<p>Do you think that you will have a better chance of getting into college if you don't specify a major? Or will the college, if it accepts you, just put you under your second choice major if your first major is full or something?</p>
<p>Most colleges I am interested in (Harvard, Yale, Stanford) don't admit students to a particular school, or major, because many students end up changing majors anyways.</p>
<p>So, I don't know about all colleges, but I would assume that most colleges follow the lead of the ones above and don't care what you put down.</p>
<p>Something I've learned this year (at least in applying to public universities) is that major matters. **** whatever else people tell you. It matters. So pick the unpopular major and change majors once you're in.</p>
<p>isn't there some kind of limit on number of students in a particular major though? if there is no room for you, i think you are basically screwed. just my opinion</p>
<p>I think this is what screwed me. Picked Environmental Engineering, which I like, but I really feel that it probably being impacted played a part in my rejection.</p>
<p>I don't think major matters that much. If you have strong extracurriculars which point you toward one particular major, even if you don't intend to stay in it, pick that one. Otherwise, undecided is fine at most schools. </p>
<p>I'm an example. I have NO clue what to major in, went in undecided, and I'm getting mostly good news from colleges :)</p>
<p>I heard that going in undeclared is far easier than getting in with a specific major, especially an impacted one. Switching majors is actually quite hard (at the UCs at least), so going in undeclared will allow you to pick and choose later on.</p>
<p>Really? I though major doesn't matter...</p>
<p>So I'll be better off picking like "library sciences" or something? even at HYPS</p>
<p>i was accepted to ucla as a history major and in one of my essays i talked about my passion for the subject. my best friend who has amazing SATS and a freaking killer GPA, plays 2 varsity sports, had ridiculously great essays and tons of community service was rejected from both la and berkeley. she applied as undeclared. anyway the moral of the story is: if the college sees that you are passionate about something and declare it, i believe they see you as having focus. so my advice is: put down a major and change it later if need be.</p>