senior year schedule dilemma

Applying to College
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<p>I go to a small, public school that rarely sends kids to top schools. I've done well so far, with a 4.4/3.9 and have taken a very rigorous schedule. Since my school doesn't offer that many honors or hard classes, when I take them, I'm bound to have problems with my schedule.</p>

<p>This year, taking ap calculus intereferes with taking physics as there is only one class of both being offered. I also wanted to take the fourth year in a language. However, I can't do either because of the way the classes are layed out.</p>

<p>If i'm entirely unable to take the classes, would it look bad to a college that i'm not taking the most rigorous schedule for classes offered at my school though I am taking the most rigorous schedule AVAILABLE? D: It is something I would have to take the time to explain to them, isn't it?</p>

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<p>There’s a box in the common app for additional info, maybe you could explain it there if you want lol. And you are taking the most rigorous sched possible for you so you should be alright. Just keep up your grades and you’ll be fine.
May I also say that’s so dumb that the hard classes conflict with each other because people taking AP calc would probably consider taking physics since they’re good in math. That’s just poor thinking.</p>

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<p>bah, thank you for the advice! I might try to get it as an independent study course… </p>

<p>Yeah, even with a minority of kids taking hard classes, they sure don’t put a lot of thought into it…</p>

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<p>Just have your counselor touch on the issue in his/her rec.</p>

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<p>Not sure how involved your guidance counselors are with the process, but this is exactly the type of thing they should lay out in their recommendations and in confirming your “rigorous” schedule. Your teachers might also point it out since both groups understand the school’s scheduling difficulties. But I agree it shouldn’t be the case that you can only take four years of a language if you don’t take AP or vice versa. However I do know that Jr year a lot of kids who like the sciences end up taking AP Chem and physics jr year so they can take AP Bio and AP Physics senior year. School size about 500 9-12.</p>

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<p>Yeah, don’t worry about it too much. Just explain it somewhere in your application / have your GC explain it to you.</p>

<p>Also, I’m sure you aren’t the only student effected by this scheduling issue. Maybe you could all politely ask the administration at your school if its possible to rearrange the classes a bit? I’m sure there must be a significant overlap between the students interested in AP calculus and physics.</p>