Senior Year Courses

Senior Year Courses August 7, 2012 If youre a rising senior, dont think for a second that your senior year courses dont matter. They matter a great deal! Dont think that your workload is over because you finished the toughest year of high school (junior year). Junior year is tough because you have SATs piled on top of your demanding coursework, but just because you might be done with your SATs, that doesnt mean you can stop trying. Colleges care a great deal about the rigor of the courses you take during your senior year and, yes, your senior year grades absolutely matter. Your senior year courses matter a great deal. Dont drop AP Calculus for AP Statistics. Seriously. Many students think that they can drop AP Physics and simply take the regular physics class. Maybe theyll drop AP Calculus, too, and take AP Statistics instead. Dont do it! AP Stat is not AP Calc. If you want to gain admission into a highly selective college like an Ivy League college youve got to keep up the hard work. Youve got to keep excelling in the most challenging courses available at your school. And then some! If your school only offers a few AP courses, that doesnt mean that you cant take more AP courses (or AP tests only) outside of your school. Its possible to do that. Many of our students at Ivy Coach do just that. So as the school year approaches, wipe that thought of easing up your senior year courses out of your head for good. Dont even consider it. Youve worked too hard for too long to mess everything up now. Now is not the time to slack. If during the fourth quarter of senior year you get a B+ instead of your typical A in a class, dont worry about it. Your admission isnt going to be rescinded over a B+. But that doesnt mean you can get a B+ in the first quarter. And while youre here, check out this post on Senior Slide.