<p>I'm a bit of a different type of student than most people on here (from my impression). I absolutely love art, I take tons of classes in it, as well as out of school programs, clubs, etc. I know I want my career to involve art, but I think I'm too much of an academic to solely do studio art, which is known for producing starving artists and mid-life career changes. Currently I'm a junior and have taken AP World (got a 4), and am in AP Art History and AP Language. Next year I'm signed up for AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Enviro, and AP Studio. I want to apply to selective schools with renowned art programs, but with a 3.6 gpa (hopefully a 3.7 by the time I apply to colleges, but I can't be certain) I know it's unrealistic to aim for Ivy-level schools. Do you think this schedule, assuming I get good grades and test scores, will look good to competitive schools? I'm still trying to decide if I should take calculus instead of AP statistics (math is my worst subject, I usually get B's), and if the other AP's I'm taking will actually look good (like enviro compared to bio). Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>i think it would depend on how hard the teachers for those classes are at your school. you will be taking these AP’s senior year, and colleges will not see you AP exam grades for them because you won’t take them til may (and hopefully by then you will have been accepted somewhere).</p>
<p>So if you know the teacher for calc or bio at your school is easy and kids get good grades in the class, then take those. If not, I might avoid them because taking a hard AP isnt very impressive if you cant still have great grades. That’s just my opinion though.</p>
<p>Personally, I think you really shouldn’t worry so much about what looks good to colleges and take the courses you want to take. Reasonably challenge yourself, but don’t take classes just to put it on your application. Just take what interests you and you will most likely do better than taking classes you absolutely despise.</p>