Chapter 4Morpheus Wins: “Show Me The Future!”
If you go to most college admissions offices in the US, attend an admissions tour, and ask the people who work there if there is a strategy to what major you should apply to on your Common Application, they will stare at you, just a little offended, and tell you with a poker face as if no other answer will do justice to your question: “You should apply for what you love!”
Wrong.
Pay close attention because this is a relatively unsettling but crucial strategy to understand and master.
When you apply to most US universities, you have to declare your academic interests or potential majors. A major is the focus area for your degree. Some universities may call this a different thing. Harvard calls ...
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