<p>Should what you are doing in high school, EC-wise relate to what you want to do in the future? For example, in the future, I want to work in government and economics, but because my parents are both scientists, I do a lot more EC's in science and I have done research in multiple labs. Should I quit doing this and find more chances related to my future interests?</p>
<p>Can you do both?</p>
<p>@basketweaver I suppose I can. But isn’t it better to focus on one thing?</p>
<p>Do you enjoy doing research and the like? It’s better to do things you actually enjoy, and you can enjoy more than one thing.</p>
<p>Not at all, but you can if you want to. You can have a passion about anything, and your ECs do not have to follow your major. At least that’s what the Harvard representative told me.</p>
<p>This is kind of funny, your situation is like mine, but switched. Anyways, I agree with basically what everybody has been saying, in that you should just do what you want to do. </p>
<p>But you should remember that some schools have separate colleges (like the engineering college is separate from the fine arts school), and some may require separate admissions. So like, it won’t make sense to apply to the liberal arts school at a university, if you have science credentials. Catch my drift? You can always do an internal transfer, but that’s kind of sticky and not guaranteed.</p>
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<p>Math and the natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.) are liberal arts, and if you wanted to major in one of those fields you would generally apply to the university’s college of liberal arts.</p>
<p>gov/econ + sci = sci/tech policy?</p>