Senior year course load

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>For whatever reason, my school has us finalize our schedules for the upcoming year in December. I'm looking to apply to competitive colleges (e.g. Georgetown, Yale, Brown, Tufts, UPenn) as an international relations major. So far, my senior year schedule is shaping up as:</p>

<p>AP Gov.
AP Macroeconomics (Micro is not offered)
AP Statistics
AP Literature and Composition
AP Spanish
AP Human Geography (maybe)
Philosophy/Genocide (half-year courses)</p>

<p>My junior year courses were:
AP Biology
APUSH
AP Lang + Comp
Precalc Honors
College Spanish (prerequisite for AP)
Mock Trial</p>

<p>Am I doing myself a disadvantage by not taking an AP Science or AP Calc? Although my grades in AP Bio are exceptional, I cannot see myself doing well in Chem or Physics...same goes for Calc. I have no desire to continue them in college regardless--will colleges frown upon that, even though I'm 100% not going into STEM?</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know if AP Human Geo is a strictly undergrad course? I've heard that from other CC"ers and don't want to be placed amongst a sea of freshmen. I had a hunch it was an easy A, but it did see interesting (esp. because of my interest in political science).</p>

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<p>No you’re not. The fact that you’re taking classes relating to your major and future is actually better, colleges will recognize (or should) that you are preparing yourself for International Relations. Also, I’ve heard of those who are majoring in a study where it’s not math intensive, they end up taking Statistics for general education because Calculus and higher is not related to their major. </p>

<p>Now you need to check each and every college you are applying to on whether you have to take Human Geography or anything else you’re wondering about. I would check AP Credit and look up their courses and see if it’s in General Education (if any), you also need to check GE at the colleges. It’ll take a while but it’s worth it.</p>

<p>Good luck. </p>