I know Tuition Exchange money is beyond competitive. I was wondering if certain majors tend to get more TE approval or if there’s majors that tend to always get declined?
I also know there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason and its college specific. Trying to make informed decisions to help guide my children.
It is probably very college dependent. If it matters, it is probably riskier with more popular majors relative to department capacity.
I think that since admission and awarding of TE are two entirely separate processes, choice of major does not impact the TE decision. A student has to be admitted first, then gets considered for TE.
So, I would t think that while the choice of major does impact admission chances, it would NOT impact a subsequent TE decision.
In my very limited experience (having just gone through it with my first child), the best thing you can do to up your student’s odds are to apply to schools where his/her stats are above the 75% mark. Remember s/he will not be competing for TE with every other accepted student in his or her major/program.
I guess my question was if my child declares a major and is accepted to the college is the college then going to give the tuition exchange award to the student who’s majoring in business versus my child who let’s say chooses music production? Will tuition exchange view business or engineering as more worthy of their award than something in the arts for example? Once my child is accepted into the college for their intended major I understand that they are not competing against others perhaps in the same major for that tuition exchange award but they may very well be competing against a student with a different degree for the same reward money.
oh, I think you’re looking for the secret sauce recipe that no school seems to reveal, LOL. It is all pretty shrouded in mystery. As an above poster said, it is probably very school-specific.
Given that my undeclared student was awarded TE everywhere she applied, I tend to think that major didn’t factor in.
Again, I think the focus should be on targeting schools where he is a highly competitive candidate for admission for your best bet at getting a TE award.