<p>Should I NOT apply to college as an English major? I had 520 on the critical reading, yet I had 680 for the writing.</p>
<p>Will admissions see that I'm not a good fit for that major? Is it better to simply apply as a Philosophy major (something I'm also very interested in...)?</p>
<p>Why do you want to apply for english if it seems that you don’t really have particular strength in english. Anyways, I doubt the major you apply for affects admissions the slightest really.</p>
<p>Well I think it’s fine to put what you want as your major. I just a 600 in English and 6something in Writing, and I put major in Creative Writing. I used to put Undecided but heard that’s not good, so I think as long as you have an idea, you’re good!</p>
<p>What school?</p>
<p>^ Ithaca College, Hofstra. They’re not very competitive (not if you compare it to an Ivy League…).</p>
<p>I believe schools ask what major–and usually it’s just fine to be undecided–mainly to be sure they don’t accept 2000 people who all want to study psychology. i agree with drac, don’t think it is normally part of admissions criteria, except in cases where you have to apply to a special program.</p>
<p>^ Bump…</p>
<p>It’s okay to put undecided in many cases. When I was at an info session at William & Mary, when asked about the most popular major, one of the head admissions people replied “the most popular major here is ‘undecided.’”</p>