<p>Is it harder to enter as an undeclared major? Should I declare one, even if I'm not certain?</p>
<p>I am pretty sure i read on the USC website that it is better to have a declared major and be working towards it.. that is as a transfer. If you are going from high school it is probably not as important because they will be expecting their freshman to change their minds</p>
<p>One thing to keep in mind if you want merit money is sometimes merit aid is awarded by school/department. If you are undeclared, you are ineligible for those amounts. It is generally not difficult to transfer or switch majors/schools, as long as you meet requirements, BUT it may take you longer to graduate if you don't decide & finally choose a school with lots of requirements (like engineering, architecture, etc.)</p>
<p>which major do you think is the easiest to get in with?</p>
<p>we were wondering about this too, whether to apply undeclared or not if you aren't sure (other than the scholarship money)
what if you get the scholarship for a certain major and then change your major, do they take it away?</p>
<p>I know that some majors are said to be harder to get admitted into, such as engineering, business and film/cinema. If you get a merit scholarship linked to a particular school or major & switch majors, I believe you do lose those merit funds & have to see whether the new school or major will offer you any. You can call the Financial Aid office to confirm. The good thing about some of these schools which are more selective is they also seem to be generous with merit aid. :)</p>
<p>The College Counselor at our kids' HS advised the kids to apply to the specific school/major they thought they wanted if they had a preference. At some Us it is quite difficult to switch into the school/major once you're already enrolled at the U (fortunately, USC is pretty flexible about allowing students to change their mind).</p>
<p>Another thing that is affected somewhat by your choice of major is requirements. If you take TOO long to figure out what field you're going to pursue, you may end up taking longer to graduate @ $23,000+/semester. Schools like engineering have LOTS of requirements, so if you switch in or out of them, it really will affect your graduation date.</p>
<p>USC will automatically consider you as undeclared if you do not get in for your first choice or second choice major. So you might as well put down a major that you think you want, because even if you aren't admitted you will be considered for undeclared.</p>
<p>what if i put down Asian American Studies and then put a completely different major ?</p>
<p>bump .........</p>