<p>I basically agree with NJ Theatre Mom.</p>
<p>You are in kindof a strange place, Hatsukoi.</p>
<p>One more AP test may well just give you a little more chance at getting a merit scholarship. And one more AP test will probably, as someone else said, let you skip one more freshman class.</p>
<p>And I am pretty sure that if you get the good grades on the AP test, nobody will care whether you took an AP class or whether you self-studied.</p>
<p>But looking at your resume, you already have INCREDIBLE academic qualifications. So that is not an area that you need to worry about. And since you want to go into arts, not academics, your academic qualifications are going to be less important. What is missing from your resume are good artistic qualifications.</p>
<p>I think you need to take at least SOME acting classes, possibly (probably?) instead of AP Biology. I don’t know a lot about the specific programs you are applying to, but BFA programs are going to look A LOT at audition, interview, and resume. And for some programs the audition/interview process may include spending a day or so at the school, participating in things like improv exercises. The applicants who have already been doing stuff like that for YEARS are going to have a huge advantage over you, they are already going to be comfortable in that sort of environment.</p>
<p>I worry that you have been in an environment where people (school and/or family) have been telling you that you should devote yourself to academics, get good grades and academic qualifications, in order to achieve your goals. That’s the sort of environment I grew up in. But I notice quite a few people here who are stunned when it seems to be the folks who might be considered “slackers”–folks who spent more time with artistic pursuits than with academics–who get into these theatre programs, instead of the model students with the good grades like you.</p>
<p>I really think you are focusing too much on academics and not enough on theatre. And if theatre is what you want to do, I really think you should be focusing more on that. I am afraid you might be underestimating how important that is, if you are still considering taking AP Biology when you already have an INCREDIBLE academic resume.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>