<p>Hello i was just wondering about choosing majors when apply to Hopkins. My friend told me that his intended major is Molecular Biology and he intends to be a pre-med. However, he said he will apply as undecided into the college of arts and sciences, since Molecular Bio is a competitive major, and then he will choose his major later. Will applying as undecided improve your chances or lower them? And is there a requirement GPA or courses to enter a major if you were undecided when you applied? Im really confused with my friend's method since the said it will improve his chances</p>
<p>As for myself i'll be applying BME so I really have no choice as to choose undecided or not. Thanks for all your replies!!</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter - from the blog: Hopkins doesn’t care about majors as you’re admitted to all. The only exception is BME.</p>
<p>To build on WealthofInformation’s post - if you aren’t accepted into the BME program for your freshman year, then you can’t change your major to BME. However, you can change from BME to something else, just not from something to BME.</p>
<p>im really confused about the issue because seniors from my school this year, there was one that had better scores and better as an overall applicant, applied to molecular biology and got rejected, but the other one replied to art history with lower stats and overall lower but got accepted. Thanks for the input guys!</p>
<p>You don’t know about the rest of their applications, or what Hopkins was looking for. If all of your ECs in high school show that you’re into chemistry (for example) but you apply for history because you think it’s less competitive, that won’t help you.</p>
<p>Like YanksDolphins said, your application is considered in the context of your intended major, but admissions are not affected directly by your choice of major. Applying as an art history major isn’t going to “help” you unless you’re actually interested in studying art history and have a resume and essays that backup your assertion that you want to study art history.</p>