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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would a college care? They only look through junior year for classes and GPA. For senior year they only look to make sure you have  met the requirements for graduation and passed. [/quote]

Colleges ask you to report what you'll be taking senior year and the top ones expect you to contact them to correct the record if you change your schedule.  My kid was admitted ED and I suggested she change her spring schedule and she declined because of the need to update the university and that it would "look bad".  They *do* care about senior year schedule. And they want you to take a rigorous schedule.  But I also am wondering how an internship looks as part of that schedule.  My kid (at Churchill) said the school is really encouraging it and telling them it will differentiate them from the pack.  I'm not so sure. If I were a college, I'd want a full schedule (or maybe one period off) and ALSO an internship, not a half-day schedule with internship.  But then, I'm not an admissions officer so kind of groping in the dark. [/quote]

No, they don’t care about your senior second semester schedule if they admitted you ED. An internship looks fine, good even if it is not rocket science but you can connect it to a stated goal - I worked in a doctor’s office as a receptionist is fine if say you want to be a doctor. I worked at Safeway to earn money for college is also going to be fine, even if you’re not demonstrably poor.  Parents consistently push their kids to get insane grades and SATs when it would be just as useful if not more to feed their interests, and by interests I don’t mean mainstream sports.[/quote]

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