<p>So, I'm currently a Junior in three AP's, last year I took 1 - Senior Year, I was planning on taking</p>
<p>Honors Anatomy
Honors Latin V
AP English Literature
AP Politics and Government
AP Calculus AB
Study Hall
Study Hall</p>
<p>...so, I'd basically have two "free" periods every day - would this be super detrimental on my transcript when I apply to college?</p>
<p>Does it show as 2 free periods? Like at my school, I get 2 free periods for my dual enrollment classes, but my DE classes are displayed instead of the free periods on my transcript.</p>
<p>My transcript will just show the five classes I take, and nothing else.</p>
<p>5 classes is pretty weak. I would at least take one more class, even if it’s an easy one.</p>
<p>Uh my school only allow 5 classes lmao.</p>
<p>Also you’re schedule isn’t by any mean “slacker”. It look like you’re actually trying to do more. Also you could make up for it by making sure you use the study hall to actually study lol.</p>
<p>No way will a schedule like that look bad to any college. Even if you took 3 free periods!! Don’t listen to these people saying you need a harder schedule because your schedule is already very rigorous. Don’t waste you time with joke classes.</p>
<p>My school offers 6 periods, which I think is fairly common. I think that taking a free period shows that you’re just slacking off and leaving school early. Of course, OP could have amazing ECs that are filling up her time, but if not, I think two free periods would look even worse. At least with only one free period, she’ll be taking six classes like many other high school seniors.</p>
<p>Your schedule is not a slacker schedule by any means…</p>
<p>^I would think about this more. Note: Junior year she took only 1 AP. Now she’s taking 3 AP. If she is trying to get into an ivy/MIT/etc. then I would add a class but it’s senior year! Her hardest is in front of her (no it wasn’t junior year, silly people). Chances are she (she is a she right???) will suffer from senoritis with mean her full schedule would drop her GPA. These study period can remedy that. Surely as long as grades are maintained high she should be good. </p>
<p>But then again I think we need to find out where the OP want to go and her current GPA.</p>
<p>I don’t see why it would matter. You’re given an amount of credits you need to graduate. I’m assuming you’re meeting that. Therefore, I see no reason why taking all advanced-level classes your senior year would be considered “slacking off” by any means.</p>
<p>I don’t know about everyone else, but my school has 8 periods. One is occupied by the mandatory gym class, and one is occupied by lunch. That leaves 6 classes for the student to choose. If he/she chooses even one study, he/she will have 5 classes. Furthermore, most people don’t even take one AP class! I know everyone here on CC seems to think we’re all AP students, but outside of CC, most people really don’t do so.</p>
<p>Therefore, I don’t see why a schedule of 5 classes would ever be a bad thing, especially because they are all clearly challenging. In fact, it’s actually showing an increase in work ethic; s/he’s going from 1 AP to 3 APS to 3 APs and two honors courses… HOW IS THAT SLACKING?</p>
<p>To make it simple: you’ll be fine. If you want to add in another course, be our guest. I don’t believe the schedule as you plan it now will make you come off as a slacker to any admissions officer. Colleges won’t even see that you took the study halls, so it really, REALLY shouldn’t matter.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Take one easy class. At my school there is marine biology where a majority of your assignments are coloring assignments. I kid you not.</p>
<p>Nawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww</p>
<p>When I say that her schedule looks like she’s slacking, I don’t mean that it’s not rigorous enough. 3 APs and 2 honors courses is plenty rigorous for a senior year, and another AP class is definitely not necessary. However, I do still think she should take another class or two. These classes don’t have to be hard in the slightest, they could be art classes or fun electives, but it would be best to avoid looking like you just want to leave school early, and two whole free periods strongly implies that.</p>
<p>At my school, anyone that wants to go to a university knows not to take a free period. A lot of people just go the teacher assistant route to fill up a period. Not really any extra work, but shows that you’re still committed to school, plus it’ll get you a nice letter or rec.</p>
<p>I don’t see how it will work against her. Even if she did assistance it wouldn’t show up on transcript. Basically she would be taking away from the time she have to study. </p>
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<p>My current GPA is a 3.65 (which isn’t fantastic, I know) but I am by NO MEANS an Ivy League hopeful. All of the schools I plan on applying to having average GPA’s around a 3.4/3.5 (Temple U, Boston U, UMass Amherst, Stony Brook, etc) – if I keep up my grades like I have been so far Junior Year, I’m looking at around a 3.85 by the time I start actually applying.</p>
<p>Yea I would keep the study halls and use them wisely. </p>
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<p>I really don’t see this as a slacker schedule… but then again, at my school, the maximum number of classes is 6, or 7 during freshman year. Regardless, the classes that you are taking are rigorous. Temple is also a top choice for kids in my school, mostly because it is only about 45 minutes away. In my opinion, that is definitely good enough for Temple. Good luck! (:</p>
<p>Why not just take a couple easy classes to help your GPA?</p>