<p>double major in english and theatre.</p>
<p>believe me, i'm not trying to get out of calculus. i'd take it before school if i had the chance. but seriously, the classes i'm taking are nessecary.</p>
<p>AP bio - need for science requirement
AP econ - need for social science req
AP lit - need for eng req
AP art - need for leadership position in ntnl art honors society (not specifically AP art, but some art.)
theatre x2 - need for leadership position for thespian society</p>
<p>I think it might be okay if you are majoring in the arts and humanities. Just write about why you couldn't take it in your application.</p>
<p>i really love math though, and i'm going to try as hard as i can to take it, even if it has to be online.</p>
<p>unless you're terrible at math, take it. i took math when i should have dropped it, and therefore had to send a C out to schools like washington and lee, vandy, uva, and william and mary. they were not impressed. but, if you can do well in it, i would just take it. most schools do look for those core classes.</p>
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classes like econ and art history; those are considered "filler," or "fluff" courses that beef up your gpa but don't actually increse your chance of admission to ivies or other top schools.
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<p>Nonsense -- where is your source for this?</p>
<p>Economics, may I remind you, makes heavy use of calculus.</p>
<p>While you very well may get into all the schools on your list, if you're looking for a full ride scholarship, the requirements are very different. It's not so much that you won't have 4 years of math (which obviously you do), but that you will not have calculus, which the vast majority of those competing for the few full ride scholarships will have.</p>
<p>Drop AP Chem and take calculus.</p>
<p>trjohnson1: Let me put it a different way:</p>
<p>We on CC know that you're aren't going to be slacking off by not taking a math class, but the college adcoms DON'T. That's all.</p>
<p>For online classes, Google: Keystone National High School (I don't know how it all works but they even have online/correspondence AP classes!!)</p>
<p>Another thing to consider is what a normal 4-year progression of math classes should be for advanced level students. I did Algebra II Honors -> Geometry Honors -> Honors Intergrated Math Physics Technology (a special program at my school, basically a combination of Pre-AP Calc and Pre-AP Physics for students that want to get into science) -> AP Calculus. Most competition is going to have a similar progression, where the 4th year is AP Calculus.</p>
<p>i think what i'll do is sign up for AP french in the fall and AP calc in the spring via georgia virtual school, and then hope that in the spring a calc class opens up at the university i could dual enroll with. (i'll just have to wait till they publish their spring course schedule.)</p>
<p>i think i'd be okay with taking AP calculus online, it's just alot of my friends have taken online AP's and most have been alright, except one of my friends who took AP calc. she got her first B from it, and she was lucky to get that, (it would have been a C without the +5 points for AP at our school). she also said however that it was mainly her problem because she didn't have alot of self-motivation with it and whatnot.</p>
<p>I am having the same problem as you trjohnson. I have taken 4 years of math thouh because i took two math courses my sophomore year and now I'm not sure if I should take AP Calculus. My schedule consists of AP Lit, AP French, AP Psychology, a laid back theatre class, an intense theatre class (counted as honors), and a stupid gym class. My major in college will be theatre. Any advice??</p>
<p>^ I think you should take AP calculus. Colleges like to see that you have 4 years of math and 4 years of english, not just credits. If the theater class is really intense that you have to focus a lot on that, then you don't really have to, but it would look good.</p>
<p>I agree with most of the people on this thread: take math.</p>
<p>why not do everything possible to be a good candidate?</p>