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I have a couple of related questions about how admissions to university work in the US: my understanding is that you apply to the university in general and not to a particular program. Does that mean your chances of being accepted are the same regardless of which major you are planning to pursue?
From what I have seen and read I got the impression that applying to university is like a game of chance. The more prestigious the university the less likely you are to be accepted, but overall you can't judge your personal chances. Also the decision whether to accept you or not is arbitrary and is not based clear numerical criteria you could assess yourself, right?
As a point of comparison, where I live, we have a set of standardized exams after high school across a range of subjects, which are graded out of 100. You apply to a particular program - not the university as a whole. Only the scores on subjects relevant to the program are counted (say: chemistry, physics, maths for chemical engineering). The sum of each applicants scores across the relevant subjects is compared to the sum of the scores of other applicants. All applicants are ordered based of the sum of their scores. The top applicants equal in number to the number if available spots in the program are accepted. Everything is transparent and the lists of applicants and their respective scores are published. You can estimate your chances based on the results of the previous years.
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From what I have seen and read I got the impression that applying to university is like a game of chance. The more prestigious the university the less likely you are to be accepted, but overall you can't judge your personal chances. Also the decision whether to accept you or not is arbitrary and is not based clear numerical criteria you could assess yourself, right?
As a point of comparison, where I live, we have a set of standardized exams after high school across a range of subjects, which are graded out of 100. You apply to a particular program - not the university as a whole. Only the scores on subjects relevant to the program are counted (say: chemistry, physics, maths for chemical engineering). The sum of each applicants scores across the relevant subjects is compared to the sum of the scores of other applicants. All applicants are ordered based of the sum of their scores. The top applicants equal in number to the number if available spots in the program are accepted. Everything is transparent and the lists of applicants and their respective scores are published. You can estimate your chances based on the results of the previous years.
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