<p>I just started my senior year and my course load is currently </p>
<p>AP world History
AP Lit
AP bio
Pre Calc
French 3
Ceramics
TA ( with younger kids at the elementary school)
Leadership</p>
<p>I play sports and my parents want me to get a job senior year to at least help a little with college. The AP bio course at my school is a huge workload and i really don't think i have time for all 3 things. Would it look bad to colleges if i dropped AP bio and only took 2 AP classes senior year ( took 2 junior year AP lang and AP Gov and one honors class). Also the yearbook class is the same period as AP bio which i have been trying to get into for 3 years but have always had scheduling problems. another problem is that i want to major in athletic training in college, would it look bad not taking a science class senior year and still majoring in that, I skipped freshman science so i have been ahead every year ( so for senior year i only had about 3 options for science classes and some other time were schuduling problems)</p>
<p>So in short would it be a bad idea to drop AP bio for yearbook and a job senior year and my classes were
AP Lit
AP world
Pre calc
French 3 ( which is the highest french class at my school)
yearbook
ceramics
ta
and leadership</p>
<p>Colleges that i want to apply to, Boston university,University of Pittsburgh ( my reach) university of Washington, Boise state, Temple, Purdue and a few other local schools. ( my top 3 are probably pitt University of washington and Boston University)</p>
<p>My GPA is around a 3.6 unweighted and i also do a lot of volunteering around the community ( over 100 hours plus more this year and i plan on coaching little kids in soccer and basketball)</p>
<p>Basically what it comes down to is whether what colleges think is very important to you. Colleges will obviously see that the schedule you have now (with AP Bio) is more rigorous and has 1 more AP than last year. This will show that you’re challenging yourself in your senior year. However, it sounds like you won’t be able to handle the workload of this class and would much rather be in yearbook. If I were you, I would only drop AP Bio if I were sure that I would get a bad grade in it if I took it. If you think you can somehow manage, then stick with your current schedule.</p>
<p>If your financial situation is foremost, then go for the job. Otherwise, stick with Bio. Like you said, your interests were towards science. What better way to show schools this than by taking as many science-based classes as you could, and what worst way to show this than to not take a science? Simply put, colleges like to see course rigor, and senior year definitely plays a part in that. If your passion is yearbook, and you’ve shown this in previous years and not just your senior year, then if you like go for it. Else, Bio.</p>
<p>Well its not really the workload ( which is rigorous and would be hard) but that fact that i need a job. I mean i couldn’t go from practice sports practice at 5 to a few hours of work and then come home and have a hours of homework. So i don’t want to make it seem like im slacking off, but i have taken hard classes up until my senior year ( and even without bio i still think i have a decent schedule) Will this help at all?</p>
<p>I would expect that selective colleges would like to see you build further on the rigor that you’ve demonstrated in junior year in your senior year. Without AP Biology your academic schedule does not seem particularly rigorous. With AP Bio it looks decent. For some of the colleges on your list your schedule is mainstream compared to other applicants. For others, such as BU, University of Washington (OOS), Purdue, the less than very rigorous schedule would very likely raise an eyebrow or two when your application is reviewed. To the extent that your sports and yearbook roles are ones of leadership this may not matter.</p>