Advice about declaring major on applications

An0maly
Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:46:14 +0000

I don’t have many ECs that are political science related. My school is fairly new (5-6 years) so we haven’t established MUN, etc. I plan on adding in my ECs section that I’m currently serving on the city’s youth commission and was class president for two years. Do you think that will translate my interest in political science, or not really? Sorry for bombarding you with so many questions! I realize you answered my other thread as well and I appreciate the time you’ve taken to answer this one as well.



entomom made a good point that I forgot to write earlier: a lot of top schools don’t consider what major you’re applying for. Nonetheless, I believe picking a major that has nothing to do with your activities is kind of strange and probably worth elaborating on.

Your involvement in youth commission/sga will definitely translate and I think that makes your major choice quite clear. Still, I think it would be great for you to still write more info on it because you don’t really see many pre-med’s majoring in political science, which is traditionally a major for lawyers and such. A supplement/essay on that would be unique and help your chances IMO.