<p>congratulations on the acceptance! :-)</p>
<p>Since you asked the question – one reason you might go to a school that doesn’t have your intended major is that 1) you may not need to major in that to do what you want to do (You don’t need to major in journalism or business to work in that field after graduation, in fact, it’s discouraged). 2)Most undergrads change their majors before they graduate. Or at the very least they change the focus of their major. 3) You like the school for other reasons. </p>
<p>What is your intended major? And also, if you knew in advance it didn’t have your major, why did you go through the trouble of filling out the application? It’s not a minor thing, I remember doing it, it involves essays and recommendations and resumes and transcripts. You really went through all that knowing all along that Smith didn’t have your major? </p>
<p>Another argument, you could be spending the time you’re at WOD doing something more productive like school work or enjoying time iwth your friends. the opportunity cost doesn’t seem worth it for a school you aren’t interested in.</p>
<p>Well I’m interested in a very specific major- pharmacy.
So I’m applying to schools that have that program/school. I need a doctor of pharmacy degree in order to become a registered pharmacist.</p>
<p>Also, it wasn’t much trouble at all. My guidance counselor received the application, already had a letter of recommendation written( because of the common app), and was willing to mail my transcript. 
There was only one essay (an influence one) and it didn’t take long to write. I really thought that it would be some sort of honor to be accepted. </p>
<p>But, I’ll consider your advice in making my decision if there really is nothing I can benefit from attending this program, and if I won’t fit in since I’m not looking into the school. I thought I could at least gain <em>something</em> out of it. </p>
<p>But, you’re right, I guess there are other things I could be doing instead. The program does begin on a Friday, so I would be missing school. hmm I just don’t knowww. As you can see, I’m a very indecisive person lol. You make a good argument, though.</p>
<p>Well, OK, just to make one quick point. You could go to a great Liberal Arts college and study biology adn then go to a pharmacy program for graduate school. It’s not neccessarily required to attend a school with a pharmacy Phd program to get into a pharmacy program. It’s not even neccessarily an advantage. If you go to Harvard College, that doesn’t give you a leg up to getting in to Harvard Business school (in fact, it’s kind of detrimental because you have to work harder to stand out from all the OTHER Harvard college applicants, and HBS can’t take all applicants from their own undergrad institution). </p>
<p>It’s just something to think about. You won’t be getting you doctorate in pharmacy in you first few years of college anyway.</p>
<p>But keep in mind it’s really, really hard to get into/apply to a 4- year pharmacy school. Especially on just a biology degree. The better route is to apply to a 6-year pharmacy school that doesn’t require the PCAT, like Northeastern, MCP, Rutgers…etc. That way if you’re accepted from high school, you are put into their pharmacy program after 2 years as long as you keep up with the required GPA. It would just be WAY too much trouble to go from Smith, a college that doesn’t even specialize in the sciences.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice though. I think it’s better for me to know all this about the program now, rather than finding out later.</p>
<p>Well, I would argue that Smith does indeed specialize in the sciences. Biology is the number 1 major at Smith, and we’re the only women’s college with an engineering program. And we produced the first female doctor in Kenya. And we have professors who are leaders in the study of genetics. </p>
<p>But you make a perfectly good point about pharmacy school and I hope you’re happy whereever you decide to go. Obviously as a senior it’s a bit late to re-do your whole list anyway.</p>
<p>Were all applicants (accepted + not accepted) notified today?</p>
<p>I got accepted too! I’m beyond excited.</p>
<p>I got my acceptance email too! so excited!</p>
<p>Well, I’m going just to check out how a female college is~ not Smith in particular, but just to see the atmosphere.</p>
<p>Apparently this is really competitive, I didn’t know that, like less than 20% of the girls who apply actually go?
I think that’s amazing =0</p>
<p>I’m blanking on what Smith’s yield is but 20 percent of all applicants actually going to Smith isn’t surprising. About 50 percent are not admitted. I think about a third of those who are accepted attend. Which is an attendance rate of about 16 percent.</p>
<p>I’ll be hosting one of you prospies for WoD weekend :D</p>