Band, Math, and Extracurricular Issues

mikle66
Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:12:23 +0000

Senior Year of Highschool Issues
Background:
So I’ve been taking band since elementary school; I started playing saxophone, but eventually switched to guitar/jazz band in eighth grade. Since then I’ve played in the high school jazz band, which to be honest is a joke at our school. We do not attend competitions and only play at the high school or district band performances. So there is not a lot going on there that is keeping me the least bit interested.
Moving onto my academics, my school does not offer an AP Calculus BC class and I already took AP Calculus AB since I’m looking into engineering. Therefore I’m determined to take a Calculus class at the local community college in addition to my regular load in high school during fall semester. I already took a science class(Astronomy, for engineering) in college this summer so that I wouldn’t have to take one in high school senior year (AP Biology, not engineering based).
I was on a school sports team freshman-sophomore year, but due to permanent back and leg issues I can no longer play that sport. Now I don’t have too many EC’s besides Jazz Band, CSF, French Class (if you count that), volunteering, and a few other clubs like Rotary.

Problems:
I haven’t taken my second year of PE class yet, so that has to be on my schedule. I got my schedule yesterday and i have Jazz Band, AP French 4, AP EuroHistory, English 4, AP Gov/Econ, and Team Sports. The issue is I had not even signed up for EuroHistory in the first place but got stuck with it since I’m not allowed to have a gaping hole in my schedule. In addition to getting stuck with EuroHistory, I had signed up for Bowling as a 0 Period so that I would have an open period and be able to study for/take Calculus BC at the local Community College.

Question: I do not feel that I’d have enough time to drive to the Community College after school without an Open Sixth Period and the only classes that my counselor said I can drop for Bowling are either Jazz Band or AP French 4. Is it a good decision to drop one of these and replace it with bowling (keep in mind I’d drop team sports from the end of my day so that I could leave early) in order to take a math class at the CC? Which would be best to drop? Would dropping Jazz Band after 3 years in highschool and a bunch more in Elem./Middle School look bad (especially since I don’t have very many EC’s)?