<p>So as it stands I'm scheduled to take:</p>
<p>AP Government
AP Literature
AP Physics
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
Orchestra
Maybe AP Latin or Latin 4</p>
<p>as a senior next year. I plan on majoring in biology (maybe going to medical school) and I'm looking at UPenn, MIT, McGill, Duke, Johns Hopkins etc. (can someone recommend some good schools, academically, for biology?).</p>
<p>My concern is that this schedule will obviously drive me insane, and I'm wondering which course to drop (or if I should drop one). I'm thinking i should let go of AP Physics, but I'm hoping someone could help inform me. Also, is it important that I continue taking Latin? I will have taken 3 years of it by the time I'm a senior.</p>
<p>Course difficulty seems not to be a problem for me, I've managed to keep at least an A average in all courses. However I don't want to be so overloaded with work. So the main question is, will dropping one of these hurt my admissions chances, and which should I drop?</p>
<p>You are in the EXACT same position I was last year (I considered dropping AP Latin and had 5 other AP’s). What I’m going to say probably won’t be that helpful, but I decided to take Latin and it’s been quite stressful. However, my counselor told me that if I dropped Latin I would have a much lower chance of admission. I kept it and was accepted to my top choice, but 2nd sem. senior year isn’t quite as easy as i thought it would be.
If you were to drop a class I would say AP Physics or Orchestra, but that’s just IMO.</p>
<p>I’m only taking 3 years of language because… I really don’t want to take a language course next year. lol. But I’m taking two math classes so I’m going to end up with 5 classes next year. I think you should lighten your load a little bit. I mean, come on, its your senior year! Live it up! :)</p>
<p>I think, as long as your sophomore and junior year grades are good, you don’t have to overwhelm yourself with so many classes for senior year. like 7.</p>
<p>If Orchestra is not a hook for college drop it. Just practice on your own a lot and it makes no difference in admissions… If you are first chair, honor orchestra, or something then it becomes more important.</p>