<p>I just e-mailed my college, but seeing that I won't get an answer for awhile, I want to ask you guys this:</p>
<p>Can I change my major after I've already been accepted early action?</p>
<p>Usually students can change their majors, and do change their majors at least twice while in college.</p>
<p>It is hard and sometimes impossible to change your major if you’re trying to change it into a department or school at the college that has special admission requirements. For instance, engineering, journalism, nursing, film, and theater – depending on the school – may have special admission requirements such as auditions, a portfolio or requiring high grades in high school courses that aren’t required for other schools or majors.</p>
<p>It depends on the college. Some have certain criteria for certain schools or programs within the college while others don’t care how many times you change your major until the spring of your sophomore year. I would wait for that e-mail to be returned or call them when they open for a (usually) faster response.</p>
<p>I see…then I guess it’s safe to assume that since the major I’m changing to doesn’t have special requirements, I can easily change it.</p>
<p>**I’m not IN college yet, btw.</p>
<p>My son changed his major after being admitted EA. He was admitted EA as Undeclared.
During the summer before his freshman year, he decided on a specific major. He emailed the admission’s dept. and they made the change to his major. It was nice to have the change made before he stepped foot on campus. This way, he was assigned to an academic advisor within the department of his new major. </p>
<p>It’s very common for students to change their major.</p>
<p>If the college has “Schools”, you would have been admitted to a School and you can change majors easily within the school. Switching to another school is usually hard, esp at top tier public colleges … also it could cost you more semesters in college. There are also “impacted” majors at many colleges that are highly selective and you’ll need to apply to those in your sophomore year in college, may require certain grades and such.</p>
<p>Follow up today with the admission’s dept. They’ll explain the process to you. In our case, son was accepted as an Undeclared Major and all he had to do was contact the admission’s dept. They OK’d the change and officially made the switch. You’ll have to contact the admission’s office and get the info specific to the new major and that particular college. As others have mentioned, different majors have different admission’s criteria.</p>