Should I take academic instead of AP history junior and senior year and instead take more AP science classes? If i'm going into pre-med will it still look fine to colleges if I took only 1 AP history course but and many AP sciences? (I'm planning on applying to Stanford and other top schools)
If you plan on applying to Harvard and Stanford, the minimum History requirement is 3 years with 4 years preferable. The actual language at Stanford is "History/Social Studies: three or more years, with courses that include the writing of essays." and at Harvard they write "three years of history, including American and European history" as a minimum requirement.
If you have 3 years years of history including American and European then I don't think it matters too much whether they are AP level or not. But certainly many successful admits do have 3 year of AP History (AP Human Geo, AP US, AP Euro and AP Govt are quite common on applicant files)
Good luck.
I mean it depends on the colleges you're applying to and hoping to get into, for most yes having only 1 history AP is great. If you like science, take the AP science courses. I would say just take the classes you're interested in high school at levels that appropriately challenge you. I hope this helped!
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