<p>Does MIT admit students to their intended field of study? will it hurt my chances if I apply to a common major?</p>
<p>Nope, MIT does not admit by major at all. The students are chosen as a student body overall. It will not hurt your chances whatsoever</p>
<p>No (10char)</p>
<p>Most people change their intended major eventually so MIT doesn’t admit based on majors.</p>
<p>No. (Unless you’re talking about grad school.)</p>
<p>straight from [MIT</a> Admissions: The Freshman Application](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/index.shtml)</p>
<p>“approximately half of our students ultimately major in something entirely different from what they wrote on their application, so we couldn’t use this data to predict anything even if we wanted to.”</p>
<p>I believe 'em</p>