<p>Hola,</p>
<p>I need one first-choice and one alternate major, and my final choices are as follows:</p>
<p>1) Pre-Business Economics
2) Pre-Economics
3) Economics/Int'l Area Studies (Pre)</p>
<p>...what's the difference between 1+2? Which program would you guys recommend?</p>
<p>You're applying to the CL&S, therefore your major doesn't matter. You can put any of those as your first choice and have the same chance of getting in. Second choice usually isn't considered (aka if you're rejected from the first one, don't expect to get into the second one), and it definitely doesn't in Letters and Science. Choose whatever since you're most likely going to change it anyways (and have quite an easy time doing that as well)</p>
<p>ditto.
also, since all of your majors would have pre-status anyway, you're not actually going to BECOME those majors until you've completed a certain set of courses, and applied for the major. for instance, i declared pre-psych on my application, and i still am a pre-major until spring when i can declare the major.
so... which ones you pick really don't matter at this point. once you've got a quarter or two under your belt, you'll know more. til then, don't stress :)</p>
<p>very much agree with the other two. i went in as undeclared humanties, but i have every intention of delcaring a econ/ international major once i finish the pre-reqs. the nice thing about the pre-econ reqs is that you don't have to be a pre-econ to take them. so as an undecided i can still take the reqs but i still have the option to change my mind without having to do a bunch of paperwork. i hope that made sense, i'm tired. so the reality is it doesn't really matter much haha. not that that was very helpful. just pick whichever one appeals to you most and be aware you probably will decide to change your major so don't feel like this is setting the road for the rest of your life. it's more like guidelines to follow until you figure out what you really want to do.</p>