I did LSA but I was going to major in Neuroscience or Bioethics, not sure which yet. But first, I have to get into UMich
And… Nothing.
Welp, Tuesday it is. 24 hours left!
I thought between 3 and 7? Not only at 3?
They probably aren’t coming out today. There were also rumors at my IS school but that’s only because kids heard that decisions are coming out this week and assumed it meant monday.
its usually around 3 est
@JPGator98 True but they always START right at 3 and then continue until the portal closes at night. Today, they did not.
@Doctorbellam I feel like our major isn’t going to have much influence on whether we get in or not. However on this forum and in the group chat I haven’t meant anyone interested in the same major as us.
@bells2017 I agree with the fact that there are not many people on this thread who seem to be pursuing neuroscience like us, but I think that major actually does have a considerable influence on acceptance. Colleges typically want diversity in order to boast about it and this is one of the many reasons why sometimes people with great (not stellar) stats get into institutions like Harvard or Yale. So yeah, I think that majors definitely play a considerable role in admissions, but they definitely don’t increase your chances like 30 or 40 percent. Sorry for the mild rant lol, I’m kinda passionate about this issue in particular
I don’t believe it has a large influence, as colleges know that a lot of students end up changing majors.
i put a bunch of biology majors, psychology, and spanish in fields of interest because those are what I’m interested in studying so how will that affect me?
It won’t harm or help. Don’t worry.
looks like it’ll be tomorrow
@doctorbellam Yes, it will add to our diversity, but many students switch majors, and colleges take this into consideration. I feel as if a student with not the best stats get admitted based of other diversity points.
@Eeeee127 @kourtorder Think about it. Out of the 50,000+ apps that Michigan reviews every year, I’d say that a large chunk of those apps are applying for a business or engineering program because these are Michigan’s main strengths. People who pick these majors are already competing against 1000’s of other well qualified students for an extremely limited number of spots. Whereas, if one picks gender studies, or history there are still a lot of people applying to these particular majors, but significantly less than engineering or business, therefore making the pool for these majors less competitive. So what I’m saying is one who wants to major in a language will most likely be judged less competitively than one who is applying for engineering or business, simply because of the large volume of people wanting to pursue those majors. No, its not a large influence, but there is still a considerable impact on admissions IMO. (Another example, Anthropology major applying to MIT)
@Doctorbellam Ross and engineering are schools though not majors so they have their own admissions committee for those two schools and people who get into Ross and engineering are not going to switch majors as often as lsa students
@Eeeee127 I am not talking about the schools, however. I’m talking about the majors. For example, aerospace engineering, biomed engineering, chemical, nuclear, mechanical, etc… and econ, political science among many others for business. I feel like many applicants are applying for these majors, thereby diminishing the numbers of other majors. Because Michigan surely doesn’t want say a 5:1 ratio in terms of business/eng majors to other majors. But I see where yall are coming from too. I guess I’m just uninformed on how often college students actually switch majors lol.
So are we thinking it’s going to be tomorrow? Ugh I know I’m going to get deferred-- just tell me
most people get deferred
For engineering - students apply directly to engineering. If accepted, they are IN engineering and can choose a major within engineering (although maybe they have to apply for that chosen major within engineering). Switching majors to something outside of engineering is tough. So MI controls its engineering college size directly by this initial admissions process. So number of engineering majors versus other majors is not a concern - they have some redetermined size for the engineering college and they stick to that. IF too many applicants, it just becomes tougher to get admitted.