Need some urgent help with my situation!

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Hi, everyone:

This is my thread (http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1942546-should-i-just-give-up-applying-p1.html). I’d appreciate if you read through my last comment on that thread, but in summary, my dad submitted my CA to Brown with essays that I wrote but he highly-edited, thus removing my voice almost completely. I’ve been instructed by some extremely wonderful CC members to notify my regional admissions officer and give the essays I want to give. This probably would not be an issue. However, there is an intrinsic issue with the essays. My dad, who submitted my application, decided to send all the potential recommenders. The issue is that my third recommender asked me about my aspirations career-wise, to which I said that I want to study Astronomy. But, for Brown, I applied as a Neuroscience major and themed my essays around that. So, there are two conflicting stories on my application. How should I go about sending the essays? Should I adjust the essays to an Astronomy major, or should I just let it go and submit the essays as a Neuroscience major but with conflicting aspirations?

Thank you all very much!

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Honestly, I would let it go. Yours would not be the only app that had a “mistake” like this/crossed wires on recs vs. what you declare as your intended major … colleges know that you have multiple interests and may change majors anyway, and to my knowledge Brown does not admit by major.

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I agree with the above that is probably normal and not that unusual for applicants to have multiple aspirations

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Agree with @GnocchiB & @shawnspencer Better not muddy the waters at this stage.

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Don’t change who you are because of your father. He has already done enough of that for you! If your essays reflect what you actually want to study, then leaving them as is is the best course of action. It is not inconsistent to have an interest in astronomy anyway. Nor does Brown admit by major, as someone else said. The big plus at Brown is that the freer curriculum allows for exploration and changes in major may result.