Hard AP Class or Passionate Language?

Applying to College
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<p>hello,</p>

<p>this is my first post here, so apologies if it is under an inappropriate section. </p>

<p>I'm currently a senior in high school, and I've always wanted to learn Japanese but I never had the chance. Instead, my parents made me take Chinese up to the AP level. This year, however, I decided to drop APES, which I found to be completely useless, for Japanese, and to prepare myself I self studied when I had time this summer. I was happy when I took the placement test because the teacher allowed me to skip Japanese 1 so now I was in japanese 2. I then got my schedule changed. However....</p>

<p>My mom thinks that the level of Japanese 2 is too low and that i should keep APES or take something like AP Chem instead. However I'm already taking AP Physics as well as some other pretty challenging courses, like AP English, and I don't want to overload myself too much. I took AP Bio last year. </p>

<p>Thus, is it really that important to take all 3 AP science courses? Will it really make that big of a difference if I take Japanese 2 instead of AP Chem? I plan on going into the bioengineering field later on so my parents think that I absolutely have to take all 3 sciences. Also, since japanese isn't even required for me since I arleady had AP Chinese I'm thinking this will also look pretty good right? It means I'm passionate about it and I actually care enough to give it space on my schedule. </p>

<p>Please help! I hope I made the right choice. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>APES is an elective, and a “soft” one at that. I think that keeping Japanese, since you’re passionate in it, and have done well is a good way to go. It unnecessary and unconvincing to take multiple science courses in the same year.</p>

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<p>It is not necessary to take three AP sciences, but it’s recommend that you take at least of a year of each hard science at some level. As a future bioengineer, however, you may find it useful to have exposure to chemistry topics in high school. </p>

<p>But taking a class that genuinely interests you is in no way the “wrong” choice. I imagine colleges would be impressed that you had the ability to complete AP Chinese before your senior year and continued to study eastern languages.</p>