<p>My daughter wants to become a P.E. teacher for children with special needs. Her first thought was to major in Kinesiology. (At W&M Education is declared as a 2nd major) However, a friend told me that she might then be considered with pre-med majors and have a lower chance of admissions. Should she choose a different primary major (psychology?) to increase her chance of admissions?</p>
<p>I don’t recall W&M asking you to declare your major on the application. I know they asked for areas/majors of interest, but not a definite major. And they ask for more than one interest, if I remember correctly, so I don’t think that will be a problem. </p>
<p>She can just put “undecided” if somewhere they ask for an actual major (They may or not ask that on the general Common App. I don’t remember.) and then list her interests where they ask for them (I think it may be on the supplement…I don’t remember exactly).</p>
<p>But, I doubt it’ll lower her chances if she writes she’s interested in Kinesiology…</p>
<p>W&M states they do not use the intended major as a selection criteria on their application.</p>
<p>pretty sure W&M doesn’t take intended major into account</p>
<p>Prior responses are correct. Your intended major has no bearing on your admission to W&M. We do ask for areas of academic interest on our Supplement (you can check up to three areas) but we use this for those who enroll as a way to match them with academic advisors.</p>
<p>We expect students interested in the sciences to have the same strong academic record and courses as those interested in the humanities. We do not admit by major (no one at W&M declares a major until second semester sophomore year) so it’s not as if we can admit only so many of this major and so many of that major. Everyone simply applies to W&M and is admitted or not.</p>
<p>It’s great to have a forum to ask these questions and verify (or not) information that friends volunteer.</p>
<p>My pleasure. That’s what we’re here for</p>