<p>Is there any disadvantage to checking "undecided" on college apps or for Nat. Merit forms?</p>
<p>My top choices for college are Harvard, Yale, UPenn-Wharton, and JHU. I realize that I won't get merit aid. From the point of admissions, I was wondering whether it would be disadvantageous to check "undecided".</p>
<p>My counselor said that it doesn't matter, but I was wondering whether colleges would interpret it as being indecisive and not having like a specific aim?</p>
<p>thnx</p>
<p>My nieces have ALL been admitted to nearly all the schools they applied to as undecided majors. One "bad" thing is that some merit money is attached to specific schools & as undecided, you wouldn't be in competiton for these funds/scholarshps. Another thing is at some Us, it may be easier to get into specific programs/schools as an entering freshman than later. Some folks make part of their decision about which school to attend based on whether they have been admitted to study the program/field they're most interested in.</p>
<p>Most colleges understand that HS seniors often don't REALLY know what they want to study for the next 4 years. My son only knows he likes math, science & computers & plans to study them. His counselor suggested engineering, so he applied to his schools as an undeclared engineering major & was admitted to them on this basis.</p>
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<p>When I went and visited UCLA I talked with the dean of admissions and she told me that undecided is her favorite major because it means the students are open to exploring the school's possibilities. I got into all my schools except for one with an undecided major.</p>
<p>It's about as irrelevant as can be. I'm convinced it's more so they and you can share a good laugh four years later.</p>
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<p>besides, the average college student changes their major at least 2x</p>