So this is my current schedule:
AP Lit
AP Calc BC
AP Gov/Econ
AP Physics 2
French 4
Psychology
World Religions (required)
A friend of mine is trying convince me to drop Psych and take up a TA period for a teacher we had sophomore year. I’m sure I would get a great letter of recommendation, but I’m not sure how taking a TA period would compare to taking something academic. I know normal psych is really nothing in terms of academic rigor, but I’d like some advice as to whether or not switching it for a TA period would hurt my chances for selective colleges (even if just a little bit).
Depends on if you’re planning to do psychology later or the subject is interesting or useful to you.
TA protects a weighted GPA > 4.0 as well as gives you a lot of free time to focus on your homework / extracurriculars as well as limit your Senior year stress. You want to have fun!
Wow this sounds great actually. The AP Psych classes in my school are full, so I was stuck in normal psych, but if it really might look better to do TA, then that’s awesome. I keep hearing, “colleges think that having a TA period makes you look lazy”. Is that just a myth?
I’m not planning to do anything psych related, btw