<p>I will be a senior this upcoming school year and have registered for three classes at a local college in addition to 2 high school classes (one of which is college credit writing). The three local college courses are Philosophy, Latin, and Calculus I and II. However, due to scheduling conflicts, I was unable to sign up for any science courses at my high school or local college. I have been somewhat comforted by the fact that I doubled up on sciences for the past three years, covering all but 2 of the most challenging science courses at my high school. However, I cannot help but wonder if this lack of science during my senior year could negatively affect my chances of admission to a top university by making it seem as if Im falling victim to the senior slide (especially since Im hoping on majoring in biomedical engineering). </p>
<p>Note: I needed the college calc courses because that was the only way I could get both calc I and II during the same year, which is extremely important in order to be a competitive engineering applicant.</p>
<p>Is this a horrible mistake? Should I take the remaining high school science courses and give up the extremely important math? Or will a university like Duke or Notre Dame be satisfied with 6 science courses (one of which was AP Bio-scored 5) and appreciate the fact that Im expanding my academic horizons with courses like Philosophy/Latin and taking them on a college campus?</p>