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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elite schools have open majors so you don't need to apply to a specific school or major in the first place. [/quote]

lol.
So cute that you think that’s how this works.[/quote]

All of the cynicism in the world doesn’t change the fact that most highly selective schools do not admit by major.[/quote]

Yup--my High stats kid applied to 14 schools (12 in the T75) and only 1 admits by major (Our large state flagship ranked in T50-60). Otherwise my kid was specifically searching for schools where they can easily switch majors if desired (turns out it was not desired/needed).  They didnt want to play Hunger Games 2.0 to get into the major they wanted and I agree with that.  Outside of the large State Universities, most do not Admit by major

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They don't admit by major. [b]But they consider major when evaluating your application at a private T25.[/b]
So your "applied math major" is compared, implicitly, against the other "applied math majors". And if they have a cohort where 50% of the class wants to be a math major (as an example, only), [i]do you think it's easier or harder to be admitted to a selective private university as a math major?[/i]

There is SOOO much online content about this topic. It is obviously most relevant for selective private schools.
If you don't want to research this on your own, you do so at your peril.
Then you will be the one here complaining that your top stats, math and econ major boy didn't get into a private T25 and has to go to Europe for school or to a lower-ranked flagship when students from the same HS got into more selective private schools with different "majors".

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