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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it relevant?[/quote]

OP: Our DC wants to explore schools in the UK or Canada[/quote]
My kids are dual UK citizens, and I wanted them to apply there.  But, one thing that gave us pause was that switching majors is not a thing there.

For DC#1 that wasn't an issue, but they got into our state flagship with merit and has done extremely well (amazing internships).

DC#2 was open to it, but this DC may end up switching majors, so we decided to stay put in the US.  Got into another great oos flagship.[/quote]

True for England, but not in Scotland. AS most of you already know, the US system was created and based on the Scottish system. Obviously it is different, but in Scotland you have some flexibility to change majors within your first and second year (before your honours years) as long as took their base courses in year 1/2. It is actually pretty common at some unis in Scotland for a good % of kids to change majors after 1 or 2 semesters.[/quote]

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