<p>i know that when applying for cornell you have you declare what you want to major in, and putting "undecided" puts you at a disadvantage. but i really don't want to choose something so fast, does anyone have any advice!!</p>
<p>also, once you choose a major, can you change when you actually start college? thanks!!!</p>
<p>Actually many students put down undecided when they apply. Cornell knows not everyone knows exactly what you want to do just yet. You can also change your major several times after you begin.</p>
<p>you can change your major within your school pretty easily, but between schools its a bit harder</p>
<p>I’m not sure that putting “undecided” puts you at a disadvantage. In all of the mail I’ve been getting, Cornell seems very supportive of undecided students, even encouraging. I remember one email said something along the lines of, “being undecided is not only okay, it’s a good thing.”</p>
<p>When I applied, I did put down English, but now I’m pretty sure I don’t want to go down that route at all. I’m in A&S though, so I’m not sure how switching majors works in the other colleges.</p>
<p>the major you put down has no real effect on anything besides possibly who your initial adviser is and to maybe give you something to talk about in the essay. You don’t actually declare a major for at least a year.</p>
<p>I do believe that they ask you what you want to study, and how Cornell will help you with that in the supplement essay. However, being undecided, you can tie Cornell’s idea of “Any person, any study” to your undecided status and write a rockin’ essay.</p>
<p>If you are applying for Arts and Sciences or Engineering, then applying undecided is fine.</p>
<p>If you are applying for CALS, HumEc, AAP then you need to have decided on a major. </p>
<p>Also, do not apply to an Undecided College. There are a lot of dumb people every year who apply to Cornell without designating what College they are applying for, and they ALL get rejected.</p>
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<p>Yeah…I just chose a few subjects I was interested in and wrote about how I’d use resources within CAS and Cornell as a whole to explore them.</p>