-Brooke Sasse
Monday, November 13, 2017
As of right now, I plan to be attending a California University this time next year. I have began the application process for both Cal State and UC schools, yet keep getting stuck whenever it comes down to deciding on a major. Over the summer, I worked as a lifeguard and many of my coworkers were college students studying all sorts of different things. Whenever I talked to them about my struggle to find a major that interested me, they would advise me not to worry because you can always switch majors later on in most cases. This may be true but the question that I struggle with now is whether it’s better to pick a major (even if you’re unsure about it) or apply undeclared?
-Brooke Sasse
-Brooke Sasse
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A large number of incoming freshmen applicants are in the same situation as you, Brooke. They are overwhelmed with so much information about college as well as the pressure to choose one out of the many different majors that colleges offer; therefore, many applicants choose to apply as "Undeclared" in the hopes that they will find their interests at college and pursue a major once they know these interests. The downside of applying "undeclared" is the fierce competition due to the huge number of undeclared applicants, and if you are not admitted as an undeclared applicant, you are rejected from admission into the desired college. Although undeclared is a possible route to admission, choosing a major is a better pathway. Depending on the major, it may be easier to be admitted into the college than if you applied as undeclared because there may be less competition in the major than in "Undeclared." Furthermore, you can still change your major once you get admitted into the college and your interests begin to evolve.
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I've had the same questions but I agree with Javen. So many people struggle with choosing a major when they're first applying to college and go with the undeclared option. Since so many incoming freshmen apply as undeclared, it can become extremely impacted and make it harder for you to get in in some cases. I would do my research on the colleges I want to apply to, if I were you, to decide whether applying as undeclared is the best option. I think choosing a major you think you might be slightly interested in or think will be helpful to you would be a smarter option in a lot of cases. If anything, you can always end up changing your major.
ReplyDeleteBrooke my brothers both went to cal state Long Beach with the desire to major in kinesiology they went though a whole semester and realized that it wasn't for them. The next semester they changed their major with no problem and they came to a realization that the major that they picked was better for them. So its best if you go into the cal state with a major because you could always change it if its not right for you.
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