Independent Study

Applying to College
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<p>Is it true that adcoms look down upon independent study? </p>

<p>I'm taking the maximum amount of classes at my school (6) and I really wanted to take psychology before graduating. My district offers a few classes independent study so I bought the books/workbooks/guide from my district to study Psych independently for credit. It's not AP or honors or anything, but then again it's on my own time so I don't see how that'd necessarily hurt me...?</p>

<p>Anyway, as I've not completed it yet (I do it at leisure, not to make a deadline or anything), should I put it down as a senior year course?</p>

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<p>I'm taking independent study French this year, but mainly because I took AP French last year and there were no classes left to take. I have an actual period set aside for French, meet with my advisor once a week, etc. It's not as challenging as AP Physics, which I was originally going to take, but I didn't want to lose a whole year a French before college. Not sure if this applies to Psych, though, since it's not as if you've exhausted every other course your HS offers.</p>