<p>are there many people in english majors or history or IR ? and is it easier to get accepted if you want to major in the humanities? you may ask why i wouldnt want to major in math or science but still want to go to MIT. the answer is that the campus is pretty much the coolest place ive ever been too!</p>
<p>wow i can't spell or punctuate. haha</p>
<p>You're not admitted based on major. They have a question on the application regarding what you're interested in, but I guess that's just to see if you're focused/have any interests. </p>
<p>They admit you to MIT...you pick your major later.</p>
<p>MIT does want to see that you have a solid foundation in the math and sciences during high school.</p>
<p>it may be a little easier to get into... diversity-wise, but harder in the sense that you may not be math/science inclined yet still have to be pretty good at it. There are enough humanities majors here but they have to pass the science core, too :)</p>
<p>^ It's really still not any easier to get in if you write down a humanities major -- like Spartan Pho3nix said, they don't admit by major, not even a leeeetle bit.</p>
<p>Some relevant links:
Degree</a> programs in the humanities, arts, and social sciences
[url=<a href="http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2010/subjects/girs.html%5DGeneral">http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2010/subjects/girs.html]General</a> Institute Requirements<a href="required%20classes%20for%20everyone,%20regardless%20of%20major">/url</a></p>
<p>I think maybe pebbles meant that if your interests fall outside the norm, you might be more "interesting" and that would improve your interests. This would still be true if you had such interests and wrote physics, but it's more likely that someone who plans to specialize in 19th century Irish poetry would write down Lit.</p>
<p>Science eats bugs. Study literature instead.</p>