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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's where they stick athletes and admits they made a mistake on who are incapable of the math required for a business or stem major or the writing and research required for a liberal arts major [/quote]

Is that true for all schools?

My daughter is actually really interested in this…[/quote]

A major is usually only 25% of college coursework.  So it doesn't control/dominate the experience.  When people feel concerned about a major, I always suggest dual majoring.

English major counts are declining.  I see Communications, like Marketing, as a more commerce-oriented field, but I believe these topics are worthy of being college majors so I don't think they should be disdained.

I have no association between athletes and Communications.  Only with Kinesiology, P.E. Education, and Sports Management majors.  I learned about kinesiology from watching player bios during games. I associate Communications with women who might otherwise go into English or Marketing.[/quote]
No need to double major, just take courses in other subjects and find the applied ones that'll lead to a job. Major in the fun, coursework in the things that'll get you the job[/quote]

Would these Comm majors be over or under subscribed, compared to history, sociology, ethnic studies, American studies?[/quote]

That would likely depend heavily on the school.  Look for data on bachelor's degrees awarded.  Not all schools would have every major you listed.  National stats don't matter because local job markets vary.

I personally am in favor of having a practical-sounding major.  That's why dualing or minoring is useful.  You get more chances to talk about that factoid "What's your major" than chances to list or discuss individual classes.[/quote]

If all these majors are in the same school, then it should be quite easy to double major. Agree on long term benefit.

But if there is a strategic advantage in declaring one major at the application phase, I wouldn’t want my kid to declare communications if all of those slots are taken by athletes?? Make sense?

Kid has demonstrated EC interest in media/communications (2 ECs and 1 internship), along with other activities highlighting sociology/history/hyphenated Americana (4 ECs and another internship) etc…

Thinking schools like:
Vanderbilt 
Michigan
Stanford
USC

Is it advantageous at any of these types of schools to declare Comm as a major over sociology/Am Studies etc? How would you even tell?

Please help!
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Not sure.
See College Raptor.
Stanford has 25 Comm & Media Studies grads and 25 History and 12 Sociology?

Assume this is graduates? If so, sociology is the way to go, right?

https://www.collegeraptor.com/colleges/majors/Stanford-University-CA--243744[/quote]

It would appear sociology is undersubscribed [/quote]

I think probably more undersubscribed than Comm[/quote]

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