<p>Today my counselor called me and said that they can't work AP Gov into my schedule.. She said these are my options:</p>
<p>1) Go into honors gov.
2) Drop pre calc to take AP Gov (no math class then...)</p>
<p>I feel like both options will affect my chance of getting into Kenyon, Macalester, Oberlin, Whitman, Bates, and Hamilton..</p>
<p>Any input?</p>
<p>Also, my other AP courses for senior year will be statistics, bio, chem, and English.</p>
<p>go to honors.... explain your situation you will be fine.</p>
<p>Er, statistics is a math class... In this case, I'd say either option is fine; go with your interests.</p>
<p>Base your classes on your prospective major or your interests. don't try to follow some schedule stereotype about what is right or wrong. Personlize your classes - they should fit you!</p>
<p>Either option is fine. Many people at my school drop a language or something senior year and get into Ivies and other top colleges (including LACs). However, with the LACs, a somewhat well-rounded schedule is preferable. If your positioning efforts paint you as a humanities person, I would drop precalc and take on AP Gov. You are catering to your strengths and have statistics anyway. Do what you want, and explain the scheduling difficulty with either option.</p>
<p>P.S.: I don't mean to be a jerk, but my English teacher goes nuts when someone uses "impact" as a verb. :p But that's random.</p>
<p>Call a couple of the schools (admissions). Tell them you are planning to apply and ask for a recommendation on what you should do.</p>
<p>I would say to take AP Gov because you are missing a social studies class. However, your schedule is already rigorous, so it depends on which class that is the most enjoyable to you.</p>
<p>Take pre-calc. At a lot of colleges, you will need to take some calculus. Make sure your GC will still indicate that you have taken the most rigorous curriculum. Many selective colleges will not give you any credit for AP Govt in the first place.</p>
<p>My son is in a similar position. He is going to take AP Government through an online program at <a href="http://www.virtualvirginia.com%5B/url%5D">www.virtualvirginia.com</a> -- hope this helps.</p>
<p>Which class has the better teacher?</p>
<p>It looks like you want to go into science. You will probably need at least a semester of calculus (if not more) to major in science. Precalc will prepare you a lot better for that than AP Gov. Have you thought about having a more balanced schedule by dropping AP stat for something else and keeping AP Gov?</p>
<p>Take pre-calc. It's a core math class that you should take before graduating from high school. AP Gov is also a course that can be finished in one semester. Thus, I really don't understand schools that offer AP Gov as a year-long course. It's better to use that whole year for pre-calculus.</p>
<p>Take the honors class cuz then you'll still have AP maths AND another honors class. explain your situation and it will be ok.</p>
<p>As cafesimone said, AP Gov is only a half year course really (its combined with Macroecon at my school since theres not enough material to stretch out over the whole year) perhaps you could look into independent studying AP Gov or taking it online during the school year. The converse might work too taking AP Gov then independently doing hnrs precalc though I would recommend the former.</p>
<p>Look at the websites for the schools you are considering, to see if AP Government does anything for you there. (Also look at the math requirement.)</p>