<p>I’m a rising sophomore, and I have a 4.0 GPA. Due to scheduling conflicts last year, I had to take earth science instead of bio. This summer, I self studied and took a proficiency exam for honors biology at my school. Unfortunately, I got a B on it. Should I take the credit, or should I just take the class during the year? If I take the B, my rank will go down about 5-10 out of 490. How heavily does class rank factor into admissions? I’m pretty confident that if I take the class in school, I will ace it. The main reason I got a B was because I had to cram in all that info in about a month. But, if I take the class during the year, I will be behind and I won’t be able to take all the classes I planned on taking during high school. What should I do??</p>
<p>I think you should take the B. Take it from a rising senior: getting your required classes done is very important!</p>
<p>Rank is huge. Could you keep the class off your transcript and still be able to take AP Bio later?</p>
<p>I’m gonna beg my counselor to just give me the credits without actually calculating the grade into my GPA, but I doubt she’ll do that. If I take the B, I would take honors Chem and AP Bio this year.</p>