<p>I am in Canada, and the college that I am most interested in is highly selective (not just because of prestige, but I do have other reasons).
American history is the most time-consuming course ever in our school; by taking that course on top of APs, I now have hardly anytime to prepare for standardized tests and other extracurricular activities.
Should I drop the course?
PS. I've taken two history courses (just not American history) and they are both in the 90s. I prefer English and Science to history and I am sure history is not going to be my major. </p>
<p>Any advice would be highly appreciated.</p>
<p>Your past history courses don’t seem to have covered much, though… have you considered taking AP World History instead? It’s much much more broad and less detail cramming than killer one-year USH and therefore probably easier for most. Still plenty of memorization though.</p>
<p>What were your 2 history courses, specifically? 
Though most colleges are probably going to be fine with 2… generally even Modern World History goes back a lot more than the 90s.</p>
<p>I mean my marks are in the 90 percent+ range~` Sorry for the confusion.
One is Canadian history and the other Chinese history</p>
<p>Nah. Don’t worry about it. However, CHECK the university you want to apply to because a few select colleges require a year of American history (which is REALLY stupid IMO).</p>
<p>I am curious if it was history if you study only the 90s, especially in as much depth as spending a full year on it. It is more of a “Chinese Studies” or a “Canadian Studies” course, which is just as good but different.</p>
<p>One of the main ideas of history, other than to enlighten yourself with the past, is to understand how
[list=a]
[<em>]Past decisions affected us by:
[ul]
[li]Shaping foreign policy[/li][</em>]Shaping national policy
[<em>]Affecting current decisions
[/ul]
[li]Learning the mistakes from the past[/li][</em>]Learning the consistent pattern of what fails and what doesn’t fail
[li]Being a critic of history[/li][/list]</p>
<p>An American history course will do that for you, and do it well. There is no denying that America is the most influential country today, and had been for most of the last century. A world history course will also give you that critique.</p>
<p>^ happy already said her MARKS were in the 90s.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Eh… the last century, absolutely. The most TODAY, could be argued against.</p>
<p>^^^^ You doubt America is the most influential country today?</p>
<p>You think China (the closest competition) can be compared to the US?</p>
<p>
I am not saying we will be for the next five centuries, I am stating that we are now. </p>
<p>You can’t say we are not.</p>