I was deciding between pursuing a career biomedical engineering or medicine. When I submitted my application, I chose biochemistry or cognitive science for colleges. However, now I want to pursue Engineering again. Would it be possible to change my major before my Freshmen year? Do I have to wait until I get started? How would I go about doing this. Thank you for your help
Which college ?
No way to tell. If you applied to some large Us they may have different admission criteria for their engineering college. You would need to contact each school to see what can be done.
Many colleges have separate engineering schools/divisions which could have different entrance requirements. Sometimes it is hard to do an internal transfer. I’d contact the schools you applied to and see if they can switch your application to the engineering school.
if when you completed the Common Application or college specific application you selected a particular college within a university to apply to then admissions are by college. For most liberal arts colleges you can put down a major on your application and then pick a major later. As an example, if you applied to the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign you apply to a particular college (like the school of engineering). If you apply to say Amherst College it doesn’t matter what intended major you put on your application, it might improve or hurt your odds slightly bu