Taking fewer classes but harder classes senior, will it look bad to colleges

Applying to College
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it would look FAR better.
So drop these-
Personal Choice 1= Essentials Of Nutr (Dual Enrollment- At College
Personal Choice 3 = Music Therapy (Dual Enrollment-At College),
Personal Choice 2= Statistics (Dual Enrollment-At College)
Personal Choice 3= Ethics (Dual Enrollment-At College)

and keep it to 7 rigorous academic classes in both semesters. You will have your hands full, believe me.
Thats what colleges want to see. And with that schedule your guidance counselor should have no problem stating you took the most rigorous classes you could take.

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Yes, 4 years of French would be better, unless you’re getting less than a B. an extra year of C’s would NOT help you.

Don’t overload yourself: remember you started this thread wanting to take… 3 classes. Now you’re up to 8, including 4 or 5 college classes!!! You have to find “le juste milieu”, or the “just middle”, the Goldilocks of choices - not extreme in either way (too light, too overloaded). Keep your core classes, add one “personal choice class” in the Fall, keeping in mind the college application process takes time. You can add 2 classes for the Spring but many seniors aren’t that motivated and you must keep your grades up or you risk being rescinded.

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Yeah I’m not positive I’ll get a good grade in French (I got a C in French 2…)

So I think the better option for me is to quit French and take Japanese 1+2 in college since Japanese 2= HS Foreign language level 3.

However I’ll be a senior this fall, I’m assuming colleges will be smart enough to know this right? That College Japanese 2= HS Foreign language level 3. I know how important it is to admissions to reach at least lvl 3 in a FL. I don’t want colleges to think that I skipped level 3 FL.

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so this is what I’d advise you to do- start studying japanese at home this summer -every chance you get.
It is a difficult language and you will need to get A’s your first semester in order to quell any doubts that colleges will have about you not continuing French for 3 years.
I would also stop making assumptions about what colleges will “know” and start emailing admissions offices to get a final answer about what they want and will accept.