<p>Anyone? I think I want to major in Political Science and/or Economics.</p>
<p>I was going to, but then I decided </p>
<ol>
<li>I didn't want to be the exception at a school</li>
<li>I wasn't driven enough or good enough at math/science to make it past the required classes</li>
<li>I thought I would get a better education elsewhere</li>
<li>A relative who is a Harvard professor told me that I would be better off considering MIT for humanities in grad school, because that is where their humanities prestige is</li>
</ol>
<p>Well, about 20% of each MIT class majors in something that's not in the school of science or the school of engineering (degrees</a> awarded 2006). So it's not like people who don't major in engineering or science are freaks.</p>
<p>Mollie, was that 20% including double majors? For example, Physics major combined with Economics or Philosophy major? When I went to MIT on a visit (which I absolutely loved btw) the tour guide mentioned that a lot of engineering/other majors like to double major in the humanities department. I sadly accepted that plain old humanities students were not the norm. I agree, I wouldn't be a freak, but I would also like to go to a school where I am not an exception.
I really love MIT. I really do. The campus is the best in the world, in my humble opinion...but I grudgingly accepted that an Institute of Technology wasn't the best match for me, and I think I owe that much to myself, don't you?</p>
<p>Oh, I'm certainly not saying you made the wrong choice. I just think that reason #2 is a lot more important than reason #1. :)</p>
<p>The site to which I linked lists all degrees awarded, so it includes students who double-majored. I would say it's fairly common to major in econ without an additional major, but students in the humanities majors are pretty likely to have an additional major. </p>
<p>The numbers aren't available for exactly which major pairs are most common, but the second</a> major statistics compared with the degrees awarded statistics should give you an idea of which majors are common as second majors.</p>