Intended Major and College Choice

Applying to College
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<p>On all my college applications..for intended major i want to do journalism..i am getting a recommendation from my journalism teacher, and even wrote the essay about journalism and stuff and i write for the school newspaper...THE only thing is that i am not 100% sure i want to major in journalism...but the MAIN THING i want to know is...</p>

<p>I am applying to many public schools that have multiple colleges within..journalism is part of the College of Communications BUT i want to go into the College of Arts and Sciences...</p>

<p>will the admissions officer think that i just put journalism down for no reason since i am applying to the college of arts and sciences not communications??
Will this hurt my chances????</p>

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<p>Maybe leave the "major" question as "undecided".</p>

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<p>Saying that your major is undecided should not impact your chances in any significant way.</p>

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<p>Colleges rarely consider your major as a factor in admissions, unless it's for something specific like engineering, or you have to apply to a specific school within the college. Colleges know that most kids change their majors several times before declaring.</p>

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<p>yea but i already wrote a college essay on journalism/writing</p>

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<p>Doesn't matter. If it's a good essay, use it. If it's not, don't. Regardless of major.</p>

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<p>but will it hurt if i put intended major as journalism but applying to the college of arts and sciences...even though journalism is a communication school</p>

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<p>Don't apply for a major to a school that doesn't have it. If you want to apply to CAS, don't list journalism as a major. If you want to list journalism as a major, apply to communications.</p>

<p>However, the fact that your essay is about journalism doesn't matter regardless of where you apply or under what major.</p>

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<p>I think your intended major may help in this case because you've shown such a strong passion for journalism.</p>

<p>But to answer your question, I agree with Chedva. Don't apply for CAS if it does not have your intended field of study. You'll look like you haven't researched the school at all.</p>

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<p>so what major is similar to journalism but is in the College of Arts and Sciences? I know creative writing is one but most schools i am applying to dont have that major...would english, or undecided be better?</p>

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<p>i say undecided just because you have different preferences. put undecided then when you get into colleges, individualy research the journalism department.</p>

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<p>Why don't you want to be in the college of communications? Is it difficult to transfer out if you change your mind?</p>

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<p>because i dont know anything about college of communications...do u just take one class..because there always seems to be a few classes in the college of communications...the college of arts and sciences has english, math, history, and stuff...right?</p>

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<p>reemy, these are questions you need to ask the school. You may be able to take classes in arts & sciences even if you are in communications, or you might not. Get on the phone to someone in admissions or in the individual schools and find out for sure, not from random people on the internet who don't even know what school you're talking about!</p>