<p>Hi, when applying to American, do you have to apply into a specific school? (for example, the School of International Service) After looking on their website, I can’t find the answer. (Maybe I’m looking in the wrong place?)</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>No, you apply to the university as a whole, not a specific college.</p>
<p>but you do indicate intended major and then your acceptance is in to the school with that major.</p>
<p>Unlike some colleges AU lets you switch schools very, very easily and it doesn’t affect acceptance. Two examples of what it is like in other schools: </p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton: My son applied to SUNY Binghamton as undecided and then wanted to apply to the school of business - he was told that although he was accepted to SUNY Bing, he would only be accepted to the business school at a later date if more than usual amount of people dropped out and there was a very small chance of that happening. </p>
<p>University of Maryland at College Park: Another school at which it mattered was UMD - they have different acceptance rates at the different schools and if you apply undecided, you need a certain GPA and can only apply to the Smith school after you have a certain number of credits. </p>
<p>At AU, it is no big deal- he applied initially as undecided, but just filled out some paperwork and he was in the business school that day.</p>