Please Help with My Schedule!

Applying to College
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I will be finalizing my senior schedule in a couple of weeks, and I would love your advice on one of my class periods! So far, my schedule looks like this:</p>

<p>S1
Marketing
Humanities Honors
AP Calc (yearlong)
Co - op</p>

<p>S2
Physics Honors
AP Lit
AP Calc (yearlong)</p>

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<p>As you can see, I have not decided on my 4th period second semester class. I am involved in DECA, which means that I must take at least one marketing class every year. Unfortunately, the only one left for me to take is a non - honors class. Also, my job needs me to co - op for at least one semester and that is obviously not a weighted class. All of my other classes are the highest level for that class offered at my school, but I am worried about my schedule not being rigorous enough as I have two non - weighted classes, and I still have to fill in another class. My options for that class are Journalism (non-weighted), another co-op period, or a Microsoft computer class (I believe it is honors, but I am not 100% sure). Which class do you think would be the best to take? I would like to take journalism (I took it last year as a non honors class), but I am hesitant to do so because it is not honors or AP. I am planning to major in English if that makes any difference to admissions officers. I'm not really a big fan of computer classes as I didn't enjoy my middle school one, although I haven't taken one in high school and the skills learned would certainly be valuable. As far as co-op, I'd rather not do it twice in one year, but it allows me to pocket some extra money before college. However, I honestly enjoy learning, and I don't necessarily want to take another class away to go work. There is also a possibility that I can take an AP class, but it would be online. I took AP Psych online this year, but apparently all of the other AP online classes at my school are really hard. I could probably do that first semester because I have easier classes, but I would still be worried about it haha. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Bump :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>You shouldn’t avoid taking a course just because it isn’t AP. If you aren’t into computers, don’t take a computer course just because it is weighted. You can still have a very rigorous schedule without taking classes that don’t interest you. Besides, most colleges won’t look at the weighted GPA your school gives you.</p>

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<p>@AnnieBeats‌ Thank you for your comment! I go to a very small school so my options are very limited, which is why it is hard to have a rigorous schedule with classes that I am interested in. But would colleges look negatively on having three non-weighted classes my senior year?</p>

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<p>I would take Co-op for the second semester! Marketing looks really good honors, or not. To add, @anniebeats is right on the money, Unweighted GPA is what counts. Good luck choosing.</p>

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<p>OP, if it isn’t available, you will not be penalized. Also, it depends on what other students are doing. Meet with your GC to discuss how rigorous your schedule has been for the past few years</p>

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<p>Thank you both for your help!</p>