<p>Have you all mailed in your advisor letters yet? If you haven't, I'll suggest something to you all so you don't get a completely random advisor like me. It's not like she was awful (she was actually very nice and would always sign off on the classes I wanted to take), but I just don't think she was as knowledgeable as another professor in my areas of interest.</p>
<p>So the suggestion is to do it?</p>
<p>My S did it and still feels as you do gnatcire. He has someone in his major too.</p>
<p>Sorry I was kind of confusing. I guess you all haven't sent it yet? Anyway if you know you want to major in something, don't mention any other interests in your letter. I think I heard of someone wanting to be a science major, but said he liked art, so they gave him an art history advisor. I personally listed a bunch of possible majors only in the social and natural sciences, and they ended up giving me a Spanish advisor. I think I even mentioned that I took French in high school, so I was really confused as to why I had her.</p>
<p>I think if you give any hint as to being undecided, they will give you a random advisor, especially if your interest is within a popular major. However, if you actually are undecided, it's not a huge deal to list what you might be thinking about - you can always switch advisors later. Also, if you're interested in two different areas, but can't decide which, you can mention them, but you'll probably get an advisor in the less popular major.</p>
<p>yeah, we got the thing that says we have to do it. i'm waiting till the last minute of course. lol.
i think i'll just make it obvious that i want an advisor in my major. like "my main interest is..."</p>