<p>For senior year, I signed up for Honors Marine Biology as my science class. I did this because I did not want to take an AP science, as they are time consuming and irrelevant, and the rest of my schedule has rigorous core classes (AP Calc, AP Literature, AP Gov, etc.) I'm also taking dual enrollment humanities courses outside of school - however, I see a bunch of kids both in my school and on CC doubling up on AP sciences. (Physics+Chem) is a popular choice at my school.</p>
<p>I'm worried that I may regret this decision come time to send in college applications, as Marine Biology is a joke at my school. Its like coloring 101.</p>
<p>I want to double major in English + Philosophy...</p>
<p>My question is, will this "fluff" science course be the nail in the coffin in terms of college rejections?</p>
<p>If they ask, just say that you wanted to take the class to see if you were interested in the subject.</p>
<p>It’s not like your guidance counselor is going to write, “Preamble1776 took Marine Biology, instead of a more rigorous class, he/she is basically worthless, you’d be making your college much worse by admitting him/her.”</p>
<p>I have taken AP Environmental Science, Honors Bio, and Honors Chem. I was told by GC that Physics was not necessary to non-STEM majors, and I took Enviro as part of it pertained to Environmental law, and I thought Marine Bio would go nicely with it as that too has sections regarding Environmental law.</p>
<p>It doesn’t have to be a blow off class. Marine bio can be pretty interesting, and I guess it’ll show colleges the diverse amount of science classes you’ve had. But I understand, we had an astronomy class in high school that was pretty much a joke.</p>
<p>We also have astronomy, but its considered a semester long elective - I guess I don’t have to think of Marine Biology as a blow off class like you said - it can just be a unique science class that I had the opportunity to take… but still, it seriously pales in comparison to AP Physics…</p>
<p>I’ve read conflicting things about the whole “holy trinity” of sciences and whatnot - I was told by my GC that I didn’t necessarily need Physics, in the sense that it wouldn’t break my application.</p>