<p>When you apply to a college, do you normally decide the official major you want to study? Because for college like Baylor university, you apply first and then chose your major after being accepted. Also, different schools in the same college has higher standards to get into. For example, the business school in Harvard is harder to get into than the Floral Design school in Harvard. So if you have to select the major you want to study after you get accepted, can you be denied of the major your wish to persue in? And what can you do if that happends? Thank you.</p>
<p>Most colleges do not admit via Majors (UCs and other exceptions are
out there of course). Your preparation, essays etc are going to
show a definite orientation towards Math/Science/Engineering or
Humanities and Arts.....</p>
<p>you can always apply with an Undeclared Major.....</p>
<p>Majors are typically not chosen until you are halfway through your sophomore
year....in most cases?</p>
<p>So i don't get to chose my major until after my freshmen year? What if i don't get to study that major?</p>
<p>You can still take classes in that subject area before then - it's just that you don't officially commit to majoring in it until your third or fourth semester. The idea is that in your freshman and sophomore years you can start taking classes in your intended major and get the necessary background to do higher-level work, but you also have a chance to explore some other subject areas and make sure that you really want to major in the thing you've chosen.</p>
<p>(Rarely a certain major will be competitive at a certain school, and not everyone who wants to is allowed to pursue it. But that's quite unusual.)</p>
<p>what do you mean by not officially commiting to the major? </p>
<p>Also, your quote "The idea is that in your freshman and sophomore years you can start taking classes in your intended major and get the necessary background to do higher-level work"-- do you mean liberal art classes?</p>
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<p>Toward the end of your sophomore year, you fill out a form that says, basically, "My name is _____ and I'm a ______ major." This is called declaring your major. It means you've taken classes in the area, you know for sure it's what you want to do, you understand the graduation requirements, and you plan to fulfill them. Of course, if you've been planning on majoring in a certain subject all along, it doesn't change anything - all it does is make it "official", according to university records.</p>
<p>(It's like romance. You spend your first year or two "dating" your subject. You may know all along that you love it, but until you file that form, you're not officially "married"...)</p>
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Also, your quote "The idea is that in your freshman and sophomore years you can start taking classes in your intended major and get the necessary background to do higher-level work"-- do you mean liberal art classes?
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<p>Let's say you want to major in bio. There are certain requirements you have to get out of the way - you need to take intro chem, intro physics, calc, and a few intro bio classes. These are all designed for students who don't know anything about the subject and are just beginning to study it. Once you understand the basics, you can take more specialized, complex courses, like neurobiology or molecular endocrinology - but you have to get the basics first. That's what you'll spend your first two years doing.</p>
<p>Almost all schools also have distribution requirements, so even if you're a bio major (to continue the example), you'll also have to take some classes in literature, or the arts, or a foreign language. It's a good idea to get those taken care of in your first two years as well. Is that what you were thinking of by "liberal arts classes"?</p>
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So if you have to select the major you want to study after you get accepted, can you be denied of the major your wish to persue in?
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It depends on the school. If someone wants to study BME at Hopkins, for example, he should apply for BME because it's very difficult to transfer into the program. Similarly, one CCer last year was admitted to Rutgers but not the biology program because they had too many prospective biology majors.</p>