<p>I'm applying to Emory... I know that the students declare at the end of sophomore year. So is it harder to be admitted under some majors than others? If so, whats the easiest major to be admitted under? Also, will applying under a business major make it harder to be admitted? Does Emory actually consider the second choice academic program that you can input into the commonapp or does it only look at the first major? For instance, I'm interested in Business for 1st choice and Applied Mathematics for 2nd choice. If I don't get into Business, will emory actually consider me for Applied Mathematics as fairly as it wouldve if I had input Applied Mathematics for my 1st choice? Sorry I hope this makes sense. .thanks!</p>
<p>How hard would it be to change into business if i were admitted under applied math?</p>
<p>The answer to this question is easy: “How hard would it be to change into business if i were admitted under applied math?”</p>
<p>No problem whatsoever. The business school is a two year program. You have to take a few pre-requisite classes like Financial accounting, but you don’t have to make any decision before you apply or even during your freshman year. There are plenty of people who drop out of the pre-med track and go to the business school. They had no intention of being pre-business when they applied to Emory. You won’t hear anyone from the school mention what you said on your application once you get in. </p>
<p>I would like to say that what you put down doesn’t affect if you’ll get accepted, but I’m not 100% sure that is true. The admissions committee might try to admit a diverse group of students so all departments will have some students taking classes. Personally I don’t think that is the case. When I went to Emory, my general impression was that the administration didn’t do a thorough job on checking stuff like that. I think they just makes sure that a certain percent of the admitted class is made up international students and students from wealthy areas (who won’t need financial aid), then they have a bunch of affirmative actions quotas that they don’t call quotas. I assume they only really dive into what applicants want to study when they are applying for the Emory Scholars program. Emory doesn’t really have the luxury of being super-selective like some other top schools. I’ve heard that Stanford could fill their incoming class with students who go perfect SAT scores if they wanted to. Well Emory can’t, so they have to look at how the grades and scores of the students they admit will affect their US News and World Report ranking and also if they will be able to pay tuition (the school denies this but everyone knows it’s a factor at all except a tiny minority of schools with huge endorsements).</p>
<p>People say your intended major doesn’t matter, but I suspect it does. I don’t think it’s big deal because it’s tough to game the system.
You can’t pretend to be an intended dance major if all your ECs are in science.</p>
<p>My S is intending to be a dance major (and has a ton of dance EC’s). Will that help in the admissions process do you think or would the dance dept not really have that much clout. His stats are decent but not great (weighted GPA 4.3, 710 CR/650 Math). He is applying RD.</p>
<p>I think that the previous poster was just using intended dance major as something that’s hard to fake interest in. </p>
<p>I realized it was just an example, but i was curious if someone seeking a potentially less popular major would have a slightly easier time with admission. Perhaps they get plenty of dance and theatre guys so they won’t care.</p>
<p>I think they’ll have a slightly easier time, yes. </p>
<p>But I think it’s something that will push you over the top if you’re qualified more than something that will get you in if you’re unqualified. </p>
<p>Take it with a grain of salt through. Last year, we had a tough time figuring out what admissions was thinking. As a result, most of us don’t do chance threads anymore. </p>