Leadership Opportunity vs. Higher Rank.

Applying to College
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<p>We’re putting in our schedules for senior year tomorrow and i have a dilemma. </p>

<p>1) I can take two orchestras. I’m currently in the top orchestra and i play the cello. I’m thiking about joining the lowest orchestra as an assistant/cello leader. My E.C.s arent all that great and i think this will be a decent boosts (what do you think?)</p>

<p>2) I can take one orchestra and take one more weighted class, so i’ll have 6 A.P. classes. Our school is extremely copetitive for a public school and i know taking and acing 5 AP classes will still drop my weighted rank, so six is the only option if really want to remain competitive in terms of rank and GPA.</p>

<p>so, whats more important for colleges?</p>

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<p>The leadership opportunity that you describe would be regarded as minor by the relatively few colleges that put a lot of weight on ECs. Those colleges tend to be places like Harvard, which have such an overabundance of high stat applicants that they can choose students based on creating a well rounded class.</p>

<p>My advice is to do what you are most interested in and would enjoy most.</p>