Will no math or science hurt me?

cynicalwindmill
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:04:23 +0000

I’m in my junior year and as of this year I have already taken biology, chemistry, physics, and AP calculus. When picking classes for my senior year, I chose AP literature, AP Spanish, AP psychology, government/economics, choir, and academic decathlon, as well as an extracurricular career training class to become a medical assistant through my school district. However my counselor pointed out to me that I don’t have any math or science courses in my regular schedule, and since I’m planning to apply as biochem/premed that might look weird. However I’m really attached to this schedule and don’t want to give up any of the classes I’ve picked.

So my question is, would this really negatively impact my chances of admission to this major? If it does, is applying undeclared a reasonable alternative? (My top schools are UC Berkeley, USC, and UC San Diego) And would the career training class make up for it in any way?