This is an issue we’ve been considering, since D plans on a rather uncommon major. It made me uncomfortable to exclude many very good schools that fit her in alll other ways, simply because of a major that she might not ever fully pursue. But in the end, major availability was as good a way as any to pare down the list. Also, the schools that had her major tended to offer a similar constellation of her other areas of interest as well. Additionally, since she will apply ED, the fact she can only pick one school for now anyway make me feel better about this. If she doesn’t get in ED, though, we will definitely expand the list to include schools that only offer the subject as a minor or concentration, and maybe even schools which offer just a few classes in it.