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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VT is middle-ish for everything except engineering and CS. There may be a few other competitive, niche programs, but your son will do fine applying to the school’s general program. [/quote]
Probably not an easy admit for biology and some other sciences. Lots of pre-med, pre-pharmacy, pre-vet and pre-physician’s assistant grade-focused students.[/quote]

Can you not be undecided when applying? Or, once accepted, how hard is it to change majors to something more in demand?[/quote]

You can apply undecided aka "university studies". You can also apply to an undecided major within a  college, e.g. "Exploring Science" within the College of Science. But "University Studies" has a pretty low acceptance rate.[/quote]

My DS applied to University Studies and was denied. In hindsight, I think he should have picked something like History or English and then switched majors if needed. I’ve heard several people say that University Studies has low acceptance. Does anyone have stats on this?[/quote]

No stats, sorry. One of the hardest majors to switch into is engineering bc you have to have the intro courses, like the calc for engineering. Once admitted, I think it’s easier to switch to other majors if you take the classes someone in that major would be taking. You’ll take the same physics, bio, chem, etc.

While most non-engineering students take the required two semesters of basic calc,there are some who take a lower level math to start. These students would not have an easy switch to science without a summer or extra semester and hood grades.[/quote]

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