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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a comparison locally, at UVa there is no guarantee that a would-be BACS major will be able to get the required pre-requisite courses or will be allowed to major in CS even if they do take all the pre-req courses.  Further, Echols Scholars at UVa will have an edge getting the pre-req courses, as their course requests are processed by Carruthers Hall before the rest of the students in the College.

I am not a big fan of a lottery system, but if there aren’t enough faculty to offer the pre-req courses to all students who want them, then a lottery is not totally unreasonable.

[b]I think the heads-up about limited CS students is fine.  Students who really want only CS should be targeting direct-admit colleges, such as UMCP does locally.[/b][/quote]

Top liberal arts colleges almost always let a student choose any major. Pomona forcing a lottery is a huge deal because it is such a break with their peers. For a school that considers itself to be on par with the top SLACs to limit access to a major is a huge black mark. The freedom to explore interests before deciding on a major is one of the major differentiators between liberal arts schools and larger universities with separate colleges as well as direct admit majors.   [/quote]

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