<p>I'm a 2014'er. I'm planning on a major in engineering. </p>
<p>I have a very heavy emphasis on math and science in high school, but what little humanities I have taken I've found really interesting. My interests in math and science come first, but I'd still like to really expand myself in classes like English or even Philosophy purely for the sake of it. From an academic perspective, would a non-major education in the humanities be any better at Stanford than in an engineering school like MIT or CalTech?</p>
<p>Our D is a current freshman at Stanford. She was heavy math and science in high school but liked to dabble in History. (AP history series) While she isn’t really interested in engineering, she will be math/science something at Stanford. She applied to MIT (was not accepted) and hated the vibe at Caltech. According to her, she couldn’t be happier at Stanford where she can continue to dabble in the humanities while being a huge math/science nerd.</p>
<p>@ThatsSoCoooolMan: Hey, I’m just like you. I’m aiming to major Chem E, but I also want to take some History classes. And thanks to emganac for your helpful info. :)</p>
<p>Well, I have no doubts that I’m gunna get at least a GOOD education in the humanities at Stanford, considering how it’s such a damned perfect college. But I can’t count on getting in to Stanford, so I’m trying to figure out whether English classes are gunna be considerably worse at an engineering school that doesn’t really do humanities.</p>