<p>If I am admitted into a university, can I major in anything I want?</p>
<p>Could I be accepted into a university but not be admitted into a specific college or major?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Some very specialized departments don’t have to accept everyone. e.g. architecture, theater studies, vocal performance, etc. These will need audition, review before admittance.</p>
<p>But most college majors don’t have this hurdle. It all depends on your major and the school you’re attending.</p>
<p>Okay let’s just say I wanted to major in Computer Science at UC Berkeley or Carnegie Mellon, both ranked #1 Comp Science programs in the country by US News. Or what if I tried Material Engineering at uIllinois–Urbana-Champaign ranked #2 in the country in that major. Then would that be an issue?</p>
<p>It really depends on the school. For some colleges, you can get accepted by the university but not your program (and you get your 2nd choice major). Others give out a flat rejection and that’s it.</p>
<p>If you’re talking about switching majors within one college (usually the College of Arts and Sciences), that’s fine–indeed, expected. But for schools within a university (usually engineering, design, architecture, nursing, business) you will have to apply specifically to that college, and transferring to another college will involve a separate admissions process.</p>