<p>How badly will a free hour hurt me? I have had full schedules all first 3 years of high school, but now as a senior, it appears I will have a free hour. Will this really affect me at all? The rest are all AP classes and gym.</p>
<p>This happened because I decided to take AP chem and physics, but ended up being 1.5 hours long (they told us 1 hour long during school year). So that made me not have a lunch and I’d have to take 0 hour gym. I dropped chem.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’ll hurt you that badly. I had a free 7th, but all AP classes plus independent study. I did fine. 
Don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Almost definitely not. The valedictorian at my children’s school had a study hall every year and was admitted to Harvard, among other places. </p>
<p>If you feel that you need to explain the situation, you can do so in the “additional information” section of the common app. I don’t think it is necessary.</p>
<p>Alright. I’m sure it’s not. I kinda was interested in chemistry, though. I might just use spare time to self-study another AP.</p>
<p>I doubt it. I’m only filling up 7 out of the 8 possible credits for my senior schedule. The reason I did this though is because I have 2 AP classes that are every other day all year round and I’m not going to fill up the last credit with two .5 credit electives that I don’t care about and will lower my GPA (they are not weighted)</p>