Planning Senior Schedule

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
1

Hi,
I have been taking all the hardest classes throughout high school. I am currently a junior and am planning on applying to brown early. My CORE academic classes this year are AP Chem, APUSH, accelerated precalc, honors spanish 4, and accelerated english. I have all As except for a B in english. So far for next year I have AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP physics 1, honors senior english seminars, and either AP spanish or AP Psychology. I am split between Psych and spanish because I only have a spot for one in my schedule, and I want to take AP Psych because its with a great teacher, but I have heard AP spanish is considered as a better course to take to get into a selective school, like Brown. I also have leadership in spanish club and I would lose that if I was not to take AP Spanish.
Would one class (psych or spanish) sway my chances of getting in?
Should I take AP spanish because it “looks” better, or is it ok to take psych and lose a leadership position and enjoy it more?

Thanks!

2

Choosing between two AP-level courses is not going to affect your application. As long as you’ve had 3 years of a foreign language in high school (which it sounds like you have), it’s not going to make a difference.

3

Agree with Bruno. Take the class you want. What if you take Spanish and still don’t get in?

4

Agreed. You’ve met the foreign language threshold. Take whichever you enjoy more. Taking classes to “impress” admissions is a faulty strategy.