Senioritis: dropping one class from honors to regular?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So I'm a second semester senior and I'm already feeling the apathy of senioritis pretty intensely right now. I've never really thought of myself as lazy, but now that it's second semester, I've just found it so unbelievably difficult to keep myself motivated, especially in the classes I don't enjoy!</p>

<p>Anyway, I have eight classes per day; four AP and four honors. My most difficult class, by far, is pre-calculus honors (yeah, I'm not the greatest in math). I got a B last semester, but two and a half weeks into this semester, I have an F. I've turned in half of the homework assignments and failed the first test.</p>

<p>Anyway, I've heard that the class a step down (Pre-calculus) is exponentially easier. I'm considering seeing if I can drop down to that class. I've been in honors math since freshman year, but I've always been a B student in math.</p>

<p>The thing that's hindering me from dropping down is the fact that I will have to let colleges know. Most of the schools I'm applying to are very selective (Amherst, Bowdoin, Pomona, Emory, Vassar, Boston College, Middlebury). How detrimental would dropping down be to my application?</p>

<p>I feel inadequate for even asking such a question, as I know that I should push myself.</p>

<p>Should I drop down to regular, where an A would be easy and things would be much more manageable, or push myself in honors and fight just to get a B?</p>

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<p>Hey, it’s up to you. It didn’t hurt me to just completely dump AP Stats, though that was more because of its time-absorption potential than its grading rigor.</p>

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<p>You have two choices, both of which you’ve just stated: drop the class, or fight for a B. Here are the catches: if you drop the class, it will help your GPA and give you a little bit more time for yourselfl BUT…you dropped the class. If you keep the class, it will look pretty good on a transcript, even though it hurt your GPA a little bit. </p>

<p>My advice is to just duke it out. Get a tutor, ask a teacher for help, or do whatever it takes, because, in the long run, it will be worth it when you end up having to take Calculus in college. Even if you got the F, you would recognize the material. </p>

<p>But, it’s clearly up to you. It will definitely be a battle with yourself. And, if you’re totally lost for ideas, talk with your guidance counselor and parents and see what advice they ahve to give to you. Good luck!</p>