<p>Will choosing a biology major hurt my chances when Stanford decides on admissions?</p>
<p>I seriously doubt it.... I applied as an engineering major, eventhough I did not have the best math or science scores, yet I still got in SCEA</p>
<p>Nope. They don't look at your majors. You are not bound by any major you say you will pursue at the time of application if you enroll anyway, so they don't look at it very seriously (mostly for data collection purposes).</p>
<p>They look at it to an extent...just to see what your interests are and how you pursued them in highschool.
but you aren't competing against other biology majors or anything, don't worry.</p>
<p>for example...Sally's major is political science. Sally attends is the president of the Junior Statesmen of America at her school and attended the inauguration. Sally's application is strenghthened because she has shown active interest in her major.</p>
<p>Oh ok. I guess that makes me feel a little better. But how come others say that they only take a number of a certain major to make sure they have room for everyone who is signed up to study for that major</p>
<p>They dont look at your major. But I did hear from a UC ad councelor that engineering students have a little bit of a harder time getting in, so maybe? But you are biology so you are fine.</p>
<p>I heard engineering and e/m bio are the really competitive ones.</p>
<p>I've never heard anything specifically about Bio, but engineering kids dont have it much harder from what I've heard. But that is for UCs. I don't know what Stanford does, but I read somewhere that they do not consider what major you are planning on so I wouldn't stress about it.</p>
<p>I applied under Biology. Got in.
I got a 3 on the AP test.
Haha..
(my school didn't offer AP, but I wanted to still try it) :)
So..I'm guessing no.
And as for UC's..
I've also gotten into Cal. Applied under something along the lines of molecular bio.
I'm pretty sure they stay pretty holistic when they choose to accept someone.</p>
<p>In a way, you are competing with other bio majors albeit indirectly. Basically, like in the earlier example, bio majors are likely to talk about science and nature on their applications. Therefore, only the ones who really shine by doing that will be accepted. It probably depends what you talked about on your personal statements. Also, it is likely to your advantage if your app shows a trend or theme towards your area of interest- and the other bio majors out there know that.</p>