What do you think my chances are?

Colleges & Universities University of Pittsburgh
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<p>Hi, I’m an international student seeking to transfer my credit, in total 40, over to UofPittsburgh this fall. What do you think my chances are with a CGPA of 3.6 and history of averagely active extracurricular activities?</p>

<p>Oh and one more thing. I’ve not send in my application credentials yet. So i guess you’ll have to take that into account as well. (Will send in by the deadline by the way)</p>

<p>My choice of major is neuroscience. I’m interested in minoring in Psychology. How should i inform them about this? </p>

<p>Cheers :D</p>

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<p>I think you’re a strong applicant because you have a high GPA. But then again…i don’t really know because I’m not a transfer. D: Anyways, you should submit in other things like recommendation letters, personal statements (write it well! >_<) , etc. </p>

<p>You don’t need to indicate your minor, because you officially declare it later on. If you really want to show interest for it, just write it in your essay. And there should be somewhere to put your interested major. o_O Woo I’m a neuroscience major too! :3 </p>

<p>Good luck ^_^</p>

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<p>Pitt doesn’t offer a minor in Psychology.</p>

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<p>Haha I didn’t notice that there’s no psychology minor. Maybe you can pick something else to minor in? Here are the choices: [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/advising/majors-minors.html]Majors”&gt;http://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/advising/majors-minors.html]Majors</a>, Minors, and Certificates<a href=“The%20one%20with%20the%20asteriks%20have%20minors”>/url</a></p>

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<p>Honestly, minors are mostly useless. If you are majoring in Neuroscience, you likely want to either go into science or onto a professional health school. Having a minor listed on your transcript isn’t going to do a thing for you. If you are interested in some aspect of psychology, take those courses as electives, or double major. Psychology classes will be much easier than your neuroscience courses, so it isn’t impossible to do depending on what core courses you have that transfer in (eg chemistry, physics). It is much more important to get some good research experiences as a neuroscience major though, if that is the field you really want to be in. If you want to be in psychology, then research experiences in that field are important.</p>