Least popular major?

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<p>I was just wondering as to what the least popular major or concentration at Princeton is... anyone have any insight as to this?</p>

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<p>so basically you want to increase your chances of admission by applying with that major?</p>

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<p>Underwater basket-weaving</p>

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<p>American Sign Language! :)</p>

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<p>Economics.</p>

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<p>English, duh</p>

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<p>The Common Sense major starring logic, reasoning, and, thanks to ms. north (or south) carolina, geography!</p>

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<p>darn, I honestly wanted to apply for Slavic Languages and Literature & might even end up studying it but I chose engineering instead & i’m not doing so hot in AP Calc. hopefully if I get an interview I can explain that I no longer have the intention to study engin. especially since I rock at languages!</p>

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<p>Really? Slavic languages? I would have thought a lot of people would want to learn Russian - I listed it as a possible major (along with econ and IR). Well, should I get in, I will have a lot more personal attention then, that is pretty nice!</p>

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<p>Classics, Anthro, EAS, and NES…</p>

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<p>Anthropology is a pretty large major I believe though?
At least, in my country it is quite popular. </p>

<p>Maybe really, really narrow fields within engineering too?</p>

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<p>The registrar’s office maintains the stats for the number of students in each major. Here are the stats for the last 10ish years:
<a href=“http://registrar.princeton.edu/university_enrollment_sta/dgconf.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.princeton.edu/university_enrollment_sta/dgconf.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I suspect that Russian’s popularity has ebbed since the end of the Cold War. These days, a very large number of people are studying Chinese.</p>

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<p>Given the strength of Princeton’s astrophysics department, I’m surprised that only two people graduated with a degree in it in 2008-2009.</p>

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<p>Well, I think that’s in large part because of the strength and reputation of the physics department which attracts many who might otherwise have gone astrophysics.</p>

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<p>Russian studies has changed dramatically - since the fall of the Soviet Union, there is far less money and fewer jobs, in and out of academia. Many departments have cut back greatly.
Astrophysics - starting salaries are low, jobs are scare.</p>