I’m really interested in political science and economics, and I have the resume to back that up, but I don’t know if that’s what I want to do my entire time, and I don’t want to be stuck in a humanities department if I ever feel like switching to another school. Is that possible at MIT?
Undergraduates are not enrolled in any one of the 5 schools at MIT, and are free to take classes and do major/minor programs from different schools. Students can certainly switch majors across schools, and frequently do so.
Are you sure you want to attend MIT? I might get flack for saying this, but students interested in non STEM should look at other colleges. That’s just my opinion.
@brassratter I am simply applying to MIT, and I’m doing my homework for the essays. It’s not my first choice, but I just thought I should try it. My first choice is Georgetown, which is the right school for humanities.
@brassratter MIT has a very highly regarded economics department.
You should consider UChicago where the academics have an MIT-esque feel but for humanities classes.
All the majors offered at MIT are highly regarded. Its humanities is ranked 2 in the world. Would I recommend anyone go to MIT to be a humanities major? No. Same line of thinking goes for Econ. Less than 1% of each class majors in it.
As someone w/ a humanities degree from MIT: disagree w/ brassratter, & renaissancedad covered the specifics.
From my experience, MIT takes a more analytical approach to humanities than other colleges might. Just MIT’s nature. They are excellent programs.
I would recommend that you take a look at the department web sites and some of the staff sections to get a feel for the work that they are doing to see if it alligns with your interests.