Senior Year Schedule Change HELP

Applying to College
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So I had to drop out of AP Calc AB because I had a D and it would be impossible for me to get a B- before the marking period ended. So instead, Im taking AP Stats. My schedule also changed a little bit too! Will this affect my admissions greatly by not taking calc in high school? Heres my stats

4.7 W gpa, top 10%, 30 ACT,
6 honors and 7 Ap courses at the end of high school
Straight A’s sophomore and junior years in mostly honors/ap classes

OLD SCHEDULE:
AP Calc
AP Env
AP Lit
AP Gov
Art
Senior Seminar

NEW SCHEDULE:
AP Stats
AP Env
AP Lit
AP Gov
AP Psychology
Art

COLLEGES IM APPLY TO: Fordham, BU, Northeastern, Syracuse, American, George Washington, Vermont, Rutgers, Pitt, Villanova (Com at most, business at some I’m really undecided tbh)

So, will this change in math courses affect my admissions chances? I tried to make up for it by adding another AP and taking five instead of four, so hopefully that helps a little? I want to major in either communications or management

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For your major, Stat is completely fine and I don’t think it makes a difference. You’re fine.

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You should be fine.

4

bump

5

Why are you bumping? Do you really want someone to say that you plan to drop AP Calc is the dumbest idea ever?

As the other posters said, for your intended major and targeted schools, I believe that it’s fine.

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You’re fine. You made the right move.

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You did make the right move for college admission. But one thing to keep in the back of your mind is that business programs generally require a semester of calculus (or business calculus which is basically the same). Many of the students in a college calc class have had the material before in HS. So if you struggled through calc in HS you may want to find a way to get some kind of background in the material (ex. see if you can audit a CC class, a tutor, Khan Academy are some ideas) before you start college calc.

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@skieurope @MYOS1634 @happy1 sorry i forgot to update what my schedule actually changed to before bumping. I went to change it and they suggested not adding another AP because 5 is a lot. So its actually as follows

AP Lit (English)
AP Psychology (Social Studies)
AP Statistics (Math)
AP Environmental Science (Science)
Peer Leadership (Basically a program for seniors you get placed in for being involved/a good student… like a seminar)
Art (Grad requirement)

Hopefully its still okay. I know I’m probably being really neurotic about all of this but its been a crazy start to senior year that I didn’t expect and I just feel unsure and unconfident rn. I don’t want my schedule to look like I took the easy way out. As for my major I’m leaning more communications lately for most of my schools, I applied as business at all my safety schools though since its easier admissions. If I do go for business I’m planning on asking one of my friends for their notes at the end of the school year to go over. Thanks for all the help!

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In that case, I’d try to replace AP psychology with AP Gov. Indeed, taking AP stats, apes, and AP psychology means you’re taking all existing 'AP lite ’ classes your senior year. This combination (not AP stats itself) makes your schedule weaker.

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@MYOS1634 at my school psychology is a lot harder than gov because of the teachers/workload. I had to either drop peer leadership which is something I had to apply to and get in, or AP gov. I couldn’t keep one of them. This has been stressing me out all week but at this point I think I’m just gonna let it go, enjoy the classes I have and let college admissions happen naturally

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Colleges don’t know that AP psychology is harder than AP govat your schook. Anyway… On your Brag sheet make sure to include put had to apply to get into Leadership, it’ll be important for your guidance counselor to include that.

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@MYOS1634 I think I’m going to include peer leadership in my extracurriculars, we do a lot of work outside of school and I think it could clarify what it’s all about.

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Sounds like you have a plan.

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While I normally agree with @MYOS1634 , I disagree here. Really, it’s a toss-up. Let’s be real; neither AP Psych nor AP Gov is at the rigor level of AP Calc BC, but I really don’t think that colleges have a preference of one over the other. Both are 1-semester equivalent social science classes, so take the one you’d enjoy more/will get a better grade/has the better teacher/has a better track record on the AP exams.

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^ if you’re already in AP psychology and are enjoying it, then so be it :slight_smile:
AP gov typically carries credit and AP psych often doesn’t, but it may not matter much.
Good luck!

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thank you all for the help, its very reassuring!