<p>is there any consideration as to your intended major within the college? for example, if 500 kids indicated that they intend to major in english or something, does that give someone who indicated an intent to major in something else an advantage?</p>
<p>A staggering amount of people change their majors in college. Combine this with the indecisiveness of teenagers and I think they wouldn't give much consideration.</p>
<p>My regional rep told me that he has some kids that intend for subjects like Linguistics and Anthropology to hope they gain an edge. I thought to myself "Crap... I'm actually interested in those subjects" lol</p>
<p>haha damn it... not that i had a very unusual intended major, but im looking for anything at all that might help me</p>
<p>don't worry. be happy.</p>
<p>yea its ok i knew from the start that i had no chance getting in. i only applied early because the admissions person who came to my school told me to</p>
<p>I don't know if Penn looks at intended major or not. But I would think they would want some sort of balance. For more obscure majors, they would want sombody coming, wouldn't they? Of course, they probably would need some indication in the application that an applicant is really interested in the subject and isn't just gaming the system.</p>
<p>My son (now at Wash U St. Louis) had strong credentials, but was just one of the throngs trying for the engineering school and was waitlisted. My daughter wants to be an Egyptologist (a choice that hasn't changed since 3rd grade), where you can count the undergraduate programs in the US on one hand and an "abnormally large" graduating class would be 6. I would hope that Penn will consider the dearth of programs elsewhere in assessing candidates (and those schools are all highly selective -- ACK!). </p>
<p>Brown does mention that it might give an edge to those headed for more obscure majors. BTW, Linguistics doesn't seem that unusual!</p>