<p>I've heard that if, for example, you apply to a school that's famous for their math and science departments it's a lot easier to get in if you apply as a humanities major. Does anyone know if this is true?</p>
<p>Well, it would make sense that it might be easier because a lot of super qualified students are applying for the math department, that the humanities department is probably over looked by the majority of people applying there. Thus, (numerically) more qualified people apply for the math dep. while (numerically) less qualified students apply as a humanities major.</p>
<p>Some programs within a school can be more renown than other programs in that school. This means that it can be harder to get into some colleges/majors than others.</p>
<p>Yes. Although of course your transcript/ECs/rest of application must match what you write for a major. If you’re in the chemistry club and have taken all the science APs rather than the social study courses, John Hopkins might be a little suspicious if you write in some obscure humanities major like Sanskrit or Ancient Near East Studies (???) as your intended major</p>
<p>It probably varies by school, but I don’t think so, unless the university has different schools with different application processes like Georgetown. I think the prospective major listing just helps give admissions officers a better understanding of your overall application…especially since an absurd number of college students switch their majors.</p>