Target/Safety Schools

dchow08
Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:23:21 +0000

Okay, so you said that you don’t know what you want to major in. That’s perfectly fine. Lots of students change their major more than once in college. That means that it’s really important to ask prospective colleges what happens if you decide to change major. Will the credits go with you to your next major, or will you have wasted lots of time and money? When do you have to declare your major? What majors are offered? You want to go to a school that offers a wide variety of majors. Also, what do students at that school major in? For example, if 80% of a school’s graduates major in only one subject, what does that tell you about the school?

I don’t have recommendations for target/safety schools, sorry. But you should think about the above questions and also think about things like do you want small or large classes, a sense of community, how much of a social scene, what type of student body, and stuff like that. People who ask for suggestions for a list should make this more of a priority than their extracurriculars, because listing what you’re looking for helps indicate what you want.