<p>On the rolling admissions application for a State U, my daughter decided not to declare a major when asked. On other RD applications (common app.), she has declared a major. </p>
<p>How does this factor into EA or RD admissions decisions?</p>
<p>I believe it varies. My school, for example, does not have any quotas for certain majors, so they will not accept or reject students on the basis of their major choice. In addition, I believe applicants are not "punished" for being undeclared, as they have a lot of time to explore before declaring a major (junior year), so why should they know what they're going to study when they're only in high school?</p>
<p>In contrast, some colleges may have "quotas" in which they only want a certain number of students in a popular department, such as Economics. However, I don't know if the major on the application is binding, so I'm not sure how much this matters...</p>
<p>Any other input?</p>
<p>Celestial - I think you're right.</p>
<p>My D has changed her future "major" about 3 times since June, so she decided to go with undeclared. She got some opinions from guidance counselors, admissions, and coaches and got a unanimous "it doesn't really matter." Now, this is just at the schools she is looking at.</p>
<p>I know other schools may be different.</p>