tetrisfan

Which major, if you don't mind my asking?

ilovebagels

Egyptology: Brown
PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics): Penn

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I also wonder whether there is an admissions advantage when applying to less popular or obscure majors.

Booklady

That's something which has been discussed before on CC. If you apply to a less popular major and *if* it's clear from your classes and ECs that it's something you've been committed to all along, then it might give you a very slight edge. But it's not going to be any kind of major (you should pardon the pun) advantage.

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Brown has what are called concentrations, not majors. And, independent concentrations are encouraged. Students write proposals for independent concentrations.

There are 95 established concentrations.

Degree Concentration
AB Africana Studies
AB American Civilization
AB Ancient Studies
AB Anthropology
AB, ScB Applied Mathematics
ScB Applied Mathematics - Biology
ScB Applied Mathematics - Computer Science
AB, ScB Applied Mathematics - Economics
AB Archaeology and the Ancient World
AB Architectural Studies
ScB Biochemistry
AB, ScB Biology
ScB Biomedical Engineering
ScB Biophysics
ScB Chemical Physics
AB, ScB Chemistry
AB Classics (Standard Program)
AB Classics and Sanskrit
AB Classics: Greek
AB Classics: Greek and Latin
AB, ScB Classics: Latin
ScB Cognitive Neuroscience
AB, ScB Cognitive Science
AB Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship
AB Community Health
AB Comparative Literature: English and One Foreign Literature
AB Comparative Literature: English and Two Foreign Literatures
AB Comparative Literature: Literary Translation
ScB Computational Biology
AB, ScB Computer Science
AB, ScB Computer Science - Economics
AB Development Studies
AB East Asian Studies
AB Economics
AB Education Studies
AB Egyptology
AB, ScB Engineering
ScB Engineering - Physics
ScB Environmental Science
AB Environmental Studies
AB Ethnic Studies
AB French Civilization
AB French Language
AB French Literature
AB Gender and Sexuality Studies
AB, ScB Geological Sciences
AB, ScB Geology - Biology
AB, ScB Geology - Chemistry
AB, ScB Geology - Physics/Mathematics
AB German Studies
AB Hispanic Language and Linguistics
AB Hispanic Literature and Culture
AB History
AB History of Art and Architecture
AB, ScB Human Biology
AB, ScB Independent Concentration
AB International Relations
AB Italian Studies
AB Judaic Studies
AB Late Antique Cultures
AB Latin American Studies
AB Linguistics
AB Literary Arts
AB Literatures - Cultures in English
ScB Marine Biology
ScB Mathematical Economics
AB, ScB Mathematics
ScB Mathematics - Computer Science
AB, ScB Mathematics - Physics
AB Medieval Cultures
AB Middle East Studies
AB Modern Culture an Media - German
AB Modern Culture and Media
AB Modern Culture and Media - Italian
AB Music
ScB Neuroscience
AB Philosophy (Standard Program)
AB Philosophy: Ethics and Political Philosophy
AB Philosophy: Logic and Philosophy of Science
AB, ScB Physics
AB Political Science
AB Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
AB, ScB Psychology
AB Public Policy and American Institutions
AB Religious Studies
AB Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
AB Science and Society
AB Semiotics - French
AB Slavic Studies
AB, ScB Sociology
AB South Asian Studies
ScB Statistics
AB Theatre Arts
AB Urban Studies
AB Visual Art

dilksy

"Brown has what are called concentrations, not majors."

Lots of places call it a "concentration". It's still the same thing as a major.

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At Cornell, a concentration is different from a major. A concentration is like a minor but can be even more flexible than a minor. For example, at Cornell students in any major could also have a concentration in education or information science.

Here are the majors at Cornell:

