Should I quit or continue band?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I will be a senior for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year, and I’ve been wondering if I should continue band or not. I’m planning to take the following classes:
1 AP Literature
2 AP Calculus AB
3 AP Chemistry
4 Anatomy and Physiology Honors
5 Honors Government and Economics
6 Peer Mentor
For my 7th class, I’m thinking about if I should take band or not. If I’m not, I’ll take directed studies which is a non credit class where you do your homework there.

I have serious time management issues where it takes me hours to complete an assignment whereas for others, it may only take less than an hour to finish. This problem results in me sleeping at 3am almost every night, and this problem have caused my parents to tell me to not do band next year for the following reasons:
1 I need to sleep more.
2 I need to spend time practicing to improve my ACT score up to at least 4 points.
3 I need to start getting ready for graduation such as scholarships.

I’m not pursuing a musical major in college so I was wondering if I should quit my last year or not. I also have a 4.0 GPA, and I hope to maintain that for my senior year too. I’m in clubs such as Beta, Science, NHS, HOSA, Mu Alpha Theta, and JCL. I’m also the Vice President for HOSA and Treasurer for Beta Club.

Thanks in advance!

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Do you enjoy band? Do you have a leadership position? Will you miss your band friends? Will you miss the comraderie and the football games? Will you miss the senior traditions in band?

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^I agree.

You don’t have to be an academic machine. If one class is giving a ton of homework every night, you can take one regular class, or if there is a club you are just doing for colleges/obligation, you can feel free to drop that to free up time. It depends on how much you really like band.

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I also agree with the first response…I was pretty much in the same position last year but at the end of the day I didn’t really enjoy band and didn’t feel like I would miss it or anyone in it…this year I’ve had much more time…& I don’t regret leaving at all…my grades have gone up … I’ve had much more sleep and time & way less stress…just go with your gut…hope I helped :slight_smile: