<p>Mcknight, you should take the class that you want to take because you love it. If you like creative writing more than AP English, then do it. My daughter loves Creative Writing. She took CW - nonfiction in Soph yr and CW - fiction in Sr year. The CW - NF in So year was the class that she spent the most time working on (way more time than AP Chem which comes easily) and it is the class which she got the lowest grade in from Fr to Jr year (B+) but she LOVES it. (Actually, the B+ was because she didn’t follow specific directions…she was showcased in various performances and teacher loves her, but D stubbornly refused to follow certain directions). So much so that she took CW - fiction in Sr year, for another semester of a time-intensive class (with little time needed to be spent on AP Calc BC, AP physics, AP Eng Lit, etc). She does it because she loves it, and it shows. And as Gibby stated, one of her CW - NF essays was used as the basis for her Common App essay, which was specificially quoted by the Yale admissions director and remarked on how much the Adcom loved her essay. Lastly, D took AP Eng, reg Eng, and CW in her Sr year, even though the UC system would not give her credit for reg Eng (as if she did not take a class at all). She did it anyway because she loves English. And if taking CW opens more doors for you in the CW area, and you love it, it shows depth on interest and passion. I say go for CW. BTW, D is freshman at Yale.</p>