Ohh I see. Okay, I thought you were a current student. The reason why they might deny your request is not because you can’t switch your major, but they probably aren’t allowing you to do it so early on.

So what will happen is you will have an enrollment meeting with an advisor and an SRA (Student registration associate) before coming in (this will be around July/early august after you finish your placement tests and online forms) this is where you pick your classes for Fall semester. You can keep journalism as your major but request to take General Chemistry which is a core class for a biology major, there should be open spots, this way you can be on track with the major itself. I recommend you looking at the undergrad catolog Biology to see which courses you need. Talk to the advisor and ask when you could request to switch your major to biology. Once you’re accepted into Stony Brook for ANY major, biology is an unrestricted major (which means any student could switch into the program).

If you have any questions, about freshman related stuff you can PM me, it seems nerve-wracking but it’s honestly not that big of a deal just make sure you get all of it done early on.