Comma vs. no comma

I don't think you need a comma there.

Not only do you not need a comma there, it wouldn't make sense to have it there. Sometimes commas are optional - do you want the reader to pause? But in this case, it would be a mistake. There's not a logical pause after I also and before the idea of taking extra classes.

As a side note, majoring and minoring are words that are related to college, but after-school

Definitely no comma.

There is something else about your post, however, which interests me. You ask if the comma would "make the sentence look better" or if "adding the comma [would] make the sentence look too fussy?" Don't let your eyes determine grammar and punctuation. Rather, use your ears. We receive most verbal communication aurally. Thus, it is only natural that our ear

0 So you are saying that too many commas can be bad, right? 0-

0Yes. You can't just throw them in at random. It would change the meaning of your sentence.02br
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00I also take after-school programs on both subjects. = I take these programs as well as other things I do.02br
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00I also, take after-school programs on both subjects. = I take these programs as well as other people who take these programs.0-

0 Now I see.0-

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10I also, take after-school programs on both subjects. = I take these programs as well as other people who take these programs.12blockquote

10Shouldn't this be "I, also, take..."?02br
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00"I also, take..." looks strange to me, as if subject and predicate were separated