<p>I was wondering if MIT only accepts scientists? What if you are good at Maths and physics but are really interested in history or economics: would MIT still consider you ?</p>
<p>Of course. MIT is great not only for science and math departments, and has especially strong economics and linguistics/philosophy departments as well, among others.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people at MIT who are interested in one or more humanities or social science fields. It’s just that most people choose to take a few classes or simply have an avocational interest in the humanities; fewer people choose to major in them, although the econ department graduated 35 undergraduates last year.</p>
<p>I ended up majoring in science writing in course 21. It was a great program.</p>
<p>Why not; I loved history in high school and flirted with the idea of majoring in history. Now that I’m basically almost done with my biology major, I’m making that dream come true at MIT.</p>
<p>I’ve taken 11 humanities classes at MIT over 5 semesters already, and I can tell you that everyone of them have been excellent. The History department here is small, but the professors are top-notch.</p>
<p>I have actually applied to MIT precisely because I thought I would get a small LAC feel in my field of interest which is History, although I am strong in maths and sciences. So I made it clear in the application that what I am interested in is history.
Now that I have submitted the app, I have some doubts about this and the willingness of MIT to really consider a non-sciences oriented student.
All the examples above are about students who major in maths/sciences but then flirt with history which is not my case.</p>
<p>What you have to show in the application is that you’re capable of successfully getting through the GIRs. Beyond that, if you’re really excited about history, then let your flag fly. It’s not a requirement to have tunnel vision for science and engineering to get into or get through MIT, although you do have to be able to tolerate a certain amount of tunnel vision in the student body. </p>
<p>MIT will not shy away from admitting a great student who happens to be interested in one of MIT’s HASS programs. Plenty of people apply to MIT for the linguistics and economics programs – why should history be any different?</p>
<p>If you guys are admitted in the spring and still hanging around CC, I guarantee we will scrounge up a current 21H major to chat with you.</p>
<p>Yup, if you get admitted I can refer you to a current student who’s ONLY a history major at MIT. History and nothing else. : P</p>
<p>I got a History (21H) minor at MIT. As a 21H major, you would definitely get a lot of personal attention from the 21H faculty. Though I never did a 21H UROP, I know that they do some pretty interesting research that is (in some cases) fairly quantitative.</p>