<p>How important is the course load of a senior?
I'm planning to take: 3 APs, 1 Reg, and 6 College classes = 10 Classes
^ During First semester
I want to know if the first semester of senior year is important so I can decide whether to eliminate maybe one or possibly two classes from my list (and use that time for the SATs). </p>
<p>Also- if you apply ED for schools such as Cornell- (application deadline Nov 1 as opposed to Jan 1), do they see your first semester grades?</p>
<p>From what my counselor has told me it is very important. Colleges want to see that you are taking the hardest course load available. Also, your counselor has to verify this and if you drop classes after they have written your recs they may have to send another one saying that you dropped those classes. Seniors tried to do that last year at my school and they weren't allowed to drop the classes. They had to have a C on their report card. If you think you can't handle the work drop out before school starts.</p>
<p>if you decide to take it for first sem, then u better take all (or nearly all of them) since colleges end up with your final transcript and really frown upon taking classes for the look of rigor and then dropping (they could revoke admission in some cases)</p>
<p>Honestly it's not that important, as long as you're taking one of two APs you are fine. Senior GPA is also not that important.</p>
<p>I'm taking the hardest course load possible (3 AP's + 2 honors) but I'm at a disadvantage since soph and Junior year we don't really have much choice when it comes to rigorous classes.</p>
<p>I've heard that taking the hardest courseload possible is very important, and for first semester, I'm doing that with 5 APs and one other honors class. However, in second semester I won't be taking AP Macroecon because I need to take a health class to fulfill my PE requirements to graduate. Will I still be okay with 4 other APs, or does dropping Econ look bad? (Even though I'll probably self-study Macro anyway?)</p>
<p>For senior year? It's not important. As long as you are taking like, 2 APs, you will be fine. Colleges just don't want to see you take regular english, regular math, and that's it.</p>
<p>Honestly do you think a college will reject you because you are taking 4 APs instead of 5? The answer is a definite no.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't have much choice at my school either, virtuoso_735.</p>