<p>How permanent is your choice of major you put down on your college applications? I want to do some sort of engineering right now and I'm leaning toward mechanical, but if I get accepted and then sometime down the road change my mind, can I change the major? Just curious.</p>
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<p>bump and a bump and another bumpy bumpy bump</p>
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<p>awwwww.. i can't believe no one's answered you question... but I will!</p>
<p>Most colleges will not have you declaring a major until near the END of your SOPHOMORE year!! </p>
<p>I'm sure someone else on this message board can answer as to why they do have you specify your interest on the application... but I assume they just want to know where your interests lie.... just as they want to know what your ECs are, etc.</p>
<p>Don't worry, it won't be a committment! :-)</p>
<p>yes you may and it's a commong hting to do.</p>
<p>OK cool, thanks for the responses. I kind of figured that was the case, but I just wanted to be sure. Now I can finish up my apps (yay).</p>
<p>Some (i.e. big publics) you enter into the major, but most you either choose the school (like arts and sciences or engineering) but don't declare a major until later, or they don't have the schools at all :) Though, if you plan on engineering, or anything else with a high number of requirements, you really need to know before you get there or very quickly once you're there</p>
<p>if your going into engineering, declare. Switching into engineering even as late as the end of freshman year can mean an extra semester of college</p>
<p>I am almost certain that I will major in engineering, but I just haven't decided on what type yet. I'm basically choosing between mechanical, chemical, and electrical. So that's fine right? I'm putting mechanical as my first choice for now but I just wanted to know if it's OK to change that to a different field of engineering later.</p>
<p>It's fine to be undecided about the kind of engineering (chances are you'll take a "survey" type class anyways and there's usually a core that doesn't change much)</p>