<p>Just wondering... how many incoming freshmen come in as "undecided" regarding their future majors? Is it harder for Penn (or perhaps any school) to admit these students since they don't know what department they'll be filling up (even if they know which school they would be applying to, e.g. CAS)?</p>
<p>Also, does it make the student seem less focused if they do indeed declare "undecided"? It seems like everyone on CC knows exactly 'what they want to be when they grow up' :)</p>
<p>And at Penn, is it easy enough to change majors once you are admitted and/or attending the school?</p>
<p>Im in tht kind of situation but i’m not a freshman. I’m just undecided and don’t know what to do about it</p>
<p>Every time I’ve visited Penn they’ve emphasized how putting “undecided” on your application doesn’t lower your chances of getting in. I don’t know how much of that is true, but I applied undecided to SEAS and got in. I have no idea what I want to do in college haha.</p>
<p>The Penn application feels kind of geared toward people who have specific interests: you have to write about a professor you’d like to study/research with, there’s an optional essay that basically asks where you want to be in a few decades, etc. If you have a rough idea of some areas of study that you’d like to combine while at Penn, then draw on those ideas, but I don’t think it necessarily hurts if you are totally undecided.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, the academic offerings at Penn are pretty flexible. There are so many different ways you can combine studies and earn multiple degrees etc, so I’m sure that changing your major isn’t some huge tough process, but I’ll let a current student answer that.</p>