Does Brown admit by major?

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<p>Does Brown admit by major? Will I be at a disadvantage if I apply to a common major? Or will I be at an advantage if I apply to a less common major?</p>

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<p>Brown does not admit by major. For certain majors, such as physics, there are a couple extra essay questions, if I remember correctly, but you’re in no way bound to the concentrations that you say you’re considering. (With the new Engineering School, I’m not 100% confident how true this is for the ScB Engineering programs.) Your considered concentrations have little effect on your decision, but the advantage comes from having demonstrated interest and/or excellence in that/those fields, rather than how common or uncommon they are.</p>

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<p>^This. The same applies to most top schools.</p>

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<p>It is true that Brown does not admit by major, in that you don’t apply as a xx concentrator and are expected to stick to that when you get here.</p>

<p>However, the field you are interested in majoring in DOES have some impact on admissions decisions. Brown heavily recruits for engineering and science majors (not biology, but chemistry, physics and computer science), and wants to make sure there are lots of students taking classes in those departments. The acceptance rate for science concentrators is higher than for humanities/social science concentrators.</p>

<p>However, don’t think that you can write down chemistry if there is no evidence in your record that you would want to do that.</p>

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<p>Fireandrain, do you by any chance have/know the numbers applying for each major at Brown? (I believe there is a list in a data sheet but I seem to have not been able to find it.) I think I found it before in Brown’s department of alumni affairs </p>

<p>I agree in how it would not help if one put down chemistry as an intended major without showing any evidence of interest in chemistry, but if an applicant can demonstrate an interest in chemistry and engineering (supported by extracurriculars, etc), would Brown allow the applicant to complete both portions of the engineering and chemistry essay?</p>

<p>I was curious because I was not sure if I’ve heard anyone completing both sections, yet the application does not limit you to one interest.</p>

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<p>Actually, I think I found it: [Undergraduate</a> Admission | Brown University](<a href=“http://brown.edu/about/facts/admission]Undergraduate”>http://brown.edu/about/facts/admission) . I’m not sure if there was a more comprehensive one.</p>