How important are my math and science classes if I want to be an Communications/English major?

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<p>I’m currently a 14 year old sophomore in an Honors program at a magnet high school in New Jersey. My honors program is Biomedicine, which I inexplicably chose in the 8th grade. It’s both ironic and exasperating, because my interests are English, media. film, psychology, journalism, etc but I have to take a few electives like Zoology and Marine Bio (which I hate) and there is no way AT ALL that I can change my program. In my school, all courses are honors, you don’t get a choice. I get mostly A’s in English, History, Arts, Music, etc. and mostly B/B+'s in Science, Math. My real problem is my work ethic, or lack thereof. I do well in what I like to do. I know my grades are important, so I try to do well in Science and Math, but I hate those subjects. This reflects in my GPA, which is somewhere around a 3.7 when it could and should be a lot higher. I AM buckling down; I started studying, stopped procrastinating, am actually putting effort into homework, etc., and I think I’ll be able to get my GPA up around a 3.85 by or close to it by application time. </p>

<p>My worries are; What will college admissions personnel think when they see and aspiring Communications/Journalism major A’s in English, History, Art, Music and B’s in Math and Science? Will they consider that its a rigorous honors curriculum? Will it matter if my GPA is up to par (around a 3.8+)? Would outstanding English/Lit/Journalism grades/awards/extracurriculars/jobs/inte… make them overlook “just decent” math/science grades? Or will a B+ in 10th grade Trig not matter if I clearly have a strong and developed aptitude and ambition in an entirely different field? </p>

<p>Additional Info: My absolute dream is The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. I also like NYU, I have lots of lit e.c’s that I am passionate about like musicals, music competitions/shows, writing contests, work on the school paper, school lit mag, and internships (I can’t commit to anything I don’t care about, hence the subpar math grades ha, major personality flaw!) I am a female URM, 1st gen, low-income.</p>

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<p>Can you transfer into another school?</p>

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<p>Colleges don’t look at your potential major or field as much as you seem to think they do. Students can and do change majors. They are looking for all around good students. Super selective schools like Penn expect excellence in all the core areas. Sure some lopsidedness can work sometimes, especially, say, for engineering students, but they are still going to look at your overall gpa and how you do in the context of other students at your school. </p>

<p>If you are low income be sure to look onto the Questbridge program. </p>