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<p>That is less true these days (much as less of the population are course 6 than used to be the case, and more are course 7, and so on). According to the Registrar’s numbers, 5.7% of undergrads with declared majors have 15 as their primary major. Which is not a huge number, but it’s certainly enough that meeting someone with that primary major is not a fluke.</p>
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<p>People do “something mathematical/scientific” in any case - regardless of major, they still have to get through science requirements. And it’s not like there’s anything wrong with wanting to go to MIT because of one of its phenomenal non-science, non-engineering, programs (like, you know, architecture, or econ…programs where MIT is as much a Place To Be in those fields as it is in sci/eng fields).</p>