Importance of Senior Year Classes?

Applying to College
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<p>Ok, so i have the hardest schedule for senior year possible right now. However, i have to retake one of my SAT 2's and to get a high score, i feel that i have to study a lot for it...even though i already took the class just because i'm not good at taking tests. i have a pretty high gpa at a competitive school, about 4.7 or so. i would say i'm in the top 3%.
I also haven't taken the SAT 1 yet.
I'm frustrated right now, because i really want to continue challenging myself with difficult classes, and i hate the fact that i would have to drop classes and join a class full of people who aren't as motivated as me.
I'm worried because my SAT 1 (diag) score is only around 2100 right now and i'm aiming at Brown, Stanford, and Dartmouth right now. </p>

<p>Should i drop a few AP classes and study for the SAT's more? Would colleges rather see me get good SAT scores or continue taking hard classes? I know ideally they want both, but just if i had to choose, then which one?</p>

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<p>If you have 4 or more APs, then I say drop at least one. If you have 3 or less, then try to keep them all. </p>

<p>It might help if you say which APs you plan on taking.</p>

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<p>Oh my bad,
i'm skipping from spanish 3 to spanish 5 ap, ap physics, ap statistics, and ap language.</p>

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<p>Okay, well I would keep AP Stats (it's not too difficult according to many people), and maybe drop AP Spanish if you have already completed your 3 years of language. </p>

<p>But honestly, 4 APs is still very do-able.</p>

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<p>5 APs here and Japanese 4. That better look good.
And dude, 2100 on your SAT diag is good, like don't even go there >_></p>

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<p>from what i've heard, taking a demanding course load senior year is rather important, as it demonstrates to colleges that you care about academics enough to challenge yourself all the way through high school. a 2100 is on the low side for the schools you mentioned, which is why your scenario is a bit tricky. perhaps keep the courses, and take the SATs at the latest available date, near the beginning of the school year when classes haven't really picked up in difficulty? and just wondering, what are your specific scores on the sections of the SAT? because some colleges (unfortunately not stanford from what i've heard) really dont care about the writing, and if you scored above 700 on the other two sections, youre probably set.</p>

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<p>Depends on your school. How hard/time-consuming are the ap classes at your school. At my school, it would be torture to take three and I've never heard of anyone taking more than 5 (not counting macro/micro econ as 2, etc).</p>

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<p>I think ap physics would be the equivalent of ap calculus bc, except in my school, it's more of a self study class. Okay, so at my school, ap physics is the type of class where everyone gets c's in but 5's on the AP test. umm and i dont really know any other criteria for judging if a class is hard or not..</p>

<p>I was actually really wanted to take another community college class, but that's totally out of the question, right? ):</p>

<p>Also, i have to retake one of my SAT2's which really, REALLY sucks, because i'll have to change my focus from school to study for that test again..</p>