<p>I was admitted to my alternate choice but I really thought I'd get in to business. 32 ACT 3.6 UW, 4.00 Weighted, most rigorous schedule. Is there any way to appeal? I mean im really suprised I didnt even get deferred =[</p>
<p>There is an appeal procedure but unless there is a true objective error, such as you really had a 35 ACT rather than that 32, chances are very slim. Having high stats does not guarantee admission particularly to business which rejects many with high stats and does full file reviews and considers essays and ECs very important.</p>
<p>Thanks. So now i was admitted to division of general studies (undecided), can i change my major to LSA or do i have to stay with undecided?</p>
<p>If admitted DGS, you will essentially be in it for the first year and can then transfer into LAS after first year which is usually easy to do. If you have a chosen major in LAS already, you just take the courses you would normally take in first year that you would take if in that major (and most of first year is taking a couple basic courses in the chosen major and gen ed courses)</p>
<p>How does this whole DGS work exactly?</p>
<p>DGS is essentially a division for those who apply undecided and most of those who do not get first choice major but are admitted alternate choice and its guiding principle is that it exists to get rid of you, i.e., it has its own guidance staff that is there to help you select classes, find things you are interested in, and by end of first or second year have you ready to transfer to one of the colleges into an actual major.</p>
<p>What happens if you already have your eyes set on a certain major or college, lets say for example, engineering. If you were admitted, but since you didn’t make your first choice, you went to DGS.
Is there any way you can declare a major before the end of the first year or does this have to happen over one year?(for someone who already has a idea of what they want to do).</p>
<p>In that case you look at what students in that major would usually take in the first year and take those courses you can also take. For example, for any engineering, freshman usually take calculus courses, chemistry, some physics starting second semester, a rhetoric course, some gen ed electives to start meeting gen ed requirements, and you should gear your schedule to mimic that so you can attempt transfer after first year, although engineering also accepts transfer after second year. Engineering generally does not take any inter-college transfers until after first year. Engineering has minimum course requirements for transfering (first and second year if you attempt either) and minimun GPAs that you have to meet to be considered, usually in the 3.0 or higher range. Unlike business it has a high admission rate particularly after second year for those who meet the requirements.</p>
<p>I think DGS is essentially like an internal transfer applicant program. Instead of attempting to transfer into the university from an external institution, you transfer into your major essentially after proving them wrong by obtaining a great GPA in the courses you would have taken had you been admitted to your major of choice in the first place.</p>
<p>This, of course, applies to those placed into DGS as an alternate admission. For those who chose DGS until they “find” themselves…jeez! tick-tock…It’s an expensive way to make your mind up. :)</p>
<p>This should be fine because most courses you take freshmen and sophmore year are generally general classes that most students take anyways right?</p>
<p>Exactly, so don’t sweat it. Look at it as an opportunity to prove them wrong.</p>