Schedule change effect on admissions?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>So originally I had signed up for 6 AP classes: Spanish, calc, lit, chem, bio, and computer science. Due to scheduling conflicts I had to drop bio in order to keep chem and computer science in order to keep Spanish so now I'm only down to 4 and I added honors physics (no AP option for physics). Will having only 5 classes my senior year hurt me during admissions? It is still definitely the hardest course load possible but I'm afraid it'll hurt me for when I apply ED to my dream school Cornell. What do you guys think? And btw, just due to the way we do things at my school despite its size of ~2200 kids and scheduling conflicts, I'll only have 6 APs when I graduate, how bad will this look? How can I offset this? Tips, suggestions, anything? Thanks ahead of time!</p>

<p>Oh and another thing... I will now also have a senior early release which I did not have scheduled previously because I do not want to take a regular 4.0 class. Won't this look like I'm lazy? I'm so worried...</p>

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<p>I only took 6 classes my senior year, including PE, and graduated with only 5 APs (3 taken as a senior). I think you’re worrying a little too much. If anything, you can use the additional info section of your application to explain why you had to drop from 6 APs to 4, but I don’t think it’s necessary.</p>

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<p>OK thanks, I asked my counselor about it and she said she could talk about it in my rec. I guess I’m just really worried how I’ll compare to others b/c I’m irrevocably in love with Cornell and would do anything to get in, haha.</p>