<p>Does indicating that you'd most likely study a field non-science related increase your chances of being accepted? As in, is it less competitive?</p>
<p>No, all domestic applicants are considered in one pool regardless of their stated curricular interests.</p>
<p>somehow related to math/science with your non-science major will be better.</p>
<p>theres no difference whatsoever, check the blogs, they say that outright</p>
<p>I guess technically no. However you will probably be considered much more diverse/unique if you posess exquisite skills/interest in the humanities in addition to science.</p>
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<p>This is sort of an unrelated question. Do the students in "hard" majors like eecs and aeronautical engineering look down on students studying easier stuff? Are non-science majors considered pussy majors?</p>
<p>Hee. Elitism at MIT? Of course not. =P</p>
<p>Mostly I think people are just rather attached to their majors, so there's friendly rivalry among all the departments, although the degree of friendliness greatly varies. =) I mean, my friends in aero/astro call me soft for majoring in MechE, even though....um, no. And I take every opportunity I can to take a shot at my EECS friends. Do we all get together and bash bio majors? We sure do. But do we really look down on them? Eh, there are some who do, but mostly it's just every man for himself.</p>
<p>Although nothing can save the management majors. ;-)</p>
<p>It's true, that sort of friendly bashing exists. But it's friendly. There are also non-science majors that don't get any of it, it seems. I mean, there's no way math is looked down on, even though it's not science. Linguistics and Philosophy majors are rare enough (well, depending on where you go) that I don't think I ever hear them relatively ranked in terms of academic difficulty. And then there are the disciplines that are science/engineering, yet I don't hear about much at all: civil, environmental engineering, earth air and planetary science, urban studies and planning..</p>
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<p>That's because math eats science for breakfast ;-)</p>
<p>And then vomits it back out. Don't bite off more than you can chew!</p>