<p>Hey CC,</p>
<p>I have three main intellectual interests right now: Spanish, economics, and neuroscience.</p>
<p>Is it bad to write about how interested/inspired you are about one subject in a supplemental/Common App essay, but then put another subject as your top potential major choice? Here's my situation:</p>
<p>I am very proficient at speaking Spanish, and there are many things I love about the language and the aspects that surround it. I have taken extremely high level Spanish classes for my age all of my 4 years at high school, and received straight As every year and a 5 on the AP. I also greatly enjoy economics. I am doing very well in the economics class that I am taking right now (Economics is usually only offered to seniors), and I spent all of last year studying Spanish business and economics in my Spanish class (The highest level offered at our school).</p>
<p>As of now, I feel that putting down Spanish as my first major and Economics as my second major (Or a combination of the two) would be a great combination. Idealistically, I would like to study economics and finance in college, with a minor in Spanish (Hopefully focusing on the economics of countries such as Brazil and Mexico).</p>
<p>You see, I also love neuroscience. I've spent the last two summers doing a neurosurgical internship, observing surgery in the operating room and studying neurological disorders. The experience has been amazing, and I have written some incredible essays about it.</p>
<p>The problem is, my grades in Biology can't really compete with my phenomenal grades in Spanish and Economics. They're still good (720 on Biology SATII) and a progression from B to A- during my last year of AP Biology (Which was an extremely hard class), but I'm still not sure what to do. Is it true that I would need very good credentials in science to have neuroscience as my first major?</p>
<p>In short, this is a matter of putting my potential major down as Spanish/Economics and writing my essays about neuroscience, or choosing my major as neuroscience, which could possibly make admission harder.</p>
<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated!</p>