<p>My daughter is interested in the linguistics major at MIT. What is it like for non math/science majors? Her background is foreign languages (fluent in Spanish, good in French, has taken Latin, Hebrew and Arabic) and while she is good in math (taking AP calculus this year) has no interest in continuing it. She is in IB and will be valedictorian of her class.</p>
<p>I’ll get the warnings out of the way first: Although MIT is strong in many fields, including many humanities and social sciences, it is a science and engineering school first and foremost. Even students who don’t major in technical fields must complete the General Institute Requirements, which include both single-variable and multivariable calculus, two semesters of physics, a semester of chemistry, a semester of biology, and two restricted electives in science and technology.</p>
<p>Furthermore, MIT is chock-full of science and engineering majors, and the culture of the school is reflective of this fact. Although there are a number of students who graduate with non-technical majors, most students do major in science or engineering. A student who’s not interested in a technical field should definitely plan an overnight visit to see if MIT is a place he or she could thrive. It’s certainly not that MIT students care about science to the exclusion of everything else – extracurriculars in the arts, for example, are very popular – but the interest of most MIT students in non-science topics is avocational.</p>
<p>With that said, the linguistics department at MIT is top-notch, and with relatively few undergraduate majors (five degrees were awarded last year), the department is very small for undergrads.</p>
<p>HI guys,</p>
<p>I am a Canadian citizen and will be applying RD for MIT Sloan School of Management. </p>
<p>What are your guys stats like ?</p>
<p>@americanschools - This isn’t what this thread is about. If you really want to look at stats, see the RD/EA results thread. Though from the sound of your question, you are likely putting too much emphasis on stats :)</p>
<p>Hi pam - </p>
<p>Mollie covered most of it (as always). We have a wonderful linguistics program here, but all MIT students (no matter what their major) must take at least one full year of science and math classes. So if your daughter truly has no interest in continuing math beyond 12th grade, MIT is probably not a good match for her.</p>