What should I do? (for prospective science/engineering concentrators)

Satellitel2000
Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:07:09 +0000

I have a problem.

For the Part I of the application, I chose Sc.B in Chemistry as the program of primary interest. And I chose A.B. in economics as my second choice.

I chose chemistry because I, quite recently, began to develop a new interest in the field. So I finished all my additional essays for the prospective science/engineering concentrators, writing about this newly developed interest.

But when I was taking another look at the application instruction for Brown, it said, “prospective science or engineering concentrators should have taken both physics and chemistry.”
And the problem is that, while I have strong chemistry background, I have no physics background (for personal, and somewhat legitimate reasons).

So the question is
Will my chance of admission become lower just because I indicated - and wrote three additional essays about - this new interest of mine, while not having the recommended background?

I could have easily - and for perfectly acceptable reasons - chosen “undecided” (I am interested in many other academic areas) and not have this problem…

Any advice/opinion will be very much appreciated.

Thanks.