I imagined they made you pick a major because TCNJ may have very many people that may want to do, say, pre-med with a biology major and they only have resources/professors/labs to support a certain set. Or they want to make sure they have a variety of majors with students enrolled.
I could be wrong , but do the other top (ie 10% nationally recognized) schools have the same requirement? Best of my knowledge they do not and itâs typical for a student to change majors or go undecided for say freshman/soph year. Thats kind of the whole point of a liberal arts education. To be well rounded and encouraged to study different areas, i presume so that you can see if these new subjects prehaps awaken a real passion in the student to further that study.
I donât think i sound unreasonable. For example if a buisness major comes in freshman year and decides ,âhey, i like physical therapyâ why shouldnt he be given that opportunity? certainly his $30,000 paid should put him ahead of ANY
incoming new student. This sounds only fair to me. And what if that same student had a 31 ACT and would have
been accepted to that major in the first place but he only just discoverd the passion for it. Should he still be treated worse than incoming newbies? Or the good student that takes a computer, or math class etc and discovers they are
really gifted in that as well and want to pursue it? Should they have to transfer out, even though theyve proven themselves to be very good high achieving students in the major they were forced to declare?
I just think other than VERY VERY VERY specialized degrees students should be accepted to the college not to a major so young.