Super Confused about Undergraduate and Graduate

Applying to College
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<p>Do all college freshmen enroll as undergraduate students?
If I enroll as a graduate student does it mean I can take classes toward my concentration as a freshmen.
For example, there is Harvard university and Harvard college. Harvard college offers very basic courses and is a undergraduate college. Can I enter Harvard University as a freshmen and concentrate on marketing and psychology?</p>

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<p>ya when you first go to college you’re a undergrad. After 4 years you can continue as a graduate for higher degrees</p>

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<p>You were given excellent information about H specifically and about U.S. UG vs. Grad school in general in your previous thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1513247-so-confused-about-harvard-university-harvard-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1513247-so-confused-about-harvard-university-harvard-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>All college websites list their UG majors, here it is for H:</p>

<p><a href=“http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69286&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup106995[/url]”>http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69286&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup106995&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<ul>
<li>a college is school that offers education for undergraduates</li>
<li>a university is a school that offers education for undergraduates and graduates</li>
<li>universities have schools within them to which you apply (e.g., Graduate School of Education at Harvard University)</li>
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<p>Only way you can enroll as a graduate student is to meet the entrance requirements for that school. </p>

<p>So look at the entrance requirements for the graduate school you are interested in.</p>

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<p>Undergraduate schools (colleges) offer Bachelor’s degrees. Graduate schools offer Masters/Doctorate/Med/Law degrees. You go to undergrad before you can go to grad, pretty much always. You don’t just skip your B.A…</p>

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<p>Often, marketing and criminal justice tend to be “preprofessional” majors for people who want to have a job right after college and may not be interested in grad school or in intellectual pursuits for the sake of it. Therefore you won’t find them at Harvard or other “top” schools ( top 25 or top 30 national universities or liberal arts colleges).
You WILL find them at mid-level or second tier universities, and in regional universities including the top ones.
If you want to go to Harvard, you’d major in psychology, then get admitted to a graduate program in the area of psychology that interests you most. For marketing, I’m not certain, but I’d recommend a mix of visual arts and economics with a good program in statistics?</p>

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<p>You can concentrate in Psychology at Harvard, but Harvard does not offer a concentration in Marketing.</p>