<p>I am planning to apply to Yale EA, and was wondering about the strength of my senior year schedule, and its effects on my application. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>At my public school, the maximum number of for-credit classes you can take in one year is six. During both my freshman and sophomore years, one of the six was used to fulfill arts credits required for graduation; freshman year, the other five were all honors classes, and sophomore year, they were four honors and one AP (US History I).</p>
<p>Junior year, I took all six academic classes: Honors Chem, Honors Math Analysis (basically pre-calc), Honors French, AP Bio, AP US History II, and AP Eng. Lang/Comp.</p>
<p>This year, I have Honors Physics (AP is not offered), AP Calc BC, AP French, AP Euro History, and AP Eng Lit/Comp. For the sixth period, I can either take AP Chem, or I can take a study hall and use the time to volunteer as a peer tutor in my school's writing center.</p>
<p>I am not interested in science or math as a major or career--I would be applying as an English major. If I dropped Chem, I would include in an essay why I chose to use my free period as a writing center volunteer.</p>
<p>If anyone could give insight into how this senior-year schedule would be viewed, that would be greatly appreciated! I have to decide whether to stay in chem or drop for tutoring this week, so my transcript can be sent out.</p>
<p>(And if this is useful, I have a 2360 SATI [800 CR, 760M, 800W]; SATII: 800 Bio M, 760 Math 2, 740 US Hist; 4.89 weighted GPA, may be a bit lower after this semester; #1 in class (but school stopped ranking this year); I have won three national, one regional, and one state writing contests; I am editor of my school literary magazine, captain of spring track, one of eight students to pioneer the writing center tutoring program, a student and tutor at my Hebrew school, and a National Merit Semifinalist [to date].)</p>