choosing possible majors--strongest or the most interested?

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<p>Is choosing a field that is not my strongest area in high school considered a disadvantage in the admissions process? </p>

<p>For example, most of my awards were in physics, but I really want to try something new in college, bioengineering for instance. However, I do not have awards in biology, neither was one of my SAT2s a biology. But I'm confident I can do as well in a new area as I did in physics in high school, and I just like to try something new.</p>

<p>Will choosing a field that is not my strongest area in high school in some way be negative to or malpresent me in the admissions process? or is presenting my strongest aspect and choosing a concentration related to that aspect a better choice? </p>

<p>Thanks for any advice:)</p>

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<p>Hmm… if you’re applying to CAS or CoE, I don’t think your major matters</p>

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<p>It’s not like physics and bioengineering are unrelated.</p>

<p>If you were great at physics and wanted to do art history, I’d say maybe that’d raise a red flag.
All math/science is seen as interchangeable.</p>

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<p>i applied to AEM and did not have many business-related ECs. instead, most of my ECs were dealt with int’l relations and many of my awards were foreign language, academic and musical awards that had nothing to do with business. i didn’t join FBLA/DECA. in fact, the only “business-y” thing i did in high school was the Fed Challenge, but that was in spring and i didn’t put that on my resume. </p>

<p>but hey, i still got in bc i was able to convey what i was passionate about and link how what i did in high school made me interested in the major.</p>