<p>I have no idea what I plan to study right now, so I plan on applying as undecided. Will this hurt my chances at all? Does this give any sort of disadvantage? My top schools as of right now are NYU, Fordham, and Boston College.</p>
<p>Most students change their major at least once during their 4 years of college. That’s why admissions offices do not hold students to their choice of intended major when they apply. Being undecided will not hurt your chances.</p>
<p>No it does not, provided you get into the right college at the U.</p>
<p>If you put undecided at NYU, they will place you at LSP or something like that.</p>
<p>At some schools, undecided may actually help you. For instance: I applied undecided to Penn State (because I really didn’t know what I wanted to do) and now I feel pretty settled on Accounting in the business school. PSU’s business school is pretty good, and I know a lot of students who applied directly to the business school with a declared major and got deferred to a branch campus with very similar stats and backgrounds as me.</p>
<p>So no, it usually does not hurt at all.</p>
<p>You should look into whether or not they look at what your major is when admitting you. I toured 6 schools in the south this spring and they all said they were “major blind” and didn’t consider your major in admission since so many people switch. I also toured Fordham but I can’t remember if they said anything about that.</p>
<p>If the college has different selectivity levels for different majors or divisions, it likely has a competitive admission process to change majors or divisions.</p>