Major Change Appeal?

baocn1
Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:16:12 +0000

I’m a high school senior who has applied to UT Austin and been accepted through auto-admit. However, I initially selected music performance as my intended major, and I’ve decided now that I REALLY don’t want to do that anymore. If only I had figured that out before December 1st.

Regardless, I now want to switch my major to mathematical sciences in the College of Natural Sciences. I called admissions, and they first told me there was no way I could do this – but, surprise, I emailed an admissions counselor for my area and she said I could submit an appeal to change my major.

My question is, how likely is it that this will be approved? I am desperately hoping that it will be as I don’t want to waste any time in college doing music courses if that’s not what I want anymore. I tried to look up information about any similar experiences other high schoolers have had, but I found nothing. Just people asking about major change appeals if they were rejected from the college. That’s not my case, though – I’ve already been accepted to the university.

I’m including a long, well-written explanation in my appeal and also a really good, math-oriented letter of recommendation from my junior year AP Calculus teacher. Will this help my chances? What can I do to get my appeal accepted? And if it’s rejected, what are my options if I really want to major in math?