<p>In order to keep this as succinct as possible, Ill retell my first two years of undergraduate study in less than a paragraph; upon reaching senior year in high school, I had no idea of what to study, having already considered numerous fields. Thus, I enrolled in my local state university where, as a freshman and sophomore, I received the worst registration date and received classes of the lowest academic rigor or those not related to my major at all: Graphic Design, The Chicano Child, The Psychology of the Deaf, The History of Oppression, Psychology of Aging, et al. Ive since transferred to a new university where Ive selected classes pertaining to my major but as a Junior, I feel that I will only have two solid years of classes in which I can make up for these prior classes.
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When applying to grad school, will I be relegated to the denied pile instantly? Really, I received all As in these first two year courses, but I dont have much to show. Will a statement of intent suffice?**</p>
<p>No, most programs are only going care about your major courses. They won’t know about the academic rigor of the other classes (and honestly, all of those classes seem really interesting), and frankly, they don’t really care about general eds as long as you passed them with decent grades.</p>
<p>My daughter switched directions completely after her first year, going from almost straight humanities to hard science, and she got into graduate school. She had to work harder to get all the courses in one fewer year, but she did it. The one thing you MUST do to make yourself more competitive is do research. You don’t say what field you are applying for, but especially if you’re in the humanities, make sure you complete an honors thesis or similar independent, research-based study. If you are in the sciences, start working in a lab ASAP.</p>