Scheduling help, please!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I am struggling with what to take for my senior year. Our school is on an block schedule with four classes a semester with APs running all year on alternating days. I am planning on applying to some top colleges (Yale, Duke, Columbia, Davidson, UNC CH, Georgetown and others) with a planned major of journalism and comp sci or poli sci. I have already picked out 7 of the eight classes I will be taking. They are as follows:
AP English Lit
AP English Lang
Honors Journalism
Honors Band
Honors Spanish 3
Honors Civics and Economics (required)
AP Statistics

I can either take the fourth Spanish, a science elective (honors physics or computer programming 1), an AP science (Bio or chem), or another easy AP (US Gov, Human Geo). My teacher and guidance counselor said it’s not a big deal if I don’t take a science my senior year since I have all my required sciences (chem, bio, and earth sci). My problem with this is that I wouldn’t have a science my senior year and I wouldn’t have physics which I don’t think top colleges would like. I have heard all the AP sciences are super hard and time consuming also which I don’t really want to partake in. What do you guys think?

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You should take physics, colleges do like seeing that you have bio, chem, and physics.

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Agreed, you should totally take honors physics.

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I agree with the posters above me. What’s your opinion on physics (or science in general)? Do you like science?

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Thanks so much for the advice guys!
@The5458Captain‌ I like science and I have gotten A’s in all my science classes but it isn’t my best subject. I didn’t like biology or earth science but that could have been because I had bad teachers for both. I liked chemistry a lot because the teacher was amazing and I found it interesting. She is also the teacher for the AP Chemistry class and her husband teaches the honors physics class. I have always wanted to take physics but I am also leaning towards the APChem class because some of my friends are taking it and its the same great teacher. I have heard mixed things about it though. Some people say its super hard and they aren’t doing well in it. Some people say its hard but manageable and you can make an A in it. My ideal situation would be to take AP Physics 1 but unfortunately it is only offered online at my school and I don’t want to take it online.

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I agree with people above. Take physics since it will look good for colleges.

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Another vote for physics.

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Will taking Physics hurt my chances at a top college? Ie Yale, Duke?

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Taking Physics would definitely be something colleges would love to see. Not taking it may hurt you a little, but not to that great of an extent.