Assumptions work against you in college admissions. Families who assume that prestigious colleges are inherently better ignore other colleges that could have been good choices. Families who make assumptions about their likelihood of qualifying for financial aid might ignore colleges that they could have afforded had they actually applied. A better strategy is to make informed choices rather than assumptions.
Your choice of major works the same way.
You might assume that choosing a pre-professional major like business or accounting will make you more employable after graduation or more successful over your lifetime than studying a liberal arts major. But if you want to make an informed choice, check out this article in The Atlantic.
I’m not lobbying for all students to study English or philosophy. But there are few decisions you make in college that have a greater impact than your choice of major does. You deserve an informed choice rather than an assumption.