<p>@ smoothflow--</p>
<p>Amen, sister. That's the first word of sense I've seen on this thread.</p>
<p>Colleges realize that students change their majors and even that some try to game them like this (a nice way to say "lie"). The impact of majors has been discussed repeatedly on CC. The consensus is that it only works if there is demonstrated interest/talent/background in the subject otherwise shown in the application. Adcomms read CC too.</p>
<p>I also don't know that this particular major is all that unusual. I am doubtful that these schools need to change their usual standards to make sure they have warm bodies in it. </p>
<p>Realize that to take this approach will also require you to submit a personal statement explaining why you want to study engineering and how Princeton will meet your needs -- a special requirement for engineering included in the Princeton application. You would also have to keep up the pretense convincingly during the interview, have the coursework, tests and ECs consistent with someone interested in this major, hope that recommendations don't mention your true interest, etc.</p>
<p>Even if you were successful, you would then never know if you had gotten in on your own merit or whether it was the whopper you told. If you have the stats you mention, you can get into a number of great schools honestly portraying yourself. I think this would make you happier in the long run. </p>
<p>For some schools, a prospective engineer's admission is to the engineering college, not the university as a whole. S/he needs permission in those cases to transfer out. I was told the other day on CC about how there are a bunch of engineering students at Berkeley who want to transfer out because they aren't doing well. But their GPAs aren't high enough to allow them to transfer to the regular college. So they are stuck ...</p>
<p>lol im a brotha... hahah</p>
<p>but seriously im not trying to bash insecure but you should honestly try to find a thing you truly like and not just to pretend to like. colleges can tell, in my opinion..</p>
<p>honestly, i can't believe nobody has started ranting till now.</p>
<p>i've won over 7 state-wide programming/computer science competitions, do i need to say more?</p>
<p>even with my interests in medicine etc...computational biochem isn't a bad major etc..let's cut the crap..</p>
<p>insecure.... </p>
<p>don't think that we're fooling into your plan that we now actually believe you want to grow up and be a "computer science" expert. Honestly, we're not all that stupid. we saw your last replies in here, "please don't reply or an adcom might see!" </p>
<p>Ultimately, it's your decision but I would never be proud to have gone to a great university by going the easy way in... </p>
<p>Would you want your doctor to perform on you who also cheated his way into his profession... geez.</p>
<p>btw, your scores are high enough to get into those schools anyways. If you actually have won so many comp sci awards and such, it shouldn't even be that hard to apply regularly with your true interest and get in..</p>
<p>Major won't help you out too much, regardless of the honesty of your presentation, unless it is both underrepresented at the school and you appear incredibly talented/dedicated to the field. In your case, while your awards are certainly respectable, they aren't enough to sell you based on major; thus it'll be less a factor than legacy or geography in your admissions, and is not worth the trickery.</p>