I was just accepted into the Reed Young Scholars program which basically means you can take a class at Reed when you are a high school senior. I was admitted for chemistry and for the class there is a lecture, discussion, and lab ranging from 9 AM to around 12 on different days.
My school operates on an A and B day schedule meaning we have 4 classes each day that are an hour and a half long. If I were to take the chemistry class, I basically would only be allowed one after noon class each day most likely, unless my school were to change our schedule, which does happen with frequency.
However, I need 5 periods to still be involved in sports. The Reed class would count as one, then two afternoon classes. One of those would have to be english. I need health so I could take that online via BYU. That leaves one class and there is a possibility my photography teacher would let me do independent study AP with her, do that with band, or work at the elementary school odd hours to get another credit that way.
Basically my schedule would be very unique and quite different on a day to day basis. This is a great program and I’d really love to be at Reed taking a class. I feel that if college admissions saw this, they’d be very impressed. At the same time, they might see that the rest of my schedule is a little lack luster if they don’t take into account how much time the Reed class takes up. I wouldn’t be taking the class at Reed just to look good to colleges. I genuinely love chem and would enjoy the class.
All that being said, how do you think this senior schedule would look to college admissions? I am talking smaller, difficult to get into liberal arts schools. Thanks for any input!