Rigorous enough course load for Dartmouth, Williams, Columbia etc?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey all I am about to start my junior and was wondering if this is a rigorous enough course load to be in the running for admission (yeah i know there are many, many other things) but thanks!! </p>

<p>Junior </p>

<li>AP Psychology</li>
<li>Leadership</li>
<li>AP English Lang </li>
<li>Algebra II Pre- AP </li>
<li>AP US History</li>
<li>AP Economics (Macro/Mirco) </li>
<li>Tennis</li>
</ol>

<p>Senior

  1. AP English Lit.
  2. Leadership
  3. AP Computer Science A
  4. AP Environmental Science
  5. AP US Government
  6. Pre-Calculus
    7 Tennis</p>

<p>Thanks again. I can modify it this early so I was just confirming!</p>

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<p>In what ways were you going to modify it? Can you get through calculus? You look light on the math/science side. </p>

<p>Have you gone through each school's website and checked to see that you will have everything they look for? You may find this information in a section called something like "Preparing for..." or in a section profiling recent matriculants.</p>

<p>Generally, the standards are whether you took advantage of the opportunities available to you and took the most challenging courses available. Do you think you will meet those standards? Remember that thousands of other applicants will, so be honest with yourself.</p>

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<p>Well, that's a lot more rigorous than my jr/sr schedule, but it's all about opportunity. Are you taking the most rigorous courseload available? If not, you should be. Either way, that looks fine to me - then again, I come from a school that only offers 2 AP's :(</p>

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<p>I actually modified it so instead of taking AP Economics this year I take AP Environmental Science instead..</p>

<p>I also have not had the opportunity to take math through calculus at my school. the only option would be going to summer school and that truly is not worth it to me</p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>any more opinions?! I would appreciate it!!</p>

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<p>that was a good change. Generally, all highly selective schools prefer four years in each of the core academic subjects, including lab sciences and foreign language (?). btw: Comp Sci is generally considered a math elective.</p>

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<p>i think you're schedule is fine as long as you get good grades. i remember being worried that i wasn't going to get into selective schools because i wasn't taking math through calc. my school wouldn't allow me to double up on math and it's just not my strong point. but as long as you're not planning on being a engineering or physics major, then it probably won't be a problem. just be sure to get good teacher and peer recs (apparently my peer rec really affected the people in the williams office) and write excellent essays.</p>

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<p>Thank you all so much for your input! </p>

<p>Math is definitely not my strong suit anyway, but I hope to apply as some kind of humanities major!</p>

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<p>I'm wondering why you don't have a foreign language. What is your language background/preparation? I would view the lack of a foreign language as a serious negative in your credentials unless you are applying to engineering schools.</p>

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<p>I had two years of a foreign language and had to stop after due to a scheduling conflict. I will have a counselor write a little for that..</p>

<p>how negatively do you think this effects my chances?</p>

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<p>It'll hurt, no doubt, but if there was a legitimate reason you couldn't take a language, I guess colleges can't hold it against you (as long as the reason isn't that it conflicted with tennis or something).</p>