<p>Well it’s the end of the year and course selections are being finalized, and I have come upon a dilema which I hope some of you may help me with. I aim to major in pharamacy, or another life-science oriented career. I am taking practically all honors courses, and starting my AP math and sciences next year, and so I am unconcerned about the science/math portion. My dilema lies in English, more specifically, will dropping from an honors to an academic English course bring harm to my chances for college admissions. I can do the class- I would say I even enjoy it- but the amount of work demanded is just too much for me. With science and math, I can just do things and get them done easy, but with English, it just seems that my mind stops. My teacher is strongly urging me to continue, and I truly hate to disappoint her, but I just dont see the merit in a class that requires so much effort from myself and is unrelated to my career choice.</p>
<p>Yes, colleges care about what level classes you take even if those classes are unrelated to your major. Especially in one of the core classes like English. Just FYI, most colleges will require you to take a number of humanities classes as well regardless of your major. How much it matters really depends on where you want to go to college though. Harvard will care, your local state school probably won’t.</p>
<p>That being said, if the harder English class would have a negative impact on your grades or your enthusiasm for other classes (thinking about letters of recommendation), then that would do much more damage to your college applications than dropping down one level.</p>
<p>A school will not deny you admissions b/c you didn’t take the honors English.
A school will not grant you admissions b/c you did take the honors English.
I would go with the regular English.</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers. My target school( for now) would be Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy( Rutgers) which is in state, so I am hoping that should be alright, but I have heard EM isnt easy to get into…</p>
<p>All EMSOP cares about is class rank (top 10-15% of class or better), GPA, and SAT score.</p>