<p>This is just something that's been bothering me-my mother thinks that I'm overthinking the whole thing, but I'm just checking to see if anyone else has an opinion.
I'm applying to nine LAC's, and I've visited and had interviews at all of them. At the interviews I wrote down/told the interviewer that my academic interest/major was neuroscience. However, on the Common App, where it asks for intended major I was wondering if I should just leave it blank, mostly because of my test scores. My SAT I math is a good deal lower that both my Critical Reading and SAT II US History and Literature scores, and the Biology M score is the lowest of my three subject tests-though not by a lot. I'm also asking my English and History teacher's for rec's, they are the two teachers I've had the longest, as I do very well in those classes.<br>
So, should I just put undecided? I'm worried that the admissions people will think that I don't know my own strengths, I guess, though my mother thinks that intended major doesn't matter at LAC's, and since I told all the interwieing people I was going to major in neurosicence I should just put it down. So...did I write a long post and make a big deal over nothing?</p>
<p>I would vote for undecided, under the circumstances. I don't remember the exact statistic, but I'm pretty sure that the majority or a very large plurality of students end up changing their intended major. If you had great stats and recs that would suggest you would be particularly excellent in a difficult field such as NS, that would be one thing, but that doesn't appear to be the case. The really good thing about LACs is that they're all about turning out well-rounded graduates, and providing an environment for self-discovery. Most of them don't expect you to declare a major until you've completed two years there.</p>