<p>I've been told taht it's better to choose a major, and no one should ever go undeclared because then you'd just be 1 in a pool of thousands. But do majors effect whether you get in or not? As in what major you choose. For example would it be easier to get into a college if you pick something really esoteric like French Art History. And then once you're in you can change the major after a month or something because the classes shouldn't be different.</p>
<p>Well i do think that major does play alittle into the admission process but not a whole lot because high school students mostly goes underclared anways. But i guess if you really have a major intended that is not impacted this might give yourself a better chance. But this is just my opinion. Plus, I think you can change your major once, when you are accepted.</p>
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For example would it be easier to get into a college if you pick something really esoteric like French Art History.
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No, it's not. There have been numerous threads on this, and at least one admissions officer (AdmissionsDaniel) has specifically said that it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>By the way, which schools offer the history of French art? ;)</p>
<p>what about a classic major who had done EC to show this passion?</p>
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what about a classic major who had done EC to show this passion?
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I was rejected from Yale as an Egyptology major with great ecs and essays to back it up (1540 SAT and 2nd in my class). I know a girl rejected from Yale and Penn as an Egyptology major; she had taken Latin, Greek, and self-studied Egyptian. Admissions is tough for any major.</p>
<p>I think the only time it would matter is if you're trying to get into an impacted program, and in that case it would actually make your task MORE difficult, not less.</p>
<p>The only time I would think declaration of a major would have a material impact on the admissions process is when you select a highly specialized major for which there is a predetermined limitation on the size of the freshman class for that major. In such cases, the bar on competitiveness gets raised significantly. One of the more extreme examples of this are BFA programs in various performing arts where freshman class size can be a small as 10 - 30 depending on the school and you may have 800 - 1000 students applying.</p>
<p>so warbler, where did you get accepted and also your friend, where did she get into? any selective colleges?</p>
<p>J mom- I sent you a PM.</p>
<p>Ok, so it won't help me. But say it's something like biology, which it seems like 1 in every 5 people I talk to are going into, then should I pick a major that wouldn't hurt me?</p>
<p>Please tell me how to post a new topic. thanks.</p>
<p>i think its something like, if you've demonstrated a passion for french art history in your ECs and then you say you want to major in it it might help u, otherwise no impact.</p>
<p>I'll echo the other experienced members who've replied:</p>
<p>Intended major does not matter, except for a few special exceptions.</p>
<p>Could someone please answer GlueEater? I'm kinda interested as well because I too plan on going into biology :)</p>
<p>I am so mad I could scream!! Marquette Univ. admissions told me last year that 35% of their sophomores get into their Physician Assistant program. What I found yesterday is that they admit 1400 freshman each year, but only 120 to the College of Arts & Sciences. Of the 120, only about 50 apply to the PA program and then 35% are usually accepted. So all of you biology majors, better be careful and make sure you get the whole story on admissions!</p>
<p>To start a new thread:
Go back to the selection page for the particular forum (where you clicked on the name to get into this thread). At the top of the list, there's a button that says "New Thread". Click on it, put in a title and start the topic.</p>
<p>Darn Chedva, I was looking in this thread to see one of your profound responses!lol! Oh well, I'll be ready for the next one!</p>