Odd looking class schedule

Applying to College
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This is looking ahead a bit, but I think it may work better for my S18’s schedule as a junior to not take any English, and to instead take both AP English Language and AP English Lit as a senior. That would mean when he sends in transcripts the schools would see that he took only 2 English classes before his senior year. I haven’t been through this process yet, so I’m not sure what the colleges see, and how unusual it would look. He is probably applying to Ivy and top LAC caliber schools (along with a safety of course), one app will be sent in ED/EA so before any senior year classes show up on his transcript.

Do they see his senior schedule? Do they care? Am I just overanalyzing this?

Also, I’m not sure, maybe it is common for top students to end up juggling things into their schedule like this. My issue is that we have block scheduling (basically 4 full year classes every sememster). The school will only allow 2 AP classes at the same time. And every class isn’t offered every block or even every sememster. He may not have to do this, but he might in order to keep progression correct (Calc and Spanish classes obviously have to be done in order). I am just wondering if it even matters.

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Unsure, but that is an unusual situation.
I’m 99% sure our kids are required to take English every year. I don’t think there’s anyway around it.

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I know sometimes kids at our school end up with odd looking transcripts because of juggling around the blocks (especially the music kids). The school won’t care as long as he can show them that he has a plan to take 2 more English classes before graduation. My concern is that even though his final transcript will look ok, it looks like as a junior he is dodging English.

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It isn’t ideal, but if the schedule turns out that way, you can ask the guidance counselor to address the scheduling conflicts in his/her college recommendation.

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So my couple of responses are that it’s not ideal and may require an explanation. I’m assuming that the relative silence on the issue means that it is not very common to do this. OK, not the answer I wanted but it tells me what I need to know. Thanks.