What to do When Major Matters

[@stryder10101010]

Am a School Board Member and a trial attorney and your words are absolutely true. It's a balance of an effective application strategy with the veneer of good faith and fair dealing b/c a college's Admissions Committee can tell when its chain is being yanked. The degree of thoughtfulness required cannot be underestimated.

[@Legoman69469]

Private sector sentiment over Ivy leagues is getting lower and lower. Poor quality of new graduates. Experience and skill are starting to become much more valued.

[@TheLauren1113]

Some majors are extremely competitive and also have an entirely different application process. They also require a TON of work to apply and even get an audition. It’s a multi step process. My oldest daughter is a musical theatre major which has an acceptance rate of approx. 3% at her school. The university she goes to has a 75% acceptance rate. She applied to one school where 3000 applied, around 300 were allowed to audition and they admitted 6 boys and 6 girls. She was invited to audition for musical theatre at that school and that was a huge accomplishment! If people think the ivies are hard, try the performing arts.

[@harrychu650]

If a student doesn't know what they want to major in, then the should attend their local community college until they have decided on a career field. That is just common sense.

[@belalhassan7552]

I think UT offers a Sports Mgmt minor not a major.

[@CollegeMeister]

Learn more: education.utexas.edu/academics/bachelors/bachelors-sport-management/

[@shadowmt6735]

Top schools tickets just like hit lottery, picked by school's readers with lot of prejudice, e.g. race. color, last name, zone code...