<p>If he is applying in engineering and math it doesn’t matter that much…but why doesn’t he just take the 2nd year of Econ HL? My son did the Econ SL first year, liked it a lot and decided to do Econ HL and got a 7. </p>
<p>History IBH is a killer in terms of reading and writing. You will kill his GPA with the added demands if he is a dyslexic kid. Other options would be SL Psychology or a regular history class. He is already doing 4 HL so his GPA is not compromised by one unweighted class. </p>
<p>For college admissions it does not matter if he is Val or Sal. It does matter if he decompensates from another killer class. I would listen to your counselor who knows a lot more about IB, how it plays with the colleges and how your international school does with elite schools.</p>