<p>ok so i was thinking...you know after talking to a few friends they said that the degree u wanna take affects your admission to colleges..for example a friend of mine with a GPA 3.0 got accepted to a univeristy and he wanted to go for Business Management whilst another one with 3.4 didnt get accepted at the same university because he wanted to ake pre-law. what another friend told me is that i could say i wanna take business management and then change it after i get in. also ...wat do u think would be good degrees to get easily in? does bluffin work? and are all of the above mentioned things true?</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Some schools give preference based on intended major, some don't.</p>
<p>In general, I would expect schools that give preference, to also be less likely to let you change willy-nilly after you get in. So you'd want to be careful on that.</p>
<p>You have a logical fallacy in your assumption.
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for example a friend of mine with a GPA 3.0 got accepted to a univeristy and he wanted to go for Business Management whilst another one with 3.4 didnt get accepted at the same university because he wanted to ake pre-law
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All you know is that one kid had a GPA of 3.0 got in and one with a GPA of 3.4 didn't. You don't know if the choice of major had anything to do with it. The scenario you posited happens all the time, even if the students put down the same potential major.</p>
<p>For the most part, declared major doesn't matter. It may be harder to get into one school in a university than another (for example, School of Engineering v. School of Arts & Sciences), but if the school to which you are applying has the requisite major, it doesn't matter too much. Why? Because schools know that most students change their majors at least once after coming to college.</p>
<p>The exception are those majors that require special applications, such as biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins; for those cases, yes, the major matters, and you cannot simply "transfer in" from another major.</p>
<p>As noted by jessiehl, if a major is "harder" to get into, it's probably also harder to transfer into.</p>
<p>Don't try to play thte system that way; even if you could, you're likely to get burned.</p>
<p>It really depends on which college. Many majors are impacted at certain universities and do affect your chances such as Chemical Engineering at Cal. The best advice is not to go that route. Submit your application with the major you intend on studying.</p>
<p>Again, it depends on the college. At some schools you apply to the university in general and others you apply to a specific school within the university. Just apply with your real intended major.</p>