Taking a free period junior year?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hi, I'm aiming for top universities such as UCLA, Duke University, Oxford. In my highly competitive high school, you can take up to 8 courses(although some AP courses count as two..). I'm considering taking:
Honors Bio-AP Bio
Spanish 5-6 AP Calculus BC
AP English Language - Off-Roll/Free Period
Honors American Literature- AP US History</p>

<p>So...the thing is, all the successful students I know didn't take an off-roll during junior year. The thing is, I'll likely be on the Junior Varsity Tennis Team and be self-studying Korean(for fun) with the goal of taking the SAT subject test before submitting my college app. Anyhow, should I take APEL with Free Period, or the year-long AP Computer Science course which happens to be way easier in my school than APEL. However, I'm an aspiring writer and wish to develop my skills in APEL. Please help me! I have to decide by tomorrow!
--Is it better to take an easy course like Journalism than an Off-Roll? Is Spanish 7-8 particularly hard, or should I just take that instead of an Off-Roll?</p>

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<p>Do whatever you want to, honestly. Colleges aren’t going to be upset that you took an off-roll or study hall or anything. If you just want an off-roll, by all means, go for it. I would, if I was you. It seems like you’d rather take APEL and the off-roll, anyways.</p>

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<p>I’m doing full IB Diploma next year and am taking a free period. This will definitely help me as I’m taking IB Math HL … :(</p>