Taking a free period junior year?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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So I was in AP Biology and just switched out. With three weeks left of the semester, my final grade was not going to be good. When I went to my guidance counselor, she told me that I would have to finish the semester and then switch next semester. The problem is… the grade that I was going to get would show up on my transcript. So she told me that if I switched into junior privilege for the rest of the semester it would not appear on my transcript. Junior privilege is basically a free period where you can come in late or leave school early. I guess my question is… will colleges think badly about me taking a period off junior year for the fall semester? My schedule is:
Semester 1:
AICE Lit
AICE US
Math Analysis Honors
AICE Global Perspectives
AICE Sociology
DE Fundamentals of Speech comm.

Semester two:
DE Anatomy and physiology
DE Anatomy and physiology Lab
AICE Lit
AICE US
Trig honors
AICE Global Perspectives
AICE Sociology

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Not at all.

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Although they will wonder why you are not taking a lab science and are taking a free period.
What do you want to major in?
If it is STEM, it won’t look good.
Make sure you take Bio, Chem and Physics during hS.

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^ OP will be taking a lab science (with lab period) second semester.
The free period is 100% fine.
However you’re missing Foreign Language - remember it’s one of the 5 core classes, unless you completed it through AP sophomore year. Plan on it for next year if need be.