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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the whole thread, but my son had to make a decision in his senior year between an AP course and piano.  He chose the AP course (AP Spanish).    He had two electives in senior year and chose to take a film course for one and the AP for the second.  He had taken piano for two years in high school (10 years privately), and really wanted to do it the last year.  But he had more of a passion for film and photography.

The reason he didn't use his two electives for "fun" courses is because he only took two APs in his junior year and his counselor and all of us felt that he was better off taking 4 APs in senior year in order to show rigor.  He was aiming for a top 15 school and ultimately was admitted.  Would he have been admitted if he took piano?  We will never know, but my gut says it would have been more of a stretch.

OP, I really think it depends on your son's interests and how important it is to him that he get into a "top college."  For ours, it was important, because he really loved the school and it was worth the sacrifice.  [/quote]

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