<p>What major/concentration at Harvard has the highest admit rate? I looked through the internet. . . couldn't find much. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Doesn’t really work that way for the most part. Granted, they like to keep the Harvard community diverse so they’ll work to keep a nice balance amount sciences, social sciences and humanities. Nonetheless, don’t think that declaring Folklore and Mythology or Sanskrit and Indian Studies on your application will give you a one-up. The college is fine with not having every type of person present on the campus simultaneously (i.e. there are years when not all 50 states are represented and currently there is no class of 2011 concentrator in Germanic Languages and Literature) so it usually doesn’t help when one uses that approach.</p>
<p>declaring a major without a strong background or love for that field of study can hurt you. harvard does need people to major in obscure disciplines, but they recognize when people are trying to game the system.</p>
<p>Unlike UCB or CMU or specialized departements at Cornell there
are no special concentration specific admits to Harvard. The NEC
program is the only (?) exception but it is a joint undertaking rather
than a concentration.</p>
<p>Harvard, akin to a good ice cream shop, provides such an incredible
breadth and depth of content that it is easy for you to go in thinking
you will be buying a butterscotch and end up with a praline english
toffee ice cream.</p>
<p>If you have been spending all your time in high school delving into
some obscure language or culture and it is evident that you are
passionate about this area it could make a difference to your
prospects. The point at which it would make a difference for Harvard
though would be painful if your heart were not in it. Total immersion in
every aspect of the obsure area would need to be evident with
other scholars willing to attest to your contribution.</p>
<p>It would be foolish to say the least to try and mislead a Harvard
admissions officer. They have a plethora of experience behind
their selection process and can smell a phony thousands of miles
away :)</p>
<p>“If you have been spending all your time in high school delving into
some obscure language or culture and it is evident that you are
passionate about this area it could make a difference to your
prospects. The point at which it would make a difference for Harvard
though would be painful if your heart were not in it. Total immersion in
every aspect of the obsure area would need to be evident with
other scholars willing to attest to your contribution.”</p>
<p>Totally correct. The field doesn’t need to be THAT obscure though–Classics, Astronomy, etc. are all undersubscribed.</p>
<p>A women with interest in the engineering program. Strong interest ;)</p>
<p>I agree with the comments about not trying to game the system.</p>
<p>Being a Statistics concentrator myself, I am also obliged to point out that correlation does not imply causation! Even if you can find these figures on what concentrations had the highest admission rate, that doesn’t mean Harvard favors students in that concentration. For example, if Mathematics were the highest admitted concentration, it could simply be because students that apply to be Math concentrators tend to be very qualified students (for example). Does that make sense?</p>
<p>So don’t put any real stock in these numbers even if you do find them.</p>