Is it bad to drop science your senior year?

Applying to College
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<p>In all of my classes, including science, I'm taking advanced/honors/AP levels and doing well. But I don't enjoy science very much, and I'm considering dropping science my senior year in order to free up space for something like consumer economics, politics, law, AP European history, etc. (I wouldn't be able to take those classes in HS otherwise, because I would like to keep all my other classes.) I think I might like a career in history or economics, and I am greatly interested in politics as well.</p>

<p>If I'm aiming for HYPS, does it look really bad if I don't take science in my last year of high school?</p>

<p>If I do take science (probably AP Chemistry) my senior year, I'll still be able to maintain my GPA and everything. But I just wanted to know if replacing science with an extra history elective (or other humanities course) would be negative.</p>

<p>**I'm not going to major in science; the potential electives I mentioned (history, economics, political science, etc.) appeal to me as majors too.</p>

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<p>well if ur not majoring in science i don’t think it would hurt too much.</p>

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<p>Check the school’s requirements to make sure that they don’t require 4 full years of science or something like that. Most of the ones that I know of don’t but I never applied to any Ivy League colleges so they might be different.</p>

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<p>Ivy’s will look down upon it. They all recommend you take science all four years. It doesn’t guarantee you wouldn’t get in but it doesn’t help.</p>

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<p>If you aren’t majoring in science, then it will not hurt as long as you replace it with another AP class.</p>

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<p>I didn’t take science senior year. I took four other AP’s instead. And I TA’ed for a Biology class.</p>

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<p>Jahaba is right, I would call the schools to see what their deal is as far as that goes. I wanted to drop my AP stat class earlier in the year and my counselor advised me to stay in it because high school may not require 4 credits of math, but colleges like to see it and when they compare you to other applicants, that could make or break your acceptance over someone else’s. At the same time, if you’re failing it, then that would hurt you more. Just call the schools you’re applying to and see if they would fault you for getting out of the class.</p>