<p>@rstein3 I think for highly selective schools like the ones you are targeting, APs are probably more important than business electives, although if you have an elective/free period, I don’t think it would hurt to take a business elective, if for no other reason than to get a better grasp on the subject. Your schedule looks good, except that you should a) consider swapping AP Psych and one of the AP sciences you have planned for senior year if possible. @skieurope is right, AP Bio, AP Physics and AP Chem are all difficult, work-intensive courses. At my school at least, to take all three would be nearly a GPA death sentence. Is there any specific reason you feel compelled to take all three? Do kids at your school routinely do this? b) You didn’t say whether you will be taking calculus at any point if you choose to not take AP Calc, but make sure you do take some form of calc, highly selective colleges are looking for at least calculus, especially if your field of interest is even tangentially related to math (ha, pun not intended). </p>