Questions I have entering process

theanaconda
Tue, 26 Aug 2014 04:19:54 +0000

Hey guys I have another question. It’s an age old question on this forum; does what major you put down affect your chances of getting in. However, in my case, I feel as this is especially pertinent because I feel that most or a huge portion of all my EC’s and awards are math based (see http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1665423-downwards-trend-poor-class-rank-high-aspirations-will-chance-back.html#latest), so I was wondering if I’d have better chances indicating my interest to be as a math major. Mostly not because getting in general might be easier as a math major, but because it fits my profile better than any other major. I’m aware at some schools there is impacted majors or schools you have to specifically apply to, this was just talking about the colleges where you can pick your major once you get there (either within the entire university or a specific school within that university). Thoughts on this? I’m not really interested in doing a math major, but after taking 3 university classes in mathematics and gaining most of my awards and a significant portion of my EC’s in mathematics I thought it might be better to indicate my interest as a math major x