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Next year I had planned to take AP Physics B, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Government & Politics, AP Spanish Language, and a required religion course. This means 6 classes in all, as opposed to the usual 7 classes that a lot of seniors take, meaning I would get off school an hour earlier. Even if I would be taking six classes, five of them would be AP or advanced placement classes - college level coursework in a highschool environment.

Now, in order to take AP Physics B, based on my mathematics history I would need to concurrently take a PreCalculus or AP Calculus AB math class, or at least take a math higher than Algebra 2 in summer. Instead of opting for that seventh class in my schedule for various reasons, I decided to take a PreCalculus class at my local community college. Unfortunately, this morning even though I performed decently on the mathematics placement test (42 out of 50), I was told that I could not take PreCalculus there. So now I’m stuck.

This leaves me a few choices:

1)Contact the counselor and see if I can still take AP Physics B without the math prerequisite. This would mean that in my high school career, I will only have completed three years of mathematics, not the ‘recommended’ four years. Colleges might not like this aspect of my resume despite the five AP classes. Maximum GPA: 4.83

2)Drop AP Biology, which is a ton of work anyway, and replace it with PreCalculus. Of course, there is a 50/50 chance that I will get the hard-aarse teacher that mostly everyone had received a ‘C’ in his class last year, including someone who I consider far better in math than me. However, there is also a chance that I will get the extremely easy teacher that everyone aces. Maximum GPA: 4.66

3)Drop AP Physics B, which is ridiculously hard anyway (only handful got higher than a B), and replace it with PreCalculus or two easy semester long classes, such as painting and drawing (but for the latter, that would mean I would still only get three years of math). Maximum GPA: 4.66

4)Drop AP Literature, which is a ton of work and is extremely hard (2-3 people received an A), and replace it with PreCalculus or two easy semester long classes, such as painting and drawing (but for the latter, that would mean I would still only get three years of math). Maximum GPA: 4.66

5) Last resort option, tag on a PreCalculus class to my already rigorous schedule of five AP classes and religion. Keep in mind that I absolutely despise math (unless it’s applied to a science such as physics or chemistry) and I’m not very good at it either, so there’s a good chance that it will bring down my GPA. Maximum GPA: 4.71

Any help at all from anyone is appreciated.

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