<p>What are they and will it boost your chances when applying to colleges if you say you want to do them?</p>
<p>And please don't give me the whole "your EC's must show passion and fit your intended major so putting down a rare major you show no interest in won't help you at all". </p>
<p>Just this once, let's assume you DO "fit" the major, whatever it may be and just maybe you were planning on putting 'undecided' to keep an open mind. Given that, in such a situation, would it help you more, solely in terms of gaining admission, to go ahead and put down that obscure major you can easily prove yourself to be interested in?</p>
<p>Well, I'm putting double major with Geology and Biology down because it'll lead me to be prepared to get a doctorate in Oceanography... I guess Geology is probably a pretty rare major, I've never really thought about it. Any thoughts on that? (Also, does anyone know of any good undergrad schools that offer an Oceanography major? Preferably very similar to Bowdoin College in Maine.)</p>
<p>Majors usually don't matter, the school/program into which you are applying does.</p>
<p>For example, Penn has 4 programs: Wharton, Nursing, Engineering, Arts and Sciences.
Wharton and Arts and Sciences are usually more difficult to get into, because Business, and most other majors are pretty similarly competitive. However, Nursing and Engineering are easier (Relative to the other two schools, still incredibly competitive)</p>
<p>The major in Arts and Sciences or Engineering is irrelevant, only which of the 4 schools you are applying to. Most schools that I know of work this way, including the local LACs (I live in Southern CA) and the UCs.</p>