Course rigor advice for a senior w/ a psychology internship
Apologies if this is considered spam since I posted a few days ago about something similar, but I wanted to ask one more specific question.
I’m a high school senior planning to apply to smu early admission for dedmen with Psychology as my major. I currently have a 4.0 GPA and expect to graduate with roughly 30 total credits.
My coursework includes AP English 3 & 4, AP world history , AP psych, college statistics and Economics, Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Spanish II & III, economics, sociology, and several credits for fine arts. I’m also doing a psychology/human-services internship and working while in high school.
My problem is my senior schedule. I’m considering not taking Physics/IPC or Forensics so that I can have more time to prepare for the SAT while balancing my job, internship, and advanced/college-level courses. I would still be taking AP English 4, AP Psychology, Statistics, and dual-credit Economics.
For anyone who has experience with SMU admissions or scholarships; would dropping those additional science courses make my application noticeably less competitive for admission or merit scholarships? I’m not trying to take the easiest schedule possible; I’m trying to balance rigor with everything else I’m doing while still keeping my GPA and SAT preparation strong. currently my counselor is advising against it because she said it’ll make me less competitive but when I google it I meet the base requirement for admission and have really strong stats otherwise. I just don’t feel like forensics or IPC is relevant to my major.
I’d really appreciate any insight, especially from current SMU students, alumni, or people who went through the admissions process recently.