<p>(Originally published under University of Pennsylvania)</p>
<p>I have a semester's worth of credit left that I need to fill. I am considering either Theater Arts, Fine Arts III (Honors) or AP Human Geography. I would like to show the admissions people the depth of my interest in history by enrolling in an additional course (I'm already taking AP Euro next year), however, I'm worried they would perceive this as that I'm not well-rounded enough. I'm considering majoring in history potentially so I, myself see the benefit to doubling up in history, but I'm not sure if Penn would. Which do you feel would be better, to enroll in an additional arts course or a history course? (I have taken up to Drawing and Painting II and am very interested in art, however more recreationally and not as a career).</p>
<p>My dad took two AP English classes his senior year so he could get val with the extra weight. I thought it was kind of funny, especially since he was applying for engineering. Didn’t hurt his chances I guess; he got into the three colleges he applied to - Cornell, Berkeley, and Case Western.</p>
<p>Well rounded is not necessarily bad but i think people get confused as to what a school really wants. They want a well rounded class. Not everyone, well-rounded.</p>
<p>They want a class with a brilliant mathematician dorming with a literary genius; a computer whiz with a quantum physicist. Not a class where everyone is good at everything but fantastic at nothing.</p>