<p>Does Stanford accept the student or accept by the major chosen. Like does the major I put down effect my decision (if i will be rejected or accepted)</p>
<p>NO, it doesn’t-</p>
<p>Colleges do indeed take into account what your intended major is, as they need to fill classes in less popular departments to justify their budgets. I’ve been impressed at the otherwise so-so students accepted to top schools once they (convincingly, mind you) declare an intent to major in Classics, German, etc. It helps to contact the department chair.</p>
<p>Underwater Basket Weaving is the best major ever.</p>
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<p>But more seriously, each college would have its own internal policy regarding this. They might state that it’s not a deciding factor, but you never know what really happens, especially if you’re a borderline applicant.</p>
<p>You should know enough about the major you’re applying to, of course. Otherwise you’d get screwed in the interview or essays.</p>
<p>@Dad2-when a student emails the head of a department, what does he say?</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, Stanford admissions in the 80s or something was approached by math faculty who said the department wasn’t strong enough. So the admissions committee let math professors have some say in the admissions process, which if I am correct continues to this day. Not to say you should put down math, as actions have been taken to make the math department sufficiently strong. </p>
<p>The majors that might gain an advantage today is humanities and arts. The vice provost of the University wants to increase the arts presence at Stanford university, and humanities can always be stronger. I heard that the admissions office is heeding this advice, though I don’t know how. For all I know they could just recruit performers and humanities types more heavily, increasing the number of applications from such groups, which thereby increases the strength of such departments without having to give any preference in the admissions process. </p>
<p>That said if you’re clearly a math person and put down drama for a major, it won’t help you and might in fact hurt you. And the boost, if any, is probably very minimal.</p>
<p>In all its important to remember that Stanford admits you to the university, not a major, so in any case they will still only admit applicants who can succeed throughout the university. Although many here do decide to shun other fields, that doesn’t mean they can’t be somewhat successful were they to pursue those fields.</p>
<p>I don’t know what Stanford does internally, but keep in mind that it’s really easy to declare and switch majors, and that you’re not bound by the majors you put on the application.</p>
<p>i doubt your major will matter much.
because 70% of undergrads change their major and they know that.
the only exception may be engineering</p>
<p>I put my major as engineering, but now im worried because i feel like my stats are not too great. Should I email them and see if i can change my major?</p>
<p>Seems like it’s a bit late for that since decisions are coming out in 3 days, maximum. I think the effect on your application would be negligible, don’t stress about it.</p>