AP History and World History II Questions

Applying to College
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<p>I am currently a high school junior interested in attending a top college, Ivy league caliber to be more exact. I have a question regarding my Senior year schedule. </p>

<p>I have a big interest in history, and I like it. However, my sophomore year I made the mistake of dropping AP U.S History and instead taking AP statistics, for at the time I felt like History would be useless to me. I realize now what a big mistake that was. That summer I took regular U.S History 2 semesters worth.
In addition to those two semesters of U.S History, I have taken one semester of Gov. Civics, and one semester of World History I. My senior year I have signed up to take AP Economics. </p>

<p>However, due to the tightness of my schedule, I have asked my counselor to waive my taking World History 2. He is able to do that as long I take another class in its place for my senior year. </p>

<p>Aside from my lack of AP History and World History 2, I have taken as many AP Courses as possible. I have taken/ am planning to take AP English (2 years), AP Spanish, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Economics, AP statistics, AP Physics C, AP Biology, Symphony orchestra, etc. I have numerous extracurriculars and (hopefully) excellent test scores. I am hoping that AP Economics will fall under the "Social Studies" category, and it won't look like I am completely deprived in that area. For I understand many of these schools look for "well-rounded" students. </p>

<p>Now here is my main question. Will not taking any AP history classes and not taking World History 2 significantly affect my chances at top level schools? </p>

<p>And also, assuming that is may significantly affect me, should I take World History II? I would have to take it over the summer most likely through an online course because I am extremely busy this summer, and I would much rather NOT have to go through the trouble of taking it. Friday is the deadline for signing up, so I need insight by then!</p>

<p>I apologize if this is in the wrong thread category. If it is, please tell me which thread category is correct and I will move my post to the designated area. </p>

<p>All input is greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>If you opted not to take APUSH when you could have, colleges won’t really see it has a harm if you replaced it with another AP (which you did). You don’t have to declare a major right away when you apply for college, so missing APUSH and World History II won’t affect you that badly. On the other hand, many colleges want you to apply to individuals schools within their college, and maybe an extra course or two of history will help in your admission. If you take those courses, it could help, but it’s not like you dropped down to honors.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your input n0vad3m0n. I appreciate it very much.
My main concern here was whether or not colleges will see me as “not well-rounded” because I did not take an AP history course or World 2.</p>