<p>I decided to not take a science senior year. I have taken high school science classes(honors) since 8th grade and received 95+ in all of them(earth science, bio, chem, physics). I am planning to major in finance and economics. My senior schedule is:</p>
<p>AP literature
AP calc ab
AP italian
AP stat
Government(required)
Self study AP micro. </p>
<p>Is this schedule still considered rigorous for a business major at top colleges even without a science. </p>
<p>Yes, since you are not planning on majoring is a STEM subject. You have a year of each of the core sciences (bio, chem, and physics).</p>
<p>Many schools do not even require 4 year of lab sciences.</p>
<p>Good plan.</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>youre fine. why are you bumping? you already got your answer</p>
<p>Admission officers do know that AP sciences are the hardest APs (about 2x work of a normal AP due to labs). No AP science does hurt quite a bit, even if you aren’t majoring in science. </p>
<p>What B school are you interested in?</p>
<p>You’re fine. You already said you’re majoring in finance and economics.</p>
<p>@puzzled123 not true at all. </p>
<p>what part?</p>
<p>And taking no AP science certainly does hurt, regardless of major- just like it hurts to apply to top schools for science degrees without sufficient rigor in the humanities.</p>
<p>OP, if you want a good shot at an ivy league school, you want to take APs/IB/honors in your 4 core courses: math, science, history, literature </p>
<p>An AP science is not needed; the schedule is rigorous enough for top schools.</p>
<p>@puzzled123 not taking an AP science does not hurt. I dont know where you got that from. Its just false.</p>
<p>All ivy league schools recommend: “students should take the most challenging coursework offered in his or her school”. </p>
<p>Not taking an AP in a core subject is usually seen as not taking “the most challenging coursework offered”. Moreover, schools often list courses in order of difficulty on their school reports. For my school, the first 3 courses listed are: </p>
<p>AP Physics - 3 hours/day
AP Chemistry - 2 hours/day
AP Biology - 2 hours/day</p>
<p>When applying to competitive schools, opting not to take some of this “most challenging coursework” can definitely be looked down upon. Again, this depends on what school the OP is applying to- Harvard, yes it will definitely hurt when juxtaposed with your competition. State flagship- won’t matter. Many of those will judge you based on your “count” of AP/honors. </p>
<p>Puzzled is assuming that an AP course is a school’s most challenging course and this in and of itself can be misleading. Many independent high schools are moving away from the AP classes because of the “rote memorize and spit back out” method. Crossroad is a well-thought-of high school in southern CA that no longer offers any AP classes at all. </p>
<p>My kids’ high school restricts its students to what works out to be 8 AP classes in 4 years - and if you choose this process you are also required to take one free period and only 5 academic subjects. I have seen plenty of students, including my own, get into Ivys with only 5-8 AP classes. This being said, I am still a proponent of taking 4 years of each of the 5 academic subjects (including foreign language, although you can move to 3 foreign language years depending on the college you are interested in). </p>
<p>I think your selected course will work IF you can explain to reps the “why” behind your decision. You can do this in your “Other Info” part of the Common App. Explain that you felt that doubling up in math by taking Statistics you felt would be a stronger foundation for your interest in college in Economics/Business. etc. </p>