I was just admitted as pre-sciences. I intend to be a chemistry major, is it difficult to get this major if not directly admitted and ahould this be cause for concern? Do students ever attend and then get “locked out” of their major? What is the track to go from ore-sciences to chemistry?
See http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/academic/chem.html
Click on the Undergraduate Program tab.
Looks like you could enter the Chemistry major through Early Admission or Regular Admission.
I have not heard that the Chemistry major is particularly difficult to enter, provided that you do reasonably well in your prerequisite courses. Maybe contact the department for more information.
Congratulations, and good luck!
@UWfromCA thank you!
I got pre-sciences too! I applied to neurobiology. But here’s what the Admissions said:
“1. Majors: If your assigned major is Computer Science, Business Administration, or Engineering - Undeclared; Congratulations! You were admitted directly into those programs. If you applied for any other Direct to Major programs, you will be assigned pre-major and direct entry will be determined in 1-2 weeks as the website states. For all others, pre-major will be assigned but you are not stuck in “social sciences” if you really want to pursue “arts”. It’s more or less a fancy word for undeclared. I encourage you to read: http://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/admission-to-majors/”
So, from my understanding, there could still be a chance of Direct to Major.
^ Yes. That is a very helpful link.
@musicmeister22 @UWfromCA yeah, I saw that earlier. Thank you! Fingers crossed for good news in the coming weeks
This doesn’t apply to OP, but I thought I’d put this link up for others who got pre-science:
http://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/admission-to-majors/
According to the chart, some of the sciences don’t actually do admit-to-major. For example, if you applied as astronomy, everyone gets pre-science so it doesn’t mean anything bad.