<p>is it harder to get admitted into the college of arts and sciences as a undecided?</p>
<p>Please answer!</p>
<p>As opposed to…?</p>
<p>well, i truely want to be a bio major
but in my essay, I talked about how i learned 4 languages and im sorta interested in political science stuff.</p>
<p>but then, stupidly, for my interests on the future plans stuff, i put biology…</p>
<p>Should i call them? and tell them?
I have no idea what to do…</p>
<p>Will i be rejected because i did this?</p>
<p>Your major declaration will play a smaller role in the scheme of things. Quite honestly, your GPA, standardized test scores, extracurriculars, etc. hold more weight during process (this is taken directly from NYU and their website). </p>
<p>Part of this, which I have taken completely from logic, is that your major should correspond to your activities and interests. To me, it wouldn’t make sense if you say, put down aerospace enginneering, when all of your EC’s and essays reflect you’d rather be a writer or something. </p>
<p>Regarding being a Bio Major vs. Political Science or whatever vs. Undeclared … it depends on the particular field. For example, there are tons and tons of people who want to be a bio major (as opposed to say … linguistics). NYU CAS is traditioanlly not a school that is known for one particular major. You have other schools within NYU that are. I’m not entirely sure of CAS’s reputation however, perhaps someone else could enlighten you on that subject.</p>
<p>The basics of this long-winded answer come down to this. Don’t worry about your major choice, if it is undeclared. If however, you want to apply to a different SCHOOL entirely, that is a problem you MUST work out with the admissions office: Tisch is very different from CAS as is all the other schools. For Biology, I’m assuming CAS is the best choice. If you wanted to go into CAS originally and might change your major later, that’s fine if you put down undeclared. [take this advice with a grain of salt, as I am not a member of the adcom]</p>
<p>In the end, if you are truly worried, call and make sure. Better safe than sorry</p>
<p>Also, you do know that the admissions office is closed until jan 4 right? You can send them an email but they’re not that helpful at the moment. I don’t blame them, what with the holidays and all and they allow a grace period for submission materials.</p>
<p>Ah, yes i know.
Thank you very much for your answer, I realized that I wasn’t as dumb as I thought and put both Bio and PoliSci as interests…phew!</p>
<p>But then again I did put undecided still…
I’m going to call them on the fourth and ask if that means I’ll have a lower chance of getting in…</p>
<p>making mistakes probably means I do…</p>
<p>The admissions committee are very straightforward on this: they understand how challenging it is for students so young in life with so much pressure on them to identify a single interest at such an early age. They won’t ding your application for a lack of specificity per se, only for a lack of passion. They want to see that you’re driven, motivated, intelligent, and successful. In short, the person who would succeed in a competitive, dynamic, challenging environment like NYC and NYU. Whether or not you’ve decided as an 18 or 19-year-old that you want to study primarily science, politics, or history is somewhat arbitrary. The vast majority of kids completely change majors within their first few semesters as they get exposed to new things in school anyway.</p>