Are there any downsides to going undeclared?

kevercho
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:24:49 +0000

One upside to going undeclared is that you don’t have to pay additional tuition surcharges, if your university does such a thing. At my school, UIUC, bio/chem majors pay an extra 3k a year; engineers, 4k. Other programs like journalism or art have to pay extra as well.

prado is right in that you might have lower priority for class registration, but I find that lower level classes across all subjects (think big lecture halls) are rarely ever filled up completely. And there should no restrictions to which classes you can sign up for.