Full IB diploma scheduling issues & rigor for college

CheddarcheeseMN
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:52:11 +0000

I’m taking an AP as my elective junior year because I’m close with the teacher who teaches it (he’s my debate coach) and I want him to write me a college recommendation. This precluded me from taking Newspaper

If you really want to work on the newspaper, then you should drop your AP taught by a teacher who you imagine will give you a good recommendation. I’m guessing that the particular AP course itself isn’t that interesting to you (as you didn’t mention the academic subject) except that you think you will get a good recommendation.

You seem too interested in planning your schedule around getting “good letters” and having an “editorial position” to list on your resume rather than selecting a course schedule that contains courses that interest you.