Will your selected major at university affect your admission chances ?

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<p>Do they take into account and consider the major u r intended to study ?</p>

<p>Like many students tend to specify in Bussiness and computer courses now, many specify in science but not as much as those.</p>

<p>when the adcom sees for example : I want to specify in astrophyiscs or the biological sciences, and those majors aint offerd at my home country and are much required ! would those cases boost your admission chances ? </p>

<p>Does your intended major affect your application ?</p>

<p>any other comment</p>

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<p>The official answer is "no," unless you're a female interested in engineering! :P</p>

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<p>Exactly........</p>

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<p>I think they attempt to diversify their class but it's not a big factor. (I listed economics as my prospective major...)</p>

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<p>I put down Physics as my prospective major - it may have helped, I'm a girl :D</p>

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<p>ohh sucharita .. thanks for ur concern an help .. I thought you r m</p>

<p>well i dont think its a vital factor .. but they might only take it into account when dividing the classes ..</p>

<p>sucharita : what are your perspective plan when you get your degree , what made you choose this major ?</p>

<p>I will specialise in chemistry ( probably nuclear chem. )</p>

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<p>to certain extent yes. They don't want all 1,200 people to be Physics or econ majors.</p>

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<p>Yes, it does. If you've done massive science research a la Siemens and so on, and you put down "English" as a major, that will weird them out.</p>

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<p>if i want to do an indivisual science research this summer ..
what can I do .. just for fun ?</p>

<p>any idea about that</p>

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<p>contact professors at your local university.</p>