I am currently in 10th grade interested in engineering. My school offers engineering pathway courses but they are 4.0 courses ( the content seems really low, not much quality material according to people taking them) which could bring down my over all class rank and GPA. My course is a suburban school not much focused on technology. We donot even have AP CHEMISTRY OR AP COMPUTER SCIENCE classes. So far I have taken several Ap courses including AP CALC AB AND AP PHYSICS.
My question is should take the engineering pathway or show my rigor in AP COURSES? Will colleges prefer students from my school who has done this pathway and applying for engineering over me applying for same programs without this pathway but rigorous AP coursework?
Please advise.
Thanks