<p>In the admissions process, does Brown University consider intended major?</p>
<p>very very very very very little</p>
<p>It used to say it did, particularly if one wanted something less common. But then it was probably deluged by people trying to game the system by claiming obscure majors. I know people on CC periodically ask if they can increase their chances at colleges by doing so. </p>
<p>Presumably colleges can see through this. If there is support for your claimed major elsewhere in your application, that is different.</p>
<p>So, I think being an intended Egyptology concentrator at Brown (it doesn't have majors) helped my daughter get in, especially since Brown is the only place that has this. However, she had three correspondence courses with an Egyptologist on her transcript, a recommendation from her, and even submitted a couple evaluated work samples. If she had a usual application and just put Egyptology down, I doubt it would have had the slightest impact.</p>
<p>That said, I don't think that any university is going to completely disregard at least the overall picture. They want to have different types who are interested in different things.</p>
<p>From what I understand it has little to no impact, but being a female engineer or something probably can't hurt...</p>
<p>yeah, I was going to go the female engineer route...
For the BS degrees they ask for two separate essays, wouldn't this mean that they would consider your choice (at least in a science vs. humanities way)?</p>
<p>Also on that topic, does anyone know if different people evaluate the science major essays for admission? i.e. the engineering deparment if that is your selected major, or chem, etc?</p>
<p>I don't think anybody special reads the essays....I am doing a ScB, but I applied as AB. The ScB extra essay and rec seemed like it would really be a pain.</p>