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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Just wondering what impacted major means in relation to how competitive it is to declare what you want for a major. I think you have to be admitted and take classes and then not until later when you are already a student "apply" for a major. This is my understanding from reading the website. So if you want to be an English or Economics major do you have to be carrying a super high gpa to even consider these majors? I just never thought declaring one of these majors would be a difficult process.[/quote] The problem arises because your child needs to start in the intro courses for their major. Many of those courses also qualify for the mandatory courses needed to graduate so everyone is trying to get into English 101, Psych 101, etc. If you can't get in as a freshman (traditionally freshmen get last choice) then you end up starting the early courses of your major too late and you wind up like a relative of mine did taking 5 years at USC to get through his major. It's common at a lot of state school (USC is private but has the same problem). Va Tech has sought to deal with this problem by having applicants apply to one of 8 or 9 colleges because four of the majors are very "hot". That way if you are accepted as an "engineering" major, you get to start in immediately witih Engineering 101. But you must apply as a an Engineering student, with one other college (there is an "undecided" one) as a second choice. From what I've read here, if you want engineering but get "undecided" then you may not get into Engineering 101 and may have difficulty catching up later.[/quote]
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