<p>If I plan to apply to MIT under a social sciences/humanities major, are the chances of admission slightly higher (statistics lower perhaps?) than if I were to apply under an engineering major? I ask because I was talking with my GC about my options today and I told him that I loved MIT's econ/philosophy programs but I was fairly certain that I'd get rejected as my numbers aren't the greatest and I don't have many academic 'awards' but he claimed that I wasn't considering the fact that it's easier to get in if you're a SS/Humanities major as opposed to a natural science/engineering major (I know that this is a run-on sentence lol). But anyways, is he correct in what he told me?</p>
<p>I don’t think there is an advantage at all, as everyone ultimately chooses their major in sophomore year. What you say you are interested in is just for the MIT adcoms to understand why you ‘fit’ into MIT.</p>
<p>MIT’s Economics is world renown (as also its Sloan School of Management), so don’t think it is just Engineering that is competitive at MIT.</p>
<p>^ What Djokovic said.</p>
<p>^ What Piper XP said</p>
<p>Everybody applying to MIT is evaluated under the same criteria – admission isn’t done by major or department.</p>