Should I take general courses or just focus in one area for my senior year of high school?

<p>Right now my schedule will be:
AP Language
AP Literature
AP Human Geography
AP Art History (online)
AP Biology
Teacher Cadet Program (school weighs as AP)</p>

<p>AP Art History is a maybe, depends how I did on the APUSH exam, I'm predicting a 5 but if I got at least a 4 I'll take Art History. Basically I don't know if I should drop AP Biology and just take Art History or if I should drop Art History or take both. I'm trying to major in English so I can become a journalist for a high ranking newspaper in NYC. The college I'm applying to is 58% acceptance and I have several clubs under my belt (Senior class president, student council, Key Club, and Academic team) as well as my lowest grade being an 82 (from freshman Geometry honors but over last two years lowest grade has been a 90), and AP Chemistry and APUSH potential college credit. </p>

<p>My question is what to do about my classes, because next year I will NOT take a math class at all, but will make up for it with the overload of AP classes where I can basically teach myself. </p>

<p>What are the requirements for the schools to which you are applying? Schools have different requirements for the number of years of foreign languages, humanities, math , etc. It is better to see what they require than to ask our opinions.</p>

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<p>Also, to prevent disappointment in the future, you might want to look into the job prospects of this plan as one of your investigative assignments for yourself… it’s akin to being a door to door Fuller brush salesman.</p>

<p>Please tell me you are applying to more than one college. Nothing makes up for not taking a math course each year. Don’t choose electives over core classes. They are additions only. Journalists must understand numbers well to know when something stinks. </p>

<p>Journalists need a well rounded education so that they can write about varied subjects without glaring errors or getting fooled by slick-talking advocates talking about a subject that the journalist has no familiarity with.</p>

<p>This includes knowledge of math and science as the basic high school level, meaning math through precalculus and either AP statistics or statistics in college, and all three of high school biology, chemistry, and physics.</p>

<p>In college, general knowledge of the social studies like economics, sociology, political science, etc. can be important for journalists, since many articles are about social matters.</p>

<p>Foreign language fluency and literacy can also be helpful in allowing the journalist to interview a wider range of people and read a wider range of sources.</p>

<p>@KKmama I already have my credits to get into the college because I’m in all honors and started taking high school courses in middle school.</p>

<p>@BrownParent Obviously… I’m applying to at least 4 colleges but want to try 6.</p>

<p>@ucbalumnus‌ I took AP Chemistry, Chemistry, PreCalculus, Biology, Algebra I & II, and Geometry (all honors courses). Physical Science too but it’s not a lab science. I took a semester of Econ. I have one credit of Spanish 3 Honors, but I’ve already called my colleges and they said it’s fine because they just require that or something, I’m fluent. The reason I don’t want to take a math is because I struggled with it a lot in AP Chem and that wasn’t even a math class! Physics I would often find myself confuse as to what the problem actually wanted despite the fact he gave us exact formulas to use. </p>

<p>AP classes do not make up for math classes. What was your top math class and how many years have you taken? Many competitive colleges require at least four years of math.</p>

<p>@Erin’s Dad Top was Honors Pre Calculus. Finished with a 92. </p>