<p>Ugh. Ok so I finally decided on a schedule for next year (senior year):</p>
<p>AP Statistics
AP Calculus
AP Spanish
AP English
AP Chemistry (independent study)
AP Physics</p>
<p>And I was happy. BUT there will not be a Physics class next year because only 3 people signed up for it.</p>
<p>My question is: is it really important for me to replace the Physics class with AP bio or AP world (the other two options at my school)? I want to apply to Stanford, MIT, Brown, Northwestern, etc. Would taking yearbook instead of that 6th AP class be frowned upon? I really do not want to take AP Bio or World History. They just do not appeal to me. I feel like it would be silly to do another independent study when I go to such a great school.</p>
<p>Should I ruin my schedule next year with AP Bio or AP world? Or will it really not make much of a difference in the end?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I would take the AP Bio, but even with Yearbook that is a good schedule. Admissions officers won't think you are slacking by taking yearbook.</p>
<p>If you can find a buddy to take AP Chemistry with you. It'll help with labs (which you need to do). It'd be really cool if you could get two people, but one will be good.</p>
<p>Admissions will focus more on the classes you took as opposed to the ones you didn't.</p>
<p>I did yearbook as an afterschool thing in high school, and I was told by an admissions person at CMU it was the best EC I had on my application since they hardly ever see any engineers involved with a club like that. He said my involvement in peer tutoring, math/science clubs/competitions, quiz bowl, model UN and those sorts of things are pretty typical and are almost expected of their applicants.</p>
<p>Yearbook might actually be a great choice if you're going into a hard science or engineering and you're applying to schools that care about non-academic activities in addition to grades.</p>
<p>That is true. It shows you're good at something else. In a lot of the Ivy info sessions I went to, they see being EIC of Newspaper/Yearbook as an outstanding EC. Other leadership positions within the program = not as important. </p>
<p>This year, instead of two Co-Editors in Chief, we broke the position into two; one handled the business aspect (advertising, writing deposits, handling parents, etc) and the other handled copy-editing and design. It worked a little different though since my design won, I was more involved in the design process as well as being the Business Manager. I also handled large sums of money without committing theft. Admirable! AND I even managed to do a few (10) spreads in the process.</p>
<p>In short: Yearbook won't hurt your schedule or give causation for the admissions committee to devalue your application, but it'd only help if you were on it for a longer time or held an important leadership position.</p>
<p>And yes, I'm an Engineer.</p>
<p>Ok thanks a lot for the feedback. I'm really into photography, so I think I am going to do yearbook. If it hurts me to not take a 6th AP class, then so be it!</p>
<p>Btw I am interested in math and engineering, so ya'll hit the nail right on the head xD</p>