Am I hurting my academic options?

Balthezar
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:04:50 +0000

I strongly recommend that you apply for a specific major, since you will at least avoid having to transfer into at least that initial pick, if you are admitted outright. If you decide on another major later, then you’ll have to go through the transfer process anyway. You are also automatically considered for DGS (undecided), if you fail to get directly admitted into your program of choice. With the transfer process, there are no guarentees that you’ll be accepted, and it depends on your grades, which must be above a certain gpa, but if others are applying with higher GPAs, yours grades may need to be above the stated minimum to gain entry to the program. So, if you have the least inkling of what you might want to study, I’d apply directly to that program.