My son got deferred EA yesterday from NCSU as a CS major first choice and Exploratory Studies second choice. He just told me he also wouldn’t mind majoring in business.
Would it help for possible acceptance if he changed his major from CS to Business? Have no idea how competitive the College of Business is.
State is his first choice.
Thank you—
I’m 85% sure CoB is less competitive than CoE. Either way, if he wants to change his major, he’ll have to email them. He still won’t get the results until March 30th(ish)
I am in a similar situation to your son. I would prefer to major in computer science, but business is also fine with me. I just put CS as my first choice and business as my second. I was deferred from CS as well. I think they consider your second choice in this round of admissions, but they only considered your first choice in the admissions they just announced. Good luck!
When my DD was deferred from Biology (no idea the completion in life sciences), she emailed and switched to Business (with explanation of why she wanted NC state and business). Business is second hardest to admit now. She was grateful to get in and later learned that Business school likes students that show drive and overcoming failure (which her essay included). She learned this while studying abroad with faculty. Her stats had strong EC’s which they emphasized and even displayed during orientation for all to see.