Spanish 4 or Chemistry Senior Year?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>This is my senior year and I plan to go to U of Mich for pre-med. I have AP Calc BC, AP Physics, and AP Psych this year and Spanish 4 is basically AP at my school. I will have all hard classes for the rest of the year after this trimester. I could potentially go under 3.0 unweighted.</p>

<p>Could I switch from Spanish to chemistry for the last two trimesters? I will be taking a lot of chem in college and have barely taken any in high school. I won't be taking any Spanish in college and have been taking it since 7th grade and only getting As. </p>

<p>Would this look bad on my application to stop taking it even though I'm only required 2 years? Very few people from my school even go to 4 because it's so hard. (I've technically taken 4 years but repeated 1 from middle school so I'm on 3) Would they understand that I want to take more science courses to actually prepare me for college? Thanks</p>

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<p>[High</a> School Preparation | University of Michigan Office of Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/high-school-preparation]High”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/high-school-preparation)</p>

<p>Michigan only requires 2 years of a foreign language. You really couldn’t look that up for yourself?</p>

<p>Anyway, take chemistry. It will be a lot more useful for your major.</p>

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<p>Ok thanks. I did look it up and I meant I had my two year requirement for UM. I’ve just heard they like you to go all four classes because it shows you’re “committed” or something.</p>

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<p>They aren’t trying to trick you. If they wanted four years, they’d say so. Doing 3 years already exceeds the requirements so 4 would be overkill, especially when you could be taking a really useful class for pre-med like chem.</p>