Even if you think you found that “under-enrolled” major, it is unlikely that there is any meaningful difference in overall standards applied to candidates that express an interest in that major. As an interviewer, the only times I have written negative reviews have been when the candidate had an interest in an off main stream field (other than contact info and high school, the only thing Yale interviewers get is field of interest if one was provided in the application), and during the course of the interview, it was pretty obvious the candidate had only superficial knowledge of the topic and no substance to back up the interest by way of EC’s or independent study. Interviewers don’t have access to transcripts, scores, essays, LoR’s or full EC lists. Your admissions officer will, and if your stated interest is dissonant to the record you have established, I think there is a high likelihood your file gets sent to the reject pile pretty quickly.
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