Africana Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Agricultural Sciences College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
American Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences
Archaeology College of Arts and Sciences
Architecture College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Animal Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Applied Economics and Management College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Asian Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Astronomy College of Arts and Sciences
Biological Engineering College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Engineering
Biological Sciences College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Biology and Society College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Human Ecology
Biometry and Statistics College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Chemical Engineering College of Engineering
Chemistry and Chemical Biology College of Arts and Sciences
China and Asia-Pacific Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Civil Engineering College of Engineering
Classics (Greek, Latin) College of Arts and Sciences
College Scholar Program College of Arts and Sciences
Communication College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Comparative Literature College of Arts and Sciences
Computer Science College of Arts and Sciences
College of Engineering
Dance College of Arts and Sciences
Design and Environmental Analysis College of Human Ecology
Development Sociology College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Economics College of Arts and Sciences
Education, Agricultural Sciences College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering
Engineering Physics College of Engineering
English College of Arts and Sciences
Entomology College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Environmental Engineering College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Engineering
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Fiber Science and Apparel Design College of Human Ecology
Film College of Arts and Sciences
Fine Arts College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Food Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
French College of Arts and Sciences
German Area Studies College of Arts and Sciences
German (Literature and Culture) College of Arts and Sciences
Government College of Arts and Sciences
History College of Arts and Sciences
History of Architecture (transfer students only) College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
History of Art College of Arts and Sciences
Hotel Administration School of Hotel Administration
Human Biology, Health and Society College of Human Ecology
Human Development College of Human Ecology
Independent Major College of Arts and Sciences
Information Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Engineering
Industrial and Labor Relations School of Industrial and Labor Relations
International Agriculture and Rural Development College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Italian College of Arts and Sciences
Landscape Architecture College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Linguistics College of Arts and Sciences
Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering
Mathematics College of Arts and Sciences
Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering
Music College of Arts and Sciences
Natural Resources College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Near Eastern Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Operations Research and Engineering College of Engineering
Nutritional Sciences College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Human Ecology
Philosophy College of Arts and Sciences
Plant Sciences College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Physics College of Arts and Sciences
Policy Analysis and Management College of Human Ecology
Psychology College of Arts and Sciences
Religious Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Russian College of Arts and Sciences
Science of Earth Systems College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Engineering
Science of Natural and Environmental Systems College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Science and Technology Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Sociology College of Arts and Sciences
Spanish College of Arts and Sciences
Theatre Arts College of Arts and Sciences
Urban and Regional Studies College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

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programs at Penn

Accounting - Undergraduate
Actuarial Science - Undergraduate
Africana Studies
American Public Policy
Ancient Studies
Architecture
Asian American Studies
Bachelor of Applied Science
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Bio-Dental Submatriculation Program
Bioengineering
Biological Basis of Behavior
Biological Basis of Behavior & Health Services Management
Biology
Biophysics
Business - Undergraduate
Business and Public Policy - Undergraduate
Center for Africana Studies
Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Cinema Studies
Cognitive Science
Computational Biology
Computer and Cognitive Science
Computer and Cognitive Science (Dual Degree Program)
Computer Science
Computer Science and Engineering
Creative Writing Major/Minor
Creative Writing Program
Critical Writing Program
Digital Media Design

Dual Degrees - Undergraduate
Undergraduate | BS
Students at the Wharton School can also design a dual-degree program by combining their business degree with degrees in more than 50 areas of study through Penn's three other undergraduate schools.

Electrical and Systems Engineering
Engineering
English
Entrepreneurship - Undergraduate
Environmental Policy and Management - Undergraduate
Environmental Studies
Ethnohistory Program
Finance - Undergraduate
Folklore and Folklife (minor only)
French
Geology
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Global Analysis - Undergraduate
Health Care Management and Policy - Undergraduate
Hispanic Studies
Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business
Individualized - Undergraduate
Insurance and Risk Management - Undergraduate
International Relations
International Studies and Business
Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology
Joint B.A./J.D. Program in Arts and Sciences and Law
Joseph Wharton Scholars (JWS)
Language Certificate Program
Latin American and Latino Studies
Legal Studies - Undergraduate
Liberal Arts and Technology
Logic, Information and Computation
Management - Undergraduate
Management and Technology
Managing Electronic Commerce - Undergraduate
Marketing - Undergraduate
Marketing and Communications - Undergraduate
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Modern Languages Program
Music
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Nursing and Health Care Management
Nutrition
Operations and Information Management - Undergraduate
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Psychology
Real Estate - Undergraduate
Romance Languages
Secondary Education
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Sociology
South Asia Studies
Spanish
Statistics - Undergraduate
Theatre Arts
Undergraduate Fine Arts
Urban Education Program Undergraduate This seven course undergraduate minor
Urban Studies
Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management
Visual Studies
Women's Studies

