<p>any decent scholarships, at most schools? I am only applying to 2nd tier colleges like Drexel where the average SAT scores are around 1200 or below (M/V). My senior classes will consist of Honors Calculus, Honors English, Honors Anatomy & Physiology, AP Bio, and Marketing. I orginally intended to take AP Eng and AP Calc but decided not to since I think I am already qualified enough to get accepted into the schools of my choice… I also can take AP Physics and AP Psych but, yeah, I don’t feel like it. I have a 1400 SATs (M/V) and I am in top 4%, at my HS, so, I think schools will just look at my accomplishments and not my easy schedule when considering me for a scholarship?</p>
<p>That’s an “easy” senior schedule? My son’s school doesn’t usually offer both AP and honors in the same subject, usually one or the other. Will your scholarship sources know that you’re not taking the top courses, or will they see “honors” and think that you’re taking the most challenging courses available?</p>
<p>I am assuming that on college applications my guidance counselor won’t check off “most rigorous” but will probably mark “rigorous”(for the difficulty of my classes throughout my hs years)… I don’t really know though… I am just guessing that is what is going to happen based off some posts on this discussion board…</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any other opinions?</p>
<p>It depends on how important it is for you to get “decent scholarships”. If your main intent is getting accepted, and a scholarship would be just frosting on the cake, that’s different than if you need scholarships to make these schools financially possible. If it’s the former, then you might be OK with a less difficult schedule. If it’s the later, you might want to do whatever you can to make yourself a top candidate for a scholarship. IMO, they take everything into consideration when awarding merit scholarships, particularly those relatively rare ones that are for substantial amounts.</p>