<p>Hi guys, I'm a senior and I currently have 5 classes first semester in Bible as Literature, Anatomy, AP Statistics, ROP Graphic Communication, and Economics. (I know there not that great classes)</p>
<p>I have a C in AP stats and it will remain that way as my final grade. I don't want to take it 2nd semester due to the difficulty I have with that class and it's only going to get harder.(Stats just isn't my thing and I'm afraid I'll do worse 2nd semester) I've already taken 8 semesters of math, and this fall semester will be my 9th. </p>
<p>I want to replace it with another elective class and also add track as my 6th class 2nd semester. </p>
<p>Will it affect me enough to have my application denied from UCI, UCSB, or UCD? I still will have greater than a 3.0 at the end of the semester.
(1810 SAT score, 520 USH & 510 math2c for SAT 2 , 3.8 weighted, 3.6 unweighted GPA)</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me if its a bad idea or if it's fine to drop it? Please help!</p>
<p>Drop it. My son is currently in Stats and I was very concerned how he would finish semester. He ended up doing ok, however if he would have gotten a C I was going to make him drop the class.</p>
<p>This is your senior year. Enjoy it. That is my philosophy this year for my son. I am letting him make decisions for himself.</p>
<p>Dropping it is NOT a good move since you have applied to selective colleges. Ask your counselor.</p>
<p>One of UCs main admissions criteria is strength of senior. It will either send the message that you have senior-itis, or that you struggle with ‘college-level’ work. Either is not good, since the mid-tier UCs are already a stretch with your gpa/test scores.</p>
<p>Currently, you only have 5 academic classes - UC doesn’t count Bible I don’t believe. Thus, dropping it means replacing it with a less rigorous class. Next year, a UC campus will expect you to take 4 college-level academic courses per quarter, 12 over the year, or ~6 per semester equivalent. </p>
<p>AP Stats is one of the easier AP courses, but perhaps not at your school. You might surprise yourself on the test and earn a 3 which will earn credit at at UC. </p>
<p>If you decide to drop, you must notify all colleges, including each UC campus. </p>
<p>btw: Stats is probably one of the most useful classes that you will ever take in life. Keep at it. Can you obtain a tutor?</p>
<p>I went and talked with my counselor today and she wasn’t much help. She just told me I had to contact each school individually and ask how it would affect my admission. Could I actually call and ask like that? </p>
<p>I might decide to keep AP stats but if I do, I probably won’t do track 2nd semester and stick with 5 periods.
But I have a question for that… If I put on my applications that I sent in November to colleges that I’m going to take a 4th year of track(which would be my 4th) next semester and decide not to anymore, do I contact each school I applied to individually and tell them? If so how?</p>