<p>Hiya,</p>
<p>I was just curious as to the idea of applying for a less selective major and changing once applied. It's not even that I would apply to something I'm not interested in but i have an interest in a few majors like business, spanish, and engineering. My grades being borderline for my colleges of choice, would i be able to possibly switch to engineering (more selective) if i get accepted for say, a spanish degree. Hypothetically, of course. thanks.</p>
<p>The majority of colleges don’t admit freshmen based upon intended majors – so there goes your plan. This is an oft-asked question here on this forum.</p>
<p>Actually, many schools do, or admit by division (arts and sciences, business, engineering, etc.).</p>
<p>At such a school, if you enroll in the less selective major or division, expect there to be an admissions gate to change to a more selective major or division (e.g. high GPA in prerequisite courses, or competitive admission process).</p>
<p>I know of a girl who did this. Faked A LOT of interest in a major she didn’t want but made admission easier.
Went to Harvard. Got into other ivies.</p>
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<p>Are you sure about this? For e.g. U Penn’s Wharton Business School has to be much more competitive than for e.g. School of arts and sciences. They also have different requirements for e.g Wharton School requires Math 2 subject test where as Arts and Science School doesn’t require any subject school, so how can one say that colleges do not admit based upon intended Majors. </p>
<p>Also I checked with U penn, they said you can’t apply with 1 st choice and 2nd choice major. You only apply to one college.</p>
<p>The key word in the part you quoted was the word majority.</p>
<p>At open house for a college I’m interested in they told me to apply though the College of Humanities and Social Sciences as a German major rather than a Supply Chain Management major in the College of Management, because it’ll be easier to get in. They also said each department has some say over what applicants they take, but I don’t know if that’s true for most colleges.</p>
<p>The problem can be that, depending on the school, transferring into a major can be difficult. (For my school, I know this is true at least of business, engineering, and nursing.)</p>