How easy is it to change majors?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Ohio State University
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<p>Basically IF I attend OSU I want to do finance or something related but I might apply for Psychology seeing as I got a 5 on the AP exam. So basically lets make up a scenario. If I got in for psychology and I then wanted to switch to finance would it be easy or hard to do so before I am enrolled at the school??</p>

<p>O yea these are my stats</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethinicity: Black/African-American(Nigerian to be exact)
Income: Not too sure but I know my parents can pay full tuition</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 3.1 W: 3.5
Big upward trend 9th: 2.46 10th: 3.0 11th: 3.8</p>

<p>Freshman year- School I went to didn’t offer honors courses for Freshmen</p>

<p>Sophomore year- 1st semester: 1 AP 2 Honors classes 2nd semester: 3 Honors classes</p>

<p>Junior year- 2 APs( AP psych and AP Comparative Government) 3 Honors classes.</p>

<p>Senior year schedule- APUSH, APES, AP Human Geography, Honors English 12, Honors French 3, Honors Calculus, Global Issues(elective)</p>

<p>SAT: 1680(i’ve given up on to ACT now)
ACT: Expecting anywhere from a 26-32
AP Scores:</p>

<p>AP Psych: 5
AP Comparative Government: 5</p>

<p>ECs-
Track and Field- 9/10/11/12
Tech Crew- 9
World Bank Teen Summer Program(its kind of an internship)- 11
Cornell Economics for Leadership program- 11
Muslim Student Alliance- 11/12
Black Student Alliance- 10/11/12
Rockettree Club- 11
Sent Children’s books to a school in Nigeria- 11
Volunteered at the Department of Health and Human Services of my County- 10. around 74 hours
Volunteered at Clothing center- 32 Hours
Tutored Middle Schoolers- 8 or 10 hours
Assisted in Elementary school basketball activities- Around 20 hours</p>

<p>I will probably have 150 hours+ when applying. </p>

<p>Awards-
Won a grade improvement/book award at my school(Kappa Alpha Psi book award, I got a kindle )- 11
Won an African American award (non-school)
Won $250 in scholarship money (African American award) also non-school based
I’ve won a few Track awards (I do triple jump, i’m not very competitive but I’ve still won a few awards in events)</p>

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<p>Before you got in the school? Yes, it’s very easy to switch things around before you’re even enrolled. </p>

<p>It’s not too hard to switch majors as a current student as well, but the problem is the finance major is part of the Business College (Fisher) which you have to apply for and wait to get in. The psychology major is part of the Arts and Sciences College which is a lot more relaxed in terms of getting in, you just meet with an advisor and change/declare your major in that case.</p>

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<p>I’m a current finance major in my senior year- and I do suggest you check out the major and consider it–there are vastly better career opportunities for finance majors than for psych majors, although finance classes are going to be more difficult for the average student. In order to be admitted to the finance major, you have to apply after your freshman year, and have a college GPA of around 3.4-3.5 (I’m not sure which) or higher. Some people who struggle with grades their freshman year may have to wait until they have a high enough GPA to apply, but you can always apply a semester or two later than usual if you don’t have the prerequisite GPA.</p>