There s no sense in flunking Honors English. Colleges do consider the quality of the course you took, and more selective colleges, of course, have higher expectations. Many students feel that every course they take has to be an honors class. You might want to cut back on the difficulty of some classes while challenging yourself in others. Some of us are great in English, others in math.
Colleges understand that.
We have just switched over to a three year integrated science curriculum which is replacing earth science, biology, and chemistry. Many fear that if their transcript doesn t say chemistry, they re doomed. Well, maybe not doomed. There s a lesson here for students applying to college, though, which is, Don t assume your school s curriculum is known or understood by each college to which you are applying. When an alternative curriculum like you ve describe d is involved, the student s responsibility is to take charge of the situation.