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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CS is being discussed here as if all colleges admit by major. Many colleges, particularly private ones, make all majors available to all students.[/quote]

And it's smart to apply to several of those.  In fact my kids applied to mostly those, because if engineering doesn't work out (it did for both) where do engineers go, business or something else stem..and you need to know you can change if you want, which doesn't Happen at a CV old that admit solely by major [/quote]

Except if you have a résumé that screams computer science or engineering with all the attendant activities, including coding and competitions and robotics, and whatever else those kids have, a ln AO is going to take that into consideration because they cannot admit a whole class of those kids, regardless of how spectacular they are. They reach a quota. And sometimes that quota is reached pretty early on.

Ask any former admissions officer and they will tell you How this really works in action. Of course no one is admitting by major. But they absolutely do take your major into consideration. The Harvard litigation showed that precisely. They spelled it out. Read through that discussion.

You are naïve if you think your major designation is not taken into account by the university. It absolutely is. And it absolutely is with respect to your demographic information.

Being different is always a good thing. Standing out is always a good thing. That’s just common sense 101 when it comes to college admissions.[/quote]
Not really, it's still a lottery whatever major.[/quote]

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