<p>Next year I'm taking Latin 3 (Honors), Geometry (H), Anatomy (H), Brit Lit (H), Theo 3 (I go to a Catholic school), Ap Lang, APUSH, and cannot decide whether to take French 1 (Honors) to boost my GPA, but might be more work... Or should I take an easier elective that might be more fun? There aren't any electives that interest me, though, besides a civil rights class and that is only one semester. </p>
<p>I'm for sure not taking AP Latin 4 senior year (I hate it), so would it at all help my college admissions chances to take 3 years or Latin and 2 of french, or not make a difference? </p>
<p>ALSO, If I only take 6 AP's by the end of my senior year, and they're all in english or social studies (Gov, Lang, APUSH, Lit, Psych, and Euro), would this make it look like I took an easy schedule? I have always just struggled in math and science and know I wouldn't be able to handle an AP in those subjects.. </p>
<p>It is fine if it is your interest, but it is not likely to help your college admission. Unless you can reach a certain level (e.g. demonstrated in subject test), a second foreign language in curriculum would not be very helpful. For most colleges, they require/recommend 2-4 years of a single foreign language in high school.</p>
<p>4 years of a Language looks better than 3 of one and 2 of another. Go tall, not wide.</p>
<p>I’d still suggest you take French1, simply because you’re likely to have a language requirement in college and unless you want to continue with Latin, this would be a way out of Latin. If your parents can afford it, you could actually go to language camp (fun: Concordia French Village or Voyageurs French Activity Camp; intensive: Middlebury) skip Fr1, start with Fr2, and finish senior year with both Fr3 AND Latin 3 which IS fairly rare.</p>
<p>4-8 AP’s is what’s recommended for the most selective schools so you’re fine. And if they’re clustered in one area that matches your future major’s field, then it’s good, as long as you can show the consistency of your choices. Finally, taking an AP class where you may get less than a B is NOT a smart move so you did the right thing. With Ap’s some students take the “everything but the kitchen sink” approach and it just doesn’t work like that :)</p>