<p>is it based on the intended major you go indicate you would like to go into, or, is it based on the department/school you apply to of the college?</p>
<p>I understand that they have to look at your entire application and all that, but in terms of lets say someone wanted to major in archaeology vs. someone who wants to apply to finance, (and lets pretend this school had a top business school) wouldn't it be more difficult for the persono who applied for finance, because it's more competitive? Whereas the person who applied for archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences?</p>
<p>I guess what i'm trying to ask here is that is competition among applicants based on the competitveness of the major they apply for or the school/department that they apply for??</p>
<p>It depends on the school. For business you generally have to apply to the school, and some Us restrict how many students can move to different schools within the U. Some colleges have impacted majors so you have to apply directly for the major.</p>
<p>i’m an international student, and I’m applying to the top 50 universities; i say this because i really do not know which universities i will apply to yet, but i just wanted a general idea of what most universities do. (i’m foreign so i say university not college lol) but i must ask one question: if universities accept students to their school as a whole, what if the intrests of the students are all for 2 or 3 particular schools, and the department population is greatly lopsided? How exactly does that work?? </p>
<p>They try not to get a lopsided class, but they do that by looking at stated interests and interests as demonstrated by classes you’ve taken, ECs you’ve participated in, etc. rather than by locking students into a particular course of study.</p>
<p>They’ve been doing it for a long time and generally manage to get reasonably balanced classes.</p>