Should I lie about what I want to major in on my college application?

<p>whats SCEA</p>

<p>Single Choice Early Action. It’s kind of like early decision, but its not legally binding. It’s a bit complicated to explain just wikipedia it or something.</p>

<p>Uh, aside from the fact that lying really doesn’t get you ahead in life most of the time, keep in mind that you usually get asked in applications or interviews about why you want to study your specific area of interest. You’re going to have a really hard time convincing them of your lifelong love for petroleum engineering if you really would rather study English lit.</p>

<p>And really, if you say you want to major in zoology or Latin but don’t have background in either, why should they admit a student who’s clearly underprepared?</p>

<p>Being undecided doesn’t hurt one’s application. Anyway, colleges know that most students will switch majors at least twice as the students learn more about various subjects and about their own interests.</p>

<p>No. Don’t lie. Honesty is the best policy. Either you get in on your own true merits, or you don’t. </p>

<p>Do you lie often? How do your parents feel about it?</p>

<p>You do know that one can be med school bound from any major as long as you take the courses that med schools require. My former doctor was a philosophy major in college.</p>

<p>No, you shouldn’t. It probably won’t benefit you, it might hurt you, and if it does benefit you it will be at the expense of someone else. Do you really want to do something that while it likely won’t hurt anyone else (since it will likely have no effect on anything),will only help you if it hurts someone else? If your answer to that after thinking about it is honestly yes, I don’t think you have any business going to college.</p>

<p>Really? I would definitely not want to go see a doctor who tried from day 1 to cheat the system, would you? Think about if roles were reversed!</p>