<p>Will my chances be slightly lower if I apply for an 'impacted' major than if I applied undecided?</p>
<p>What is NYU's official stance on this? BTW im applying for CAS.</p>
<p>By impacted major i mean something like economics...</p>
<p>No, because CAS does not admit by major.</p>
<p>Actually, they kinda do. An admin officer told a group I was in a few days ago that they look for a broad range of majors. If they didn’t, nearly the whole class would be pre-health.</p>
<p>anyone have other insights on this?</p>
<p>No, they don’t. When I went on my tour, the lady who conducted the information session that having an ‘undecided’ major will not hinder your chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>I strongly recommend that you remain undecided in your first year of college, even if you are certain of your major. A declared major is a contract. You want to be able to test out different classes and areas of study, right?</p>
<p>Declared major is not a contract. You can’t even officially declare on ALBERT until like. . . sophomore year.</p>
<p>I don’t think putting down undecided hurts at all. I’m just telling you what came straight from the guy’s mouth. Quote – If we just looked at numbers 95% of our freshman would be pre health.</p>
<p>He may have been making it up, but I don’t know why he would. Even if you want to be pre med, based on what he said i would never put down pre health as my anticipated major for CAS.</p>
<p>I’m confused…why would it be a bad idea to put down pre-med as your anticipated major? I put that, and I already wrote my “why anticipated program/school” essay around it already…is something like that seriously going to hurt your chances? I feel like if you’re well rounded in other aspects, it won’t necessarily make a difference. I mean, just because I choose pre-med on the app doesn’t mean I’m going to 100% stick with it. In that case there really WOULD be no diversity of majors.</p>
<p>@mmmargarita – for you, I’d leave it as is. By the way, I’m just repeating what the admin officer said. I’m not sure how to process it either.</p>
<p>OK so… would my competition be tougher if I apply for an impacted (very popular) major?</p>
<p>I would have said “no” until I heard what the official said (it was the Dean of LSP that said it). Now I’m not so sure. I definitely wouldn’t pick a popular major (at least not pick pre-health, even if you want to do it) unless your whole “story” revolves around that major. Also, they won’t select people that indicate Bio, Comp Sci and a few other CAS majors for LSP. So if you want to increase your odds of getting an LSP admit, make sure you pick a major that they do consider for LSP. As missam said, you can always pick a different major once you get there. :)</p>
<p>wait, what is the difference between LSP and GSP at NYU?</p>
<p>Alrite, so what are the most impacted majors? Econ, pre-health, and…</p>
<p>GSP is the old name for what is now LSP.</p>
<p>GSP is now a program that sends you abroad for a year, and is drastically different from LSP. you MUST apply to global studies to be considered. it’s an interdisciplinary major.</p>