<p>I just wanted to get some perspective as to how many applicants are planning to major in Chem E, Civil E, Economics, and the rest. This is mostly addressed to people who've just applied early since that deadline has passed...</p>
<p>So, what does everyone want to study at MIT?!
I put Course 12 (earth, atmospheric, & planetary sciences)</p>
<p>I could do 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, or 24.</p>
<p>So I put Science (General). :P</p>
<p>EDIT:
5: Chem
6: EE/CS
7: Biology
8: Physics
9: BCS
18: Math
24: Linguistics</p>
<p>I wish there was some integrated science course. :P</p>
<p>i put chem e*</p>
<p>Because premed isn't hardcore enough? ;)</p>
<p>that's right! i said it... what do you wanna do fight about it?</p>
<p>honestly? i don't think i'll get in, so it didn't really matter, so i chose my favorite subject... chemistry :)</p>
<p>anyone else inlove with california snowballs?</p>
<p>Dang, Olo.. don't septuple major now. ;)</p>
<p>I think they banned triple major and above. However, it's quite common to do 3+ majors at Cornell, I heard.</p>
<p>where on the app. did it ask for an intended major?????? :( :( :(</p>
<p>Hehehe, I think if you plan on septuple majoring you should be shot and put out of your misery early. :).</p>
<p>I love me some science... I just wish I could do them all. :(. Stupid, time and money and all that keeping me down!</p>
<p>I wrote about course 6 (EE! and cs, heh), although I might also consider the program offered under course 8 as well (physics!) or mayyyybe double major (I want to be able to fit a humanities core in my schedule too!). Other possibilities would be aero/astro (course 16 I believe?), mechanical (course 3 I believe?) or nuclear engineering, because fusion is cool ^_^</p>
<p>--wonder if there are any english/pol sci majors around :)</p>
<p>Asiaknight: Part one, it asked you what major you're interested in. Then on part two, there was that question regarding what programs you were interested in.</p>
<p>Neither of these makes a difference in your admission decision (there aren't quotas or anything), but helps to place your application in context.</p>
<p>i generalized the chem dept.</p>
<p>Just as a guide:
1 -- Civil/Environmental Engineering (So there are 1C's and 1E's)
2 -- Mechanical Engineering
3 -- Material Science & Engineering
4 -- Architecture
5 -- Chemistry
6 -- Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EE is 6-1, EECS is 6-2, and CS is 6-3)
7 -- Biology
8 -- Physics
9 -- Brain & Cognitive Sciences
10 -- Chemical Engineering (also 10-B, chemical-biological engineering)
11 -- Urban Studies and Planning
12 -- Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences
13 -- Ocean Engineering (now actually defunct, but a track within course 2, 2-OE)
14 -- Economics
15 -- Management
16 -- Aero/Astro
17 -- Political Science
18 -- Mathematics
19 -- Hacking
21 -- Humanities (21A for Anthro, 21F for foreign languages, 21H for history, 21L for literature, 21W for writing)
22 -- Nuclear Engineering
24 -- Linguistics and Philosophy</p>
<p>Also BE, biological engineering, which does not have a number. I believe I have heard rumblings of it taking over 20? Hopefully it gets a number soon, because it's super-annoying to refer to it with letters.</p>
<p>CMS, Comparative Media Studies, is also a major.</p>
<p>What was the old #20? Whoa, course 19, hacking? - what?! Doth my eyes deceive me?</p>
<p>Hmm....well technically 19 is the first available number, and it makes the most logical sense for BE to take over that number instead of 20...although that would mess the hackers up and be rather unfortunate. Hmmm...</p>
<p>chE
so 10 or maybe 10-B</p>
<p>edit: "doth"? you gotta be kidding me. methinks zoogs was born in the wrong century :)</p>
<p>Haha, Applied</a> Biological Sciences, somewhat ironically (given that BE is by definition applied biology). The department was disbanded in 1988.</p>
<p>Histories of various departments can be found [url=<a href="http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/histories-offices.html%5Dhere%5B/url">http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/histories-offices.html]here[/url</a>]. (There's an explicit list of which numbers have meant what over the years, but I can't seem to locate it at the moment.)</p>
<p>is EECS a competitive major? will it hurt my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>Definitely Course 16 Aero/Astro. </p>
<p>8 and 12 could also be cool, though.</p>
<p>Edit: Yay, 500 posts!</p>
<p>English Literature.</p>