<p>Can you get rejected from a school because of the major you choose or do you choose after being accepted?</p>
<p>Most of them you choose after being accepted. However, there are exceptions, like the biomed program at JHU and some others.</p>
<p>Depends on the school and the program. For example, at top engineering schools like Berkeley, it's a little harder to get in for engineering than for A&S (or it takes a different kind of qualifications, at least), and they don't want you to switch into engineering once you're there because otherwise people would apply for liberal arts just to get in and then switch over immediately.</p>
<p>For the most part, if you're doing liberal arts, it won't matter very much, if at all, unless the school lists impacted majors.</p>
<p>Carnegie-Mellon is another school known to reject students for chosen majors, but still accept them to other programs.</p>
<p>Yes, it depends on the school. At CMU and Cornell and many state schools (like Michigan & UIUC), for instance, you must pick a major or "college" on your application. At Cornell you pick only one program. At CMU, you can put down a second choice, but you must understand that you may never be able to transfer into certain programs after you enroll at CMU. And at Michigan, you may never be accepted into the business school or engineering school even if you started in Arts & Sciences.</p>
<p>Other schools, esp. private schools, have open admission policies. If you accepted, you are accepted into the university and may pick any program they offer after you enroll. These schools also tend to be less restrictive about double majors.</p>
<p>You need to read the fine print for each school (websites) to determine this information, or maybe ask on the</a> CC page for each school.</p>
<p>It is usually not about different majors than about different SCHOOLS.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon has six SCHOOLS. It is no harder to get into Chem Engineering over Mech Engineering as they are in the same SCHOOL.</p>
<p>However, it would be different if you were applying to the SCHOOL of computer science over the SCHOOL of business.</p>
<p>THe same goes for many colleges such as Stern/Ross/Wharton (Business).</p>