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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FFS, some of our males are actually very interested in the humanities.

It's pissing me off that so many pps are trying to game the system by falsely claiming to want to major in them.[/quote]

The Admissions team can tell the difference, based on activities over the course of high school. The top ones do not admit by major so it is only a slight boost to have a less-common interest.  [/quote]

We have heard reps [b]at college fairs say "we are very interested in recruiting [humanities] majors" (various subjects, from foreign language to philosophy).[/b] So they don't "admit by major" but it's obvious that some departments in the school think they don't have enough students. How much this helps you is unknown. And the only way to find out what these schools "want" is to ask them. And of course, you'd have to know this freshman year for it to matter - you can't suddenly take four years of French when you're a senior, you have it or you don't - and if you did know what they want as a freshman there would be no guarantee it would still be true when you were a senior.

Basically, go do what interests you, don't bother trying to figure out "what Pomona wants".[/quote]

Have heard similar messaging from private selective schools too. 
Have no idea how they make it work, except I do know that the anthropology, philosophy and classics majors from our private end up at T25 private. 
Yes, they are smart kids but not always the top.
Good /great ECs too.

Sara H spends a ton of time in her FB group helping families choose less subscribed majors and ensuring there’s enough evidence for major.

From the big name private counselors (NY based) I’ve talked to, I do think major choice (and requisite evidence) matters a lot in admissions decisions. They heavily focus on it when discussing narrative.

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