Factors other than scores, LORs, and essays

Transfer Students
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<p>I have a question about some factors I might have ignored.
I know that some factors like scores, LORs, and essays matter a lot in the process of transfer admission. But is there any other factors which affect the adcoms' decisions?</p>

<p>For example, if I apply to U of Chicago with the purpose of majoring in Economics, is my chance at U of C lower than majoring in Japanese in Uchicago? (I am not offending Japanese major in Uchicago, but, as you all know, Econ major in Uchicago is far more popular and more applicants hope to major in Econ than Japanese)</p>

<p>It is very true that there are different kinds of admission committee and processes among different colleges in one university, such as Upenn's Wharton and CAS. But other schools like Uchicago and Brown have a singular adcom that sees all the applicants. In those schools, does declaring a certain major affect my chance?</p>

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<p>Different majors/colleges within a university have different acceptance rates. So in answer to your question, yes it does make a difference.</p>

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<p>I don’t think the difference will be that significant but as a general case the best program of every university is always slightly more competitive than other programs in that university as business at upenn, premed at johns Hopkins, foreign affairs at gtown</p>

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<p>In some universities it is a huge difference. Cornell is a great example of it. Make sure to research the college your applying to and look at the acceptance rates for the specific majors/schools</p>