Which of these colleges including Stanford is flexible?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>Hey!! I have a small problem and was wondering if you guys could help me out. I like both engineering and economics and the thing is that I am not sure which intended major I should state in my application essays. On top of that some colleges want a specific essay on your intended major also (like Cornell). Thirdly I am not sure which one I will opt for in college and I might have to change. Can you please tell me which one of the colleges below are flexible enough to allow you to change your major from eco to eng or vice versa in first year??? I don’t want to double major I think. I know Cornell asks you to apply to one of its specific colleges in the application essay and then you have to write an essay on it as well. So you can see the problem…</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>U Penn</li>
<li>Princeton (I think its flexible??)</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Washington University</li>
<li>Boston</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Rutgers</li>
</ol>

<p>Thanks in advance…</p>

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<p>Stanford is, thats all i really know</p>

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<p>Stanford doesn’t care what your major is until the end of your sophomore year. That’s all I can tell you.</p>

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<p>I’m in exactly the same situation as you - engineering and econ are my top two major choices, and I can’t decide between them. That’s why I’m applying to Stanford! They love multidisciplinary studies and will embrace the fact that we don’t know what major to pursue yet - that’s what college is for :)</p>

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<p>harvard doesnt even let u declare until you are on campus. u have the soph year to do so. at penn, u can take classes cross-school and you can switch schools sometimes. at JHU i think it depends on your field of engineering. </p>

<p>i know rutgers is easy to switch but they sometimes require you to extend your time
i would assume columbia is more difficult to switch because they r 2 completely different schools (college and fu foundation) but i dont really know</p>

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<p>At the Penn information session we were told it is not easy to switch schools.</p>

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<p>I can confirm Stanford and Harvard from having friends at both along with knowing how (little) pressure they had to choose major early. I asked a friend at Stanford what her major was sometime into her second year, and she said she was leaning towards so and so, but isn’t worried about it.</p>