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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS[/quote]

Disagree on the environmental science.  This is definitely an under-subscribed major.

Looking through pages of instagrams posted here, private schools or public schools, I have not seen many kids declaring environmental science.  Math, yes, there are quite a number of kids going for that major. [/quote]

I would think it varies somewhat by school. DD is an environmental science major and only applied to schools (mainly LACs) where ES was one of their largest programs. It seems a very popular major among the kids I know in her grade (she's now a college sophomore) but that probably just reflects our common interests. Those kids generally are not at super-selective colleges but are at schools where ES is a strength.

I do wonder, given the political/funding trends, if there is a pull back this year on kids declaring that as a major.

Looking at the data on degrees conferred in College Navigator could help you see if a certain major is popular or not at a particular college.[/quote]
At an LAC? The research funding wouldn’t be an issue. Most of it is self funded. The issue comes that you can only afford so many students in lab courses and summer research projects.[/quote]

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