<p>I am curious to know what majors are most common and least common at Harvard. This might provide some insight into the relatively strong/weak departments. Also, please don't list obscure majors for the least common. Do things that have a significant presence at other schools, but not necessarily at Harvard. For example, something like architecture.</p>
<p>The most common concentration at Harvard is Economics.</p>
<p>"Also, please don't list obscure majors for the least common. Do things that have a significant presence at other schools, but not necessarily at Harvard. For example, something like architecture."</p>
<p>Okay, given that restriction, then there is a tie for least common for all those concentrations that are offered at other schools but not at Harvard - undergrad Business for example.</p>
<p>I believe the least common concentration that is actually offered at Harvard and has its own department is Folklore and Mythology.</p>
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<p>Uh what can you do with a major in Folklore and Mythology? It probably serves as an enrichment department for double majors.</p>
<p>There was an opinion article in a newsweekly a few years ago by a Harvard folklore concentrator who related that she had trouble finding a job after she graduated. Maybe she only had that major, and didn't think ahead about the job market for it.</p>
<p>about how many people per class year major in engineering?</p>
<p>I thought it would be something like Government, although that may be Yale.</p>
<p>haha one of my friends is majoring in folklore and mythology!</p>
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<p>I am curious... does anybody know of a source where I can find how many students major in each major?</p>
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<p>This never really occurred to be until now, but what do the majority of people who major in Gender Studies do afterwards? (Assuming they didn't double with econ or something).</p>
<p>The student handbook gives the number of concentrators for each major for the last few years (as well as lots of other helpful information.): FAS</a> Handbook for Students: Table of Contents</p>
<p>Folklore and mythology isn't not the smallest major. I think it's Sanskrit, but I didn't check all the likely suspects. There were 110 engineering students in 2006.</p>
<p>I knew Gender studies students in my day who went on to Law school and others who stayed in academia.</p>
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<p>I know a Folk + Myth grad who went on to do consulting... Quite a few companies don't care what your concentration was, so long as you can prove yourself smart + capable.</p>
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<p>And have creativity. And have some common sense and logic and a bit of BASIC...very basic math skills. All very useful for consulting. </p>
<p>And it can't hurt to be personable. As you can see, being a econ major doesn't necessarily mean you have those skills, nor does being a Folk+Myth concentrator deny you of those very same qualities.</p>
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<p>Just curious, but how would you prove you are smart and capable as a Folk and Mythology major? I guess you can talk econ and math classes, but I'm assuming you would already be at a disadvantage compared to your peers who are majoring in econ and math.</p>
<p>The reason I ask is because I want to major in fields of interest completely unrelated to econ or math but would like to work in the finance sector afterwards.</p>
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Just curious, but how would you prove you are smart and capable as a Folk and Mythology major? I guess you can talk econ and math classes, but I'm assuming you would already be at a disadvantage compared to your peers who are majoring in econ and math.
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<p>Have a high GPA (and to a lesser extent, high SAT scores... quite a few companies ask for those). Put together a solid resume, with impressive "ECs" and the like. Demonstrate that you have the ability to be quantitative + analytical (through ECs, or by taking classes).</p>
<p>(I'm a Human Evolutionary Biology major, and I'm about to apply for Consulting/Finance internships)</p>
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<p>Lisa Henson was a Folklore and Myth major</p>
<p>336 Psychology Majors in 2006....is that a high number?</p>
<p>Your kidding about the SAT scores right?</p>
<p>Kyzan - I'm serious. From a Lehman Brothers email I received today:</p>
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<p>Can anyone tell me what majors were offered at Harvard back in the late 19th Century (specifically the 1880s)?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>