<p>Does stanford have different acceptance rates based on major ie pre professional majors like engineering, business, etc?</p>
<p>Not by major. The issue is the difference between humanities students and engineering students (with social sciences being somewhere in the middle). While your acceptance is not affected by major, it will be affected by direction, since Stanford doesn't want to admit 1000 engineers an 20 humanities students. What this boils down to: pick the major you want, since it will fit with the application better.</p>
<p>^honestly I doubt it really matters much in that case either. Stanford gets a well rounded enough pool that it doesn't really need to differentiate between fuzzies and techies. Just say what you like and don't fret it :)</p>
<p>The Dean of Admissions says that the major you put on your application does NOT matter. You could say that you don't know and still get in. It's just a spot to show your potential future interest. Stanford is aware that people are exposed to many new fields in college, and it is silly to expect that people know what they want to do when they are in high school (this may be true for very, very few people). When you get here, you can even change your major without penalty.</p>
<p>The only time it could raise eyebrows is if you put that you want to be a physics major and haven't taken any physics or calculus in high school or something of the sort.</p>
<p>The only thing I think I've seen it used for is during NSO when you first meet your Peer Mentor, they have a little sheet with potential areas of study for everyone, and I believe they get this from the info you put on your application.</p>