<p>i have heard that it is easier to get into ivy league schools if you say you will be a physics major, is that true to any degree? and are there other majors that might increase your chance of getting into highly selective schools?</p>
<p>thanks!!</p>
<p>Not true whatsoever. Harvard doesn’t really care about what you think you’ll major in, since you’ll major in something else when you actually graduate.</p>
<p>Where exactly did you hear that? DwightEisenhower’s comment is true. For admissions purposes, prospective majors are usually only taken into account if you have displayed some level of intense focus or achievement in the field and perhaps if there are some representation concerns within the given department (“women in engineering” often serves as a generic example of such).</p>
<p>I wasn’t able to talk to an admissions officer from Harvard, but one from JHU (she came to my school) said that your application reads a little differently depending on the majors you list. She said if you are looking at a double major, she does recommend putting any uncommon majors such as art history or physics before listing another major. That does not necessarily mean that they give any sort of preference. </p>
<p>The ivy and physics major thing, I heard from my cousins. Probably just a rumor.</p>
<p>It differs from school to school, but most schools don’t take into account your prospective major because they know that students change their minds all the time</p>
<p>Bull. Just to sum it up :).</p>