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Dartmouth majors

Major Department/Program
African and African American Studies African and African American Studies Program
Ancient History Department of Classics
Anthropology Department of Anthropology
Arabic Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures
Art History Department of Art History
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program
Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy
Biology Department of Biological Sciences
Biophysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department of Chemistry
Chinese Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures
Classical Archaeology Department of Classics
Classical Languages and Literatures Department of Classics
Classical Studies Department of Classics
Cognitive Science Linguistics and Cognitive Science Program
Comparative Literature Comparative Literature Program
Computer Science Department of Computer Science
Earth Sciences Department of Earth Sciences
Economics Department of Economics
Engineering Physics Departments of Engineering Sciences and Physics and Astronomy
Engineering Sciences Department of Engineering Sciences (AB)
Thayer School of Engineering (BE)
English Department of English
Environmental Earth Sciences Department of Earth Sciences
Environmental Studies Environmental Studies Program
Film and Television Studies Department of Film and Television Studies
French Department of French and Italian
French Studies Department of French and Italian
Geography Department of Geography
German Department of German Studies
Government Department of Government
Hebrew Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures
History Department of History
Iberian Studies Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Italian Department of French and Italian
Italian Studies Department of French and Italian
Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program
Latino Studies Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Linguistics Linguistics and Cognitive Science Program
Mathematics Department of Mathematics
Mathematics and Social Sciences Mathematical Social Sciences Program
Music Department of Music
Native American Studies Native American Studies Program
Neuroscience Psychological and Brain Sciences
Philosophy Department of Philosophy
Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy
Psychology Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Religion Department of Religion
Romance Languages (French) Department of French and Italian
Romance Languages (Spanish) Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Russian Department of Russian
Russian Area Studies Department of Russian
Studio Art Department of Studio Art
Sociology Department of Sociology
Spanish Language, Culture, and Society Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish Literature Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Theater Department of Theater
Women's and Gender Studies Women's and Gender Studies Program

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Majors in Yale College
* means it can only be taken as a second major

African American Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

African Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

American Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

Anthropology (B.A.) III

Applied Mathematics (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Applied Physics (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Archaeological Studies (B.A.) II or III

Architecture (B.A.) II

Art (B.A.) II

Astronomy (B.A.) IV

Astronomy and Physics (B.S.) IV

Biology (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Chemistry (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Chinese (B.A.) I

Classical Civilization (B.A.) II

Classics (Greek) (B.A.) I

Classics (Greek and Latin) (B.A.) I

Classics (Latin) (B.A.) I

Cognitive Science (B.A.) III

Computer Science (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Computer Science and Mathematics (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Computer Science and Psychology (B.A.) III or IV

East Asian Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

Economics (B.A.) III

Economics and Mathematics (B.A.) III or IV

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (B.S.) IV

Engineering

Biomedical Engineering (B.S.) IV

Chemical Engineering (B.S.) IV

Electrical Engineering (B.S.) IV

Engineering Sciences (Chemical) (B.S.) IV

Engineering Sciences (Electrical, Environmental, or Mechanical) (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Environmental Engineering (B.S.) IV

Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) IV

English (B.A.) I

Environmental Studies (B.A.) II, III, or IV

Ethics, Politics, and Economics (B.A.) II or III

Ethnicity, Race, and Migration* II or III

Film Studies (B.A.) II

French (B.A.) I

Geology and Geophysics (B.A. or B.S.) IV

German (B.A.) I

German Studies (B.A.) II

Greek, Ancient and Modern (B.A.) I

History (B.A.) II

History of Art (B.A.) II

History of Science, History of Medicine (B.A.) II

Humanities (B.A.) II

International Studies* II or III

Italian (B.A.) I

Japanese (B.A.) I

Judaic Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

Latin American Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

Linguistics (B.A.) III

Literature (B.A.) I

Mathematics (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Mathematics and Philosophy (B.A.) II or IV

Mathematics and Physics (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (B.A. or B.S.) IV

Music (B.A.) II

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (B.A.) I or II

Philosophy (B.A.) II

Physics (B.S.) IV

Physics and Philosophy (B.A.) II or IV

Political Science (B.A.) III

Portuguese (B.A.) I

Psychology (B.A.) III

Religious Studies (B.A.) II

Renaissance Studies (B.A.) I or II

Russian (B.A.) I

Russian and East European Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

Sociology (B.A.) III

South Asian Studies*

Spanish (B.A.) I

Special Divisional Major (B.A. or B.S.) I, II, III, or IV

Theater Studies (