<p>Updated list (combining Economics and Social Sciences, adding “Computer Science” as an option, and revising the number of Humanities concentrators):</p>
<p>Social Sciences - 5
Humanities - 2
Biological Sciences - 1
Physical Sciences - 1
Engineering - 1
Mathematics - 1
Undecided - 1
Computer Science - 0</p>
<p>Oop-sorry. Thanks for the updated list! It does seem like Social Sciences is the most popular. </p>
<p>RDers, add your major here</p>
<p>Nice to see that our brightest and best students mostly want to major in BS…sociology, government and psychology. You guys want to go to arguably the best school in the world and major in something that won’t land you a job until you reach PhD status. I guess that what is to be expected from great grade grubbing students though =/ .</p>
<p>Nice to see that our best and our brightest are doing what they are good at and what they like.</p>
<p>^ lol, cause the world needs great sociologists compared to great engineers/mathematicians/biologists/doctors/etc. I’m just saying, it’s amazing you guys are all wasting your potential lol. Also, majoring in psych/sociology at a school like Harvard is just a waste of money, go to a state school and do it. The degree will be just as valuable in the end. Whatever though, once you complete your 4 great years at Harvard and look down at your hard earned*(sarcasm) Sociology degree wondering where you will get a job, don’t say you weren’t warned. Honestly, it’s okay to have Sociology and Psychology as a second major, but as a primary…think about it (unless you plan is to become a college professor or something).</p>
<p>^please don’t be so ignorant. I know quite a few people who went to Harvard for Social Sciences and go into Harvard med school. I intend to go into medicine, but just because that’s the route I want to take doesn’t mean I <em>have</em> to major in biology. Please don’t be so rude. Yes, it’s true that some of us want to major in sociology or psychology, but that is not the only reason why we want to go to Harvard.</p>
<p>With the way the world is now, I’d say a few sociologists couldn’t hurt. A degree in Psychology from Harvard would carry a lot more weight than, say, a degree in Psychology from University of Tennessee or something and you’d get the advantage of being surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the world. Why do you say government/polysci is a worthless major? Great political leaders are always in demand, so it’s hard to dismiss the value of going into government.</p>
<p>^I agree with you completely. </p>
<p>110percentwahoo, how can you equate “sociology, government and psychology” with “BS”? Also, you don’t even know us, so you have no right to call us “grade grubbing students”. </p>
<p>You think we’re “all wasting [our] potential” by studying something we love? That’s ridiculous. We want to reach our full potential by doing this. Apparently, happiness doesn’t rank too high on your list of values.</p>
<p>There is absolutely nothing wrong with going into Social Sciences at Harvard. Please keep your sarcastic and unhelpful comments to yourself… or maybe you’re just bitter about something?</p>
<p>Also, along with one’s value of happiness, society will likely benefit from an individual’s sense of career-fulfillment as unhappy researchers are likely to burn out or deliver poor work. So, while many students at Harvard have the potential to study math or chemistry, they will ultimately produce more powerful work by following their interests.</p>
<p>110percentwahoo is extremely narrow-minded if s/he believes that all <em>smart</em> people should go into math and sciences. But 110percent, what should the <em>not-so-smart</em> students major in?</p>
<p>My son put biological sciences.</p>
<p>Biological Sciences :)</p>
<p>Social Sciences.</p>
<p>I almost picked Humanities, though.</p>
<p>Mathematics.</p>
<p>but screw 110percent.</p>
<p>Social Sciences - 6
Humanities - 2
Biological Sciences - 3
Physical Sciences - 1
Engineering - 1
Mathematics - 2
Undecided - 1</p>
<p>Updated list :)</p>
<p>“lol, cause the world needs great sociologists compared to great engineers/mathematicians/biologists/doctors/etc. I’m just saying, it’s amazing you guys are all wasting your potential lol. Also, majoring in psych/sociology at a school like Harvard is just a waste of money, go to a state school and do it. The degree will be just as valuable in the end. Whatever though, once you complete your 4 great years at Harvard and look down at your hard earned*(sarcasm) Sociology degree wondering where you will get a job, don’t say you weren’t warned. Honestly, it’s okay to have Sociology and Psychology as a second major, but as a primary…think about it (unless you plan is to become a college professor or something).”</p>
<p>@110percentwahoo:
There is no one-to-one relationship between one’s major and career. I know people who majored in English and Psychology and now have successful business careers. I personally want to work in the criminal justice field. (Intended major: sociology)
Actually, for most fields, a humanities or social science degree is ideal. Just saying.</p>
<p>Not a lot of engineers here huh.
Engineering.</p>
<p>^ Ditto. </p>
<p>+1 for engineering.</p>
<p>Biological sciences here.</p>
<p>Computer science</p>