<p>ok, I know a lot of colleges want people who are realy good at one thing... but since pomona's lib arts (it's my dream college...), will it look better if I do well in a few subjects than hardcore concentrate on one? because I'm choosing classes for next year this week and I can either do ap art or ap bio for a class. I know I know bio of course, but thing is, i'm already taking calc bc and physics 2 (skipping calc ab and physics 1) next year so I don't know if I can handle it... </p>
<p>on the other hand, ap art's pretty much a free period in my school and I was already planning on taking the ap bio test this year. I already have some background in creative/art related stuff (csssa) and I can draw well enough for the course, but I don't know if Pomona will see that as flip-flopping on fields... :( </p>
<p>i'm planning on doing something either chem or engineering related (or hopefully, chemical engineering) and i'm probably going to intern/job shadow somewhere this summer... but i'm also want to do some writing/art contests as well. will pomona like it better if I have some art background with my stem major (maybe i can spin it as creativity needed for engineering?), or should i just do science science science?</p>
<p>I’m not sure why you’d consider chemical engineering when Pomona doesn’t offer it. But to your question, Pomona doesn’t really care how specialized you are.</p>
<p>yeah, i had chemical engineering in mind for other schools (the nature of dreams ): ) and/or post-graduate studies. anyways, thank you! that leaves me free to spend some time on other stuff i’m interested in, then.</p>
<p>my take as a current student: if you want to do art, do art. it seems like you’re doing a lot of stem/science classes already. if you’re passionate about art (or just want to do it more than bio), follow that passion. don’t do something solely for the class name or if you’re less enthused about it just for a hopeful college acceptance; relatedly, i doubt they’ll be making their decision based on a single class you decided to take. pomona is definitely not looking for “science science science,” or at least not in every applicant.</p>
<p>also, if you want to somehow do chemical engineering, i’m sure you could create that opportunity - e.g. take classes in a similar/related field, and i’m sure some professors are knowledgable about it along with research opportunities in the field</p>
<p>thank you! i was worried that maybe pomona will see my taking art as me giving up on taking the most rigorous curriculum… which isn’t really the case, there’s more to it lol. i’m really glad to hear that it shouldn’t be a problem!</p>
<p>Schools, such as Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, have music technology programs, which combine computer science and music. I would say that schools understand arts and science are not in different universes, per say. I went to school with four doctors who all went to top 5 med schools and they all were actually pre-med art majors. not science majors. Do what you love is the key - any grad school appreciates that. If you have an equal love of the arts and the sciences then go for it.</p>
thank you everyone for the help!</p>