<p>I want to know what courses to take for my senior year of high school. Please tell me what colleges would like to see more on senior class loads. This is what I am currently signed up for:</p>
<p>AP Physics B
AP Government/Economics
AP Spanish 4
AP Statistics
AP Literature</p>
<p>What I really want to do is drop AP Statistics and take AP Chemistry instead. But here is the problem: I don't want to make it look like I quit in math or anything. Will colleges see that as bad if I replace it with AP Chemistry?</p>
<p>Also, I want to drop AP Spanish 4 and take AP Psychology instead. This also has the same problem.</p>
<p>So here is what my schedule would look like if I took all the classes I want.</p>
<p>AP Physics B
AP Government/Economics
AP Psychology
AP Chemistry
AP Literature</p>
<p>In conclusion, please tell me if it would look bad on admissions. The second schedule would be as so many on these forums say, "following my passions," but I would rather take the first one if it would help my chances because I enjoy learning Spanish and Statistics as well. So would quitting the 4th year of both math and a foreign language look bad?</p>
<p>Sorry for this long post. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>No. AP Calculus BC at my school is the highest level of math. Seniors in my situation usually take AP Stats. Anything beyond that I need to go to a local community college. Bump bump bump. Anyone else? Thanks.</p>
<p>If you want to be pre-med, dropping AP Spanish would not matter. But, you'd better take math.. Stat doesn't really help you do pre-med, though...</p>
<p>In making your decision, look at the potential AP credit offered at prospective colleges. The harder courses and better grades tend to get credit; the others may not. </p>
<p>Am I correct in inferring that you took AP Calc BC as a junior? If so, I'm guessing that you have the required 4 HS math credits, with one earned in junior high or over the summer. If so, taking AP Stats isn't necessary. </p>
<p>Taking AP Spanish, though, would help you test out of lower courses in many colleges. It may fulfill your college language requirement totally. Also, Spanish is widely spoken in many areas, and certainly would be useful in the practice of medicine. In any case, it's definitely worth continuing.</p>
<p>For courses related to your major, consider that you may well forgo AP credit and retake Introductory Chemistry, for example, but having had AP Chem will ensure a better grade.</p>
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<p>what are you talking about. Many medical school recommend that you take prob stats.</p>
<p>true, I did take Calc BC as a junior. I reconsidered Spanish and I think it would be important to continue it because a lot of colleges require a foreign language for undergraduate credit? (It would also help to know spanish for medicine). Tell me if you disagree.</p>
<p>But I am still undecided on taking AP Chemistry instead of AP Statistics. (ARGH there isn't enough time in a day! I want to take EVERYTHING!) Please tell me what you think. Thanks.</p>
<p>I just called Brown and they consider taking Spanish for 4 years more valuable (I know this is a Cornell forum, but still).</p>
<p>And for AP Stats... I need to know this: (1) Is AP Statistics considered a "higher math" than Calculus in that it will not look weird if I took it for senior year; and, (2) will not taking AP Chemistry in high school mean that I will get an F in college chemistry (my honors chemistry teacher in my sophomore year said that 50% of students that don't take AP Chemistry in high school get Fs in college chemistry, which is one of the reasons why I'm so afraid). </p>
<p>I'd take AP Chem then, if thats what you want to do. Many applicants to Cornell haven't even taken Calc BC; since you took it already junior year, you've more than satisfied the mathematics requirements. Also, if I remember correctly, Cornell recommends at least 3 years of foreign language, meaning that the fourth year might not matter.</p>
<p>1) admissions officers look to see how much you've challenged yourself, so since you've already taken a lot of AP courses, you should be covered there</p>
<p>2) most of the very competitive schools will not allow you to transfer AP credit for their own credit, i.e. MIT, Harvard, Penn. so, in the big picture, this isn't really a big issue.</p>
<p>3) don't forget to take some sort of organic chem; I'd advise you to take AP chem over spanish, since I'm not much of a humanities person and credit offered for language classes is not great for a lot of the schools I'm interested in. Besides, chem is a fun class. but back to O.C.--I've heard that many people really struggle with the course since they've never taken any class like it in their high school career.</p>
<p>4) as for your chem teacher.....78% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 50% sounds a little high to me, and unless he/she has been very involved in the lives of graduates, I would disregard what he/she said.</p>