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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of it is that English or other humanities majors have higher acceptance rates and lower selectivity, often used or proposed by DCuM as a back door to enter elite colleges.  [/quote]

Elite colleges might have separate schools of engineering with lower acceptance rates, but otherwise don't generally admit into certain majors. And certainly don't release acceptance data by major.[/quote]

Not just engineering.  There are many many oversubscribed majors, finance, premed.

Where they have separate engineering school, their CAS also offer Computer Science major (Cornell, Columbia).  Penn is free to take CS courses, and / or double major.

DCUM counselors frequently shouted "it's the major!".  But yes, one can sneak in as English major then switch to Econ.  That leads to disrespect.[/quote]

Premed isn't a major.

Name a top 20 school, other than Cal and UCLA, that has a separate admissions process/data for English vs biology or economics.[/quote]

So, are you saying DCUM counselors were wrong?

Every time when Asian are discriminated against in the admission process, DCUM counselors claim that it's the major, it's the major!
So is it, or is it not?  [/quote]

Yes, I am most definitely saying that dcum "common wisdom" is wrong about a lot of things. Schools want to build classes with students interested in a variety of things, so aren't going to accept all math competition winners and may look twice at someone who won a prestigious poetry award. A math competition winner saying they are interested in English doesn't change anything.[/quote]

A prestigious poetry award?  Are you nuts? That certainly gets admitted.

Most applicants are well rounded students with garden variety ECs that are not as pointy as a prestigious poetry award.  Obviously they aren't getting in the oversubscribed majors.  English, history, women studies, obviously are ways to go, particularly for boys.  I think that's what DCUM counselors were suggesting.[/quote]

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