Anonymous
12/30/2025 20:00
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Classics and several languages, such as German, are under-subscribed.
That would make sense. Classics typically requires Latin and/or Ancient Greek which few HS teach.
Curiously, Classics majors are good puzzle solvers. Parts of the IC love to hire classics majors.
Meh. That may have been true in the 1970s, but now they can hire people who do data science or math who are also good puzzle solvers.
Plus in these days of DOGE/Trump, there’s not much hiring in the intelligence community these days.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 19:51
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Classics and several languages, such as German, are under-subscribed.
That would make sense. Classics typically requires Latin and/or Ancient Greek which few HS teach.
Curiously, Classics majors are good puzzle solvers. Parts of the IC love to hire classics majors.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 15:08
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Classics and several languages, such as German, are under-subscribed.
That would make sense. Classics typically requires Latin and/or Ancient Greek which few HS teach.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 14:58
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Definitely no.
It's a stem major that requires high level stem courses, AP sciences, Calculus BC, etc. Also requires ES related ECs to demonstrate why major.
There may be weak applicants who think this is an easy major, but do not have stem rigor or ECs or both. On the other hand, strong stem applicants typically are interested in more traditional ECs, biomedical, computer science, etc., and they won't do well applying ES without the ECs.
Does anyone know if applicants need high level stem?
I don't think you need it for environmental studies, which is more of a humanities major. An applicant can apply there if don't have high level stem courses.
Different stories for environmental sciences or environmental engineering.
This is one of those majors that can go either more STEM or more public policy. The approach varies by school. Similar to public health and economics in this respect.
+1, you can basically frame an environmental science/studies degree in any way. Most env. Science majors are gonna require intro bio/intro chem and some upper div seminars. These don’t really require you to be an elite scientist.
This is not true for T20s. Environmental Science major requires Cal 1 Cal2 as well as science courses from Physics, Chemistry, Biology. Take a look at Rice, JHU, Emory, Washu, ...
Environmental Science and Environmental Studies are different majors in these schools.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 14:49
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Definitely no.
It's a stem major that requires high level stem courses, AP sciences, Calculus BC, etc. Also requires ES related ECs to demonstrate why major.
There may be weak applicants who think this is an easy major, but do not have stem rigor or ECs or both. On the other hand, strong stem applicants typically are interested in more traditional ECs, biomedical, computer science, etc., and they won't do well applying ES without the ECs.
Does anyone know if applicants need high level stem?
I don't think you need it for environmental studies, which is more of a humanities major. An applicant can apply there if don't have high level stem courses.
Different stories for environmental sciences or environmental engineering.
This is one of those majors that can go either more STEM or more public policy. The approach varies by school. Similar to public health and economics in this respect.
+1, you can basically frame an environmental science/studies degree in any way. Most env. Science majors are gonna require intro bio/intro chem and some upper div seminars. These don’t really require you to be an elite scientist.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 14:01
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Definitely no.
It's a stem major that requires high level stem courses, AP sciences, Calculus BC, etc. Also requires ES related ECs to demonstrate why major.
There may be weak applicants who think this is an easy major, but do not have stem rigor or ECs or both. On the other hand, strong stem applicants typically are interested in more traditional ECs, biomedical, computer science, etc., and they won't do well applying ES without the ECs.
Does anyone know if applicants need high level stem?
I don't think you need it for environmental studies, which is more of a humanities major. An applicant can apply there if don't have high level stem courses.
Different stories for environmental sciences or environmental engineering.
This is one of those majors that can go either more STEM or more public policy. The approach varies by school. Similar to public health and economics in this respect.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 13:28
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Definitely no.
It's a stem major that requires high level stem courses, AP sciences, Calculus BC, etc. Also requires ES related ECs to demonstrate why major.
There may be weak applicants who think this is an easy major, but do not have stem rigor or ECs or both. On the other hand, strong stem applicants typically are interested in more traditional ECs, biomedical, computer science, etc., and they won't do well applying ES without the ECs.
Does anyone know if applicants need high level stem?
I don't think you need it for environmental studies, which is more of a humanities major. An applicant can apply there if don't have high level stem courses.
Different stories for environmental sciences or environmental engineering.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 13:25
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Definitely no.
It's a stem major that requires high level stem courses, AP sciences, Calculus BC, etc. Also requires ES related ECs to demonstrate why major.
There may be weak applicants who think this is an easy major, but do not have stem rigor or ECs or both. On the other hand, strong stem applicants typically are interested in more traditional ECs, biomedical, computer science, etc., and they won't do well applying ES without the ECs.
Does anyone know if applicants need high level stem?
Anonymous
12/30/2025 13:20
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Definitely no.
It's a stem major that requires high level stem courses, AP sciences, Calculus BC, etc. Also requires ES related ECs to demonstrate why major.
There may be weak applicants who think this is an easy major, but do not have stem rigor or ECs or both. On the other hand, strong stem applicants typically are interested in more traditional ECs, biomedical, computer science, etc., and they won't do well applying ES without the ECs.
Anonymous
12/30/2025 13:06
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Where do you get that information?
Anonymous
12/30/2025 08:17
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oversubscribed = stem (including enviro sciences and math); business; engineering; CS
100+, expect for environment sciences.
Wrong - environmental sciences is now oversubscribed at most schools
Anonymous
12/30/2025 07:48
Subject: What are under-subscribed majors?
Classics and several languages, such as German, are under-subscribed.