Reapplying to graduate school

Graduate School
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<p>Hi,
I have asked this question before, but not no one really gave me a correct answers.</p>

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<li>How does reapplying to the same graduate school but in a different field affect your application. Like I applied to engineering last year, and I am currently applying to physics since I am a physics major. A lot of school ask you the question- Have you applied previously?</li>
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<p>I want to know if it would seem unfocussed switching programs</p>

<p>In addition, do professors go back and review the files of previous applications even if it is for a different department?</p>

<p>I know princeton and yale merge your previious application so professors can see everything- I kind of cancelled out both schools because of this, since it would not make sense for me to apply for engineering and then next year apply for physics.</p>

<p>Please if people could let me know asap what they think, that would be great</p>

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<p>I highly doubt your previous application would hurt your chances. It all comes down to your background on physics, if you have a strong one and a good reason for joining physics program then adcom won’t have a problem with your previous application. I was in a similar situation and I got an appointment with the previous dean of the new dept (in a very competitive school) I was interested in and he made it clear to me that the adcom only cares about merits/qualifications not about what program you have applied to before.</p>

<p>If you have a good background related to a field in the program you are applying to, I would encourage you to even apply to Yale and Princeton as well. Especially in prestigious schools, “admission is merit-based”, as I have been told so by so many of the Profs who have sat on adcom.</p>