Major Change Appeal?

lots2do
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:50:51 +0000

If your appeal gets denied. Here is a possible scenario: You will be denied your first and second majors from the school of music because you will not schedule or attend an audition (audition still required for Music Ed?). You will be offered the list of majors that still have room available. CNS Math will not be on the list. Likely no majors from CNS will be on the list. Pick one that is as general as possible. If they still have General Studies or Liberal Arts Undecided, go for something like that. Meet with an adviser within your major and share your intentions. Meet with an adviser in CNS if you can swing it. Don’t take either adviser’s advice at face value. Do your homework on the transfer process, timeline, prerequisites and historical GPAs that have been accepted. Take the classes that are prerequisites to transfer into your desired major in CNS, make good grades, keep a high GPA overall. Submit a transfer request at the appropriate time (after first semester or second, depending on what CNS takes). EC’s do not matter much if at all in the internal transfer process. Work hard to protect your GPA to ensure a successful transfer.

For now, continue to follow up on your appeal. Lean on the Area Admissions Counselor that directed you to submit an appeal and make him/her your ally. It would make it easier on you and them if they would get your application in front of the CNS Math admissions folks asap so you could avoid the internal transfer process.

You are one of over 50K applicants, so be patient and polite, but persistent.