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[quote=Anonymous]It depends. We weren’t strategizing, but looking back, it I think it was a major piece of DC’s acceptance at WM. DC applied for an IR/critical foreign language double major and had some very significant and unusual things already on their transcript and in ECs to make it seem likely they would stick with that combo. And they have.

What I didn’t realize is WM is a small school and needs to keep departments running in critical languages to keep the IR major strong (and IR is one of their strongest majors). But, Dc’s language department has maybe 6-10 grads a year.  They really need majors in that department, because keeping it functional supports a much larger, more important (to the college) major.

Unhooked applicant accepted ED with a GPA below the 25th percentile from NOVA. Something tipped the application into yes. I think it was the language major with the very real receipts from HS to back it up and indicate a talent for and interest in languages and that area of the world.

Then again, maybe the essay or a LOR struck a note with an AO. It’s an opaque process.

My other kid was STEM and their preferred science field didn’t seem to hurt. Or help. Applied to WM (also admitted) and a range of LACs.  [/quote]

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