Will only taking 4 core classes senior year hurt me?

Applying to College
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<p>So at my school we run block scheduling (8 blocks in total with 4 long classes per day that you take on alternate days) I am required to take gym, an elective, and study hall (but I'm allowed to take two if i want). I'm currently set to take English, Precalc, AP Gov, and AP Econ but i don't know what to do with my last block. The idea of taking an extra study hall or even an elective sound very appealing, but I'm a little worried it would hurt my application significantly. I'm not the strongest applicant but i think I've set realistic schools as goals. I have a 90.7 unweighted GPA and 91.1 weighted (my school offered very few honors for freshman and sophomore year and none played to my strengths, so i only started taking honors last year). I have a 2060 SAT (710 CR/670 M/ 680 W). My extra circulars are pretty week as I've never had a leadership role in a club and only have limited work and community service experience. I have however been in the process for the last year of forming my own club. This is a really long process and i think it is only 50/50 it gets formed but two college counselors that i talked to on tours said it was never the less impressive. I also have a good essay and recommendations. I'm going for business, and my schools of interest are U of Miami, U of Texas at Austin, and Northeastern with my reach being Boston College and my safeties being Ohio State and Rutgers. Knowing what you know about me, do you still think I'm a strong applicant if i take the second study hall? It would be awesome hanging out with my friends before I leave, but I'm not going to risk getting in to the schools i like just to do it. </p>

<p>Thank you </p>

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<p>I would not take a second study hall. How about AP Psychology? Some other business related class? Foreign language? A Science? Why do you even need one study hall?</p>

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<p>not sure why, it’s school policy though no matter how weird it sounds. About 50% of my school which is actually pretty high ranking does take the second study hall senior year since our only actual “requirement” is 4 years of math and 4 years of English. I have no interest in science, we don’t offer any APs that aren’t in core fields (we have a half year elective in psychology but it isn’t AP and is basically a grade booster). I would like to take accounting but i’m pretty sure it is already filled. So basically i could add extremely boring elective like journalism or a math like discreet or stat, or take the second study hall (when i say study hall i mean early dismissal btw) </p>

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<p>If you find an elective you like, it would be better to take that. Otherwise, a second study hall is fine.</p>