<p>If you apply to a college and the major you choose is impacted, does this affect your overall acceptance into the university?
And if a college does not accept by major, what does this mean in terms of not getting the major you originally applied for?</p>
<p>I'm mainly concerned about the UC's and University of the Pacific, so if you have any information about those schools please let me know! </p>
<p>My friend and I have relatively the same GPA, test scores, and extracurricular activities and we both applied EA for UoP. She applied for business and I applied for their pharmacy program. However, she got accepted with a scholarship, and I got deferred. I feel as though this may have to do with the majors we selected. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Yes. While some schools will admit you to a second choice major or as an undeclared major, others will only consider you for your first choice major listed on the application.</p>
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<p>If a school (or division within a school) does not admit by major, the likely result is that you would enter undeclared and then declare the major after completing the prerequisites. In some cases, majors may be oversubscribed, and you have to apply to declare the major.</p>
<p>Here is an example:</p>
<p>At Berkeley, admissions is done by division (College of Letters and Science, College of Engineering, College of Chemistry, etc.). Within the College of Engineering, admissions is done by major.</p>
<p>If admitted, all College of Letters and Science freshmen start undeclared. After completion of prerequisites, they then declare their majors. Some majors (the ones with # in [this</a> list](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html]this”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html)) require applying to declare, usually with a higher GPA than needed to avoid academic probation (e.g. may need a 3.0 or higher instead of a 2.0).</p>
<p>Freshmen entering the College of Engineering enter declared in a major, except those who applied to and were admitted as Engineering Undeclared. The latter can freely choose a College of Engineering major during their first year, but all other students who want to change into a College of Engineering major must apply into a competitive admission process.</p>
<p>Of course, the above is Berkeley-specific; other universities may be different, and you need to check each university’s web site and/or ask on their forums to find out.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, pharmacy is considered much harder to get into than business. However it may be dependent on the university. Have you looked into your specific school and details about the major / what it is strong at?</p>
<p>Also, your friend getting accepted could be due to a variety of reasons. Even though you think you and your friend are similar, maybe something about them stood out and was needed at the specific college.</p>