<p>I'm currently at a cc where they prefer you declare your major right away since its only a two year school. Although you could change your major, I personally would rather not have to do this and just pick the most strategic option. In the future I plan to apply as a transfer student to some Ivies and other reach schools. My concern is the following: in terms of academics, do these schools prefer that you have taken a wide range of courses or focused on your major?</p>
<p>Right now I am a business major and the next 2 years I am required to take lots of business, accounting, economics and finance courses along with some science, English, math, and social science. But the bulk of my classes will be business oriented. </p>
<p>I've looked into the liberal arts major that is offered and the requirements are lots of social sciences, English, and general knowledge stuff that doesn't really train you in a specific field. It is not too late to change majors but I want to know if schools like Yale and GW have a preference between being well rounded and having specific knowledge in a particular field. (I know Yale and GW are very different I was just using them as examples of a reach and 50-50 school. Would a reach prefer something different than a 50-50 school?)</p>
<p>The thing is that I always thought of college as the time to explore different avenues. I wanted to take a wide variety of courses and all of a sudden I had to pick a major. I feel I am missing out on the exploration part of my college experience because although I like and enjoy learning about business and finance I would also like the opportunity to explore other fields, for personal growth, like psychology and government. If I have to forgo this, I suppose could live with it, I just don't want it to affect me when trying to transfer.
I don't want it to seem like I just took courses that benefited me because of my major-(they're actually the graduation requirements at the college) and that I didn't explore other course offerings. (I can't take other classes because basically the 4 semesters are planned out with what classes I will take to meet graduation requirements and I have no room for anything else unless I take six courses per semester)</p>
<p>I would really appreciate the advice of successful transfer students.
Thanks!</p>