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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was thinking the same for the T20 schools (usually your narrative in your application would indicate a specific passion area like business, CS, etc….seems AOs like it if the student has a good sense of what they’re passionate about; helps them round out a class during admission process) [b]I suppose when kids admitted to these T20 schools post on their schools’ Instagram commit pages that they’re “undeclared”…might not reflect what they submitted in their applications.[/b] [/quote]

I agree with this completely.  If you look at, e.g., Harvard-Westlake's IG page, there are a ton of "undecided" majors, but these are kids who probably had expensive college counselors so there's no way they are actually undecided as they were molded into a niche interest.  I think it's possible that some of these kids picked undersubscribed majors that their friends would know are B.S. (e.g., medieval studies, gender and sexuality studies, linguistics, classics, philosophy, etc.) when they actually plan to study econ and go into banking or consulting.[/quote]

my non-DMV private school DD was listed as undecided on the IG page last year. Applying as gender studies and anthro, with ample evidence for both. At T10 now and not majoring in either, but likely to minor in one or both.[/quote]

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