<p>Does Duke admit by a student's intended field of study? will it hurt me if I say I want to go into a common major?</p>
<p>No. By school (Pratt/Trinity), yes. By major, most definitely not. Most people change majors at some point anyways…and many people come in as undecided. Don’t worry about it. Just be honest.</p>
<p>^I agree with that advice</p>
<p>Pick the major that reflects your high school resum</p>
<p>I definitely understand it’s highly unlikely to help/hurt your chances…but do you think it’s even looked at?</p>
<p>What if they admit 1500 intended English majors? Albeit extremely unlikely (probably a 0% chance), do you think they take small note of this section of the app to make sure something like that doesn’t happen?</p>
<p>I really, really doubt it. There’s so much movement between majors that it’s an unlikely predictor. If they really had 1500 intended majors, then they might sit down and have a discussion. But since that’s never happened, there’s no rule. The admissions people probably wouldn’t know nor have even thought about what they’d do.</p>
<p>Also, statistically there’s no need for them to design a class by major. If they did, there’d be more than 2 stats major each year, and much fewer bio and psych majors.</p>
<p>If your transcript/activities/job/essays/research experience is directly related to one field, and you show a passion for it, then the major you choose may have more of an impact. Otherwise, I don’t think the prospective major an applicant selects has any impact at all in the decision.</p>