<p>Hello! I am trying to plan my senior schedule right now..and I want to know, are four academic classes out of six too little for competitive academic schools like the ivy leagues? I want to take two electives, and the one that I am iffy on is leadership. Should I take leadership or a psychology elective? (my major is in the humanities though, not really science-related)</p>
<p>For highly selective schools, my rule of thumb is 5 solid academic courses per year, usually: English, social studies, math, science, and a FL. </p>
<p>Of course there are always exceptions.</p>
<p>In general, try to get one of each type of class. For my schedule I had to choose an English but the rest was wide open, but we were encouraged to choose one of each in the 5 core subjects. So I went with that, plus another social studies elective (which is admittedly not related to what I want to major in but i’m extremely interested/passionate about it, plus I couldn’t work in AP Bio & Anatomy) and JROTC.</p>
<p>tl;dr: Take as many academics as you can. Is it possible to take both psychology and leadership? If not, i’d take the latter.</p>