<p>Or is that a ridiculous thought?</p>
<p>The greater questions is “why would a humanities student want to go to MIT?”</p>
<p>And also, you apply to MIT, so whatever your desired major is does not matter to them at all.</p>
<p>Also, no offense to you, but applying humanities to gain admission to MIT sounds like you want to go there more for the prestige than the opportunities available there.</p>
<p>Some of MIT’s non-engineering departments are truly excellent. For example, their Linguistics and Philosophy department is one of the best in the world, maybe even <em>the</em> best.</p>
<p>In a word, no. MIT doesn’t design its class so that we have humanities majors. In fact, we don’t target a certain number of people in certain technical majors either.</p>
<p>From the first page of the FAQ at the top of the forum:
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I’m going to major in English. Will it be easier for me to get into MIT?
MIT does not admit according to major – students do not declare a major until the end of freshman year, so all applicants are considered officially undecided. It is no easier to be admitted as a prospective English or management major than as a prospective chemistry or electrical engineering major.</p>
<p>Although MIT has excellent programs in many humanities and social science disciplines, prospective students in these fields should be aware that MIT’s General Institute Requirements (GIRs) require all students to take two semesters of physics, two semesters of calculus, one semester of chemistry, one semester of biology, one lab course, and two science/technology electives in order to graduate.</p>
<p>For more information, see the GIRs on the admissions webpage [here](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/learning/general_institute_requirements/index.shtml]here[/url].[/quote”>General Institute Requirements | MIT Admissions).
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<p>Sorry didn’t see that.
I’m not actually interested in MIT or applying, as my interest is public policy and history. I was just curious about it.</p>