A couple questions about the Common App

[maijem11]

Here are links to historical cc forums about “free time” like study hall & late arrival/early release:

Would taking a study hall look bad?

For my junior year of high school, i’m going to be taking AP us history AP english 3 AP biology accelerated algebra 2 french 3 preschool study hall we have the option to waiver out of PE if you’re in a varsity sport, so I’m taking a study hall in place of that. However, now I’m thinking I want to take an extra AP class instead that I was planning on taking senior year. If I keep the study hall, would that look bad to colleges or affect my chances at all?

Late Arrival/Early Release opinions for Ivy-League

As the title says, my school offer early release/late arrival as it’s only mandatory for me to take six of eight classes senior year as I already have my credits. For the past years, I’ve been working extremely hard on my ECs and have been taking multiple AP classes. My Classes are as listed. Freshman Year. Advanced/Honors Classes: 3/8 (Bio, Eng1, Alg 1) AP Classes: 1 /8 (APHUG) +4 extra on-level classes (random stuff) Sophomore Year (took Adv/Honors Geometry over summer) Advanced/Honors Classes: 3/8 (Chem, Eng2, Alg2) AP Classes: 3/8 (APSem, APEuroHist, APWorldHist) +2 On-level classes (StuCo + French) Junior Year (Current) Advanced/Honors Classes: 1/8 (French) AP Classes: 6/8 (APResearch, APUSH, APCSP, APES, APLANG, AP Pre-Calc) (Also taking AP Macro and AP Gov Outside School during the year) (maybe take AP Psych depending on future) +One on level class (StuCo) Senior Year (future) AP Classes: 5/8 (APLit, APFrench, APCalcBC, APPhy1, APCS1,) (If Early Release) StuC…