I’m currently coming to the end of my junior year and I just pulled out of taking AP Lit. I plan on majoring in Film and next year I’ll be taking Broadcast, Film Lit, French 4, Stats, AP Gov, and ASB (Student Leadership/Student Council). I recently just pulled out of taking AP Lit and I’m really concerned that admission officers will see Film Lit and that I’m only taking one AP and say no to me. But I am majoring in film so I’m not sure if that will look good??
My cumulative GPA is a 3.17 but this year was very strange bc at the end of my sophomore year I went from 3.14 to a 3.72 my junior year.
However, I’m very involved! Next year I’m going to serve my school newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, French Honor Society Secretary, Senior Class President, Journalism Club President and 3 Year Basketball player.
I’m looking at: SFSU, NYU, Pratt, New School, CSUN, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCSB, CSUF, CSULB, etc. but SFSU, NYU, AND UCLA are solid colleges in going to apply to and I don’t see myself getting into UCLA but it’s worth a shot but among others I don’t want colleges seeing Film Lit and rejecting me bc of it.
Film Lit vs. Lit is not going to make or break your application. However, your course load for senior year seems a bit light with 4 core academic courses and two electives. What about science?
You should focus on bringing up that GPA, which seems a low for the UCs. The upward trend is good as I believe that the UC system doesn’t include your freshman grades in their GPA calculation.
You should also verify that you’ve met the minimum distribution requirements.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/freshman/minimum-requirements/index.html
Also, the UCs require the (new) SAT with essay or the ACT with essay. So if you haven’t already taken your standardized tests, make sure you take the right format.
Best of luck to you.