1A
AP Chem
AP Enviromental S
AP Stats
AP Psychology
AP Macroecon

Would colleges more like the extra AP class as a commitment to education, or the AVID class for leadership etc…

I’m VP of a club atm, did band freshman/sophomore year, 200+ hours community service, straight A’s atm

Upcoming Senior btw

Thanks

2

Have you taken a foreign language up to level 4 or AP?
I think AVID tutoring would be more important than AP Psych in part because it shows commitment and in part because it’s different from just piling up one more AP.

3

My schedule atm:
My school goes up to spanish 3 then AP

Calc BC
AP US
AP Physics
AP Lang/Comp
Spanish 3
AVID tutor

Would shools like UCLA, Berkeley, CalPoly, etc like the tutoring class more?

4

Do you live in California?
They limit the number of APs they consider donor depends how many Honors and AP you have. You’d have an uncapped and a capped GPA.

5

Do you like tutoring? If so, do you really want to sacrifice it in exchange for an opportunity to take something else just because it has the “AP” label, even if it’s just an elective? Or are you actually interested in AP Psych to the point where it warrants you dropping something you have described yourself as being a “leadership position”?

I think you know where I’m going with this. There are diminishing returns almost anywhere in taking more than eight or so APs. Your course rigor is fine. Even if it weren’t, adding AP Psych would not be a way to go about fixing it, as AP Psych has a reputation as one of the “lighter” APs and is not a core class. If you must have an extra AP and you want to look like you’re committed, then you would probably be better off taking AP Spanish instead of dropping your foreign language right before the final course in the sequence in favor of AP Psychology.