Senior schedule and SECME Club question

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I have taken Spanish 1-3 already and I chickened out and took Arabic 1 rather than AP Spanish my junior year. But after reading on here, it would seem that the consensus is that taking a level 4/AP foreign language looks really good on my application, so would it look a lot better to take AP Spanish rather than Arabic 2? As it is, my senior schedule is shaping out to look like this:

AP Lit
AP Calculus BC
AP Environmental Science
Anatomy (Honors)
AP Macro/Govt
AP Spanish

and I’m unsure what to take for my seventh class - probably something light. I already have about a dozen APs counting this year’s.

Also, I’m taking AP Physics 1 this year but I am really not enjoying it and I would rather not take AP Physics 2 next year. Would that look bad? I’m thinking the two science classes (APES and Anatomy) might make up for it.

On another note, I am planning on founding a STEM based club and SECME caught my eye as a potential candidate. Does anyone have any ideas on how to go about creating a club like that?

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Well, if I were you I would take AP Spanish. However, Arabic does seem interesting. I don’t know how much it would help you during/after college though. Spanish is a language that is very beneficial in many fields. I think you’ll be fine without AP Physics 2. However, what colleges are you applying too?

For the club, do you know of a teacher(s) that might sponsor you?

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Well, I actually already know Arabic - I took Arabic 1 this year as I already had a rigorous courseload (all my other classes were APs). As for the class itself, I’m more interested in its value in the admissions process.

I’m planning on applying to top universities including Cornell, Brown, UPenn, and perhaps MIT and Columbia, as well as some safeties including UMich, UF (this one’s a maybe due to their app deadline not coinciding well with Ivy ED deadlines), UCF, FSU. There will be others that I will apply to but that’s all for now.

As for the club sponsorship, yes I’m confident that I can get that taken care of.

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