Do Ivy league schools consider the electives you take? I was in university but...

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...hated the program I originally? took, so I went back to a college and got into a special program that only takes 15 students a year and it's a very intense specialized science course. Now I'm going to work on a double degree there and then transfer into another university thats an IVY league and they said if I keep my GPA the same they would credit me 1 year off a graduate program since I'm in such an intense program and will have a triple science degree already.

Here's my issue the school I go to is a science school mainly but I need more credits from non science courses, most of the courses bore the hell out of me. There's some I have some interest in learning about but they are so far fetched and taboo I'm worried if I go with what Id enjoy and am curious about the university may question my credibility. Is this an issue? or am I being ridiculously paranoid??
To put it simply do I take what Id actually like or do I take a reatrded class like sculpting or sexuality ect? I already took a political science and a sociology option and a psychology option so now Im very much limited.
 
Electives are electives. I doubt anything will be more challenging than a science or applied science course in the faculty of arts or social sciences.With that said I think you should just play it safe and not take something too far fetched; at least until you get into the school you want. However this is just my opinion since I do not study in the states. I guess I'm also paranoid. Maybe try history or anthropology? I've taken a forensic anthropology course before and it was amazing; but then again that was a very science related arts elective. However it is true some schools do not care; my friend got into the college of surgeons in Ireland and her elective was a choir course. Contacting an administrator would probably be the best thing!
 
A big part of the admissions process for Ivies is the transcript. If you only take easy classes and end up with a 4.0, they will probably not accept you. The best thing to do is to take difficult electives that match well with the rest of your transcript and the program you are applying to. Given that you have taken political science, sociology and psychology courses, you should take a philosophy course -- it looks good on the transcript. And if science is your thing, take a philosophy of science course or, maybe, a philosophy of physics or biology if you want something more specific. If you enjoy any of these a philosophy of mind course you will probably enjoy as well. And if you do like that course, a metaphysics or epistemology course you would surely benefit from taking.
 
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