<p>I was considering the Human Performance major and the Kinesiology major at USC in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.</p>
<p>Would one major within a school be more competitive to get into than the other one?</p>
<p>No one? Awesome.</p>
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Insult people. Always makes them more willing to help ;)</p>
<p>idk about USC but some schools do admit by major, so in that case selecting a highly selective major vs one that isn’t could make a difference in the admit decision. call USC and ask them if they decision files by major. peace.</p>
<p>Depends on the school. For a specific school, why not call them and ask whether major choice within the division matters for admissions selectivity?</p>
<p>Check the admission statistics for usc online. But yes it is more competitive in some schools.</p>
<p>Because asking “no one?” is an insult now. I seee…</p>
<p>Most definitely major matters! You have a better chance at getting into a major that’s lacking applicants, whereas more popular majors are, naturally, more competitive. Depending on the major you’re planning on, your application is even looked at differently. For example, at Umich, if you’re applying to their school of art & design, 50% of your admissions decision is based on your stats, and 50% on your submitted art portfolio.</p>
<p>Your projected major has a little to no impact. Many students enter college as undeclared majors. The fact is that most students change their majors multiple times after matriculating to a college/university. Typically, as long as you aren’t trying to change schools within a university (e.g., go from the School of Music to the School of Engineering) changing majors involves little more than filling out a form. Furthermore, admissions offices are well aware that some applicants will attempt to game the system by expressing interest in some obscure major hoping to increase their admissions chances</p>
<p>The only other exception might be based on a specific skill - i.e, admitted as an Oboe performance major wanting to switch to Cello. The school would likely expect you to audition in a case like that.</p>
<p>Most of the time, no. You’ll usually be admitted to the college, not a specific school. There are, however, colleges where some schools within the college have higher admission requirements than others, and you have to apply to the more selective school at time of admission (because the more selective majors have higher demand, you can transfer out of the schools after admission, but usually not into the school without some extra work). Do your research on the schools you’re applying to.</p>
<p>Depends on the school, so if USC is specifically your interest, call and ask them.</p>
<p>For example, Cal Poly requires all applicants to specify a major, and once admitted, you are not allowed to change majors.</p>
<p>Depends; there are two situations where major might be a concern: one is university divided into divisions or colleges; at UMich in particular, kinesiology, which is not a part of the Literature Arts and Sciences division, apparently has its own admit standards (weaker than LSA).</p>
<p>A second related way has to do with performance-related majors (dance, music), which, even if they do not exist as separate divisions, can increase or decrease an jndividual’s hances by weighing in on performance skills</p>
<p>At many colleges/universities there are some specific majors that have restricted/competitive admissions. For example, our local community college is open admission for all majors except Nursing. That major has competitive admissions, and students are rejected every single year. Some enroll in the general education program, but if they are only interested in Nursing, they have to go somewhere else.</p>
<p>I understand that the college you apply to (I.e. College of arts and sciences college of engineering), then that matters. But I meant like biology vs. biochemistry, for example-- would that have any effect to the admissions process?</p>
<p>It depends on the college or university, and (for colleges or universities divided into divisions) it depends on the division.</p>
<p>Check each college or university and division that you are interested in applying to for a specific answer. Do not go by general answers.</p>
<p>^ yes. some majors within a college are more competitive/selective/impacted than others. communication vs finance or communication vs biology are some examples. also, at many tier 1 universities a change of major once accepted is an additional application process with requirements (gpa, interview).</p>