<p>Any thoughts of getting in Northeastern as Psychology major vs business major?</p>
<p>Business would probably be slightly more difficult to get into just because of the competition, but psych would be a more difficult major. It really depends on what you want to do, so don’t just apply to a certain major because you have a better chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>I ABSOLUTELY agree with above. If you want to be a business major, apply there. If you apply and get in as a psych major, transferring into business is very hard even if you are a strong student. If you want to be a psych major, you’ll hate all of the accounting and finance classes you have to take, not to mention economics, especially during your first two years.</p>
<p>However if you want to be a psych major (or business major) and want to minor in the other, then go ahead and do that. But there is a lot at stake if you just pick one or the other because of how easy/hard it is to get in.</p>
<p>We went up for the open house this past weekend. An admissions counselor sat in on our session in one of the Bouve schools, and told us that all applications are reviewed based on the same standards, so based on that it wouldn’t be ‘harder’ to get into any major, as you’re all up against the same applicant pool. I’m sure this is what we were told, although I always thought as above that some would be less competitive than others.</p>
<p>They specifically make sure that this is not an issue, or else everyone would be taking obscure majors to get into Northeastern and switching the second they get in.</p>
<p>They do have quotas though. That is why (not just at Northeastern) it’s not always a good idea to put undeclared. Some people think putting that will help their chances, but actually it can hurt them- since at a certain point Northeastern CAN’T take any more undeclared students.</p>
<p>The major difference between majors for “difficulty” that I’ve seen is just getting into honors, since it’s done by college.</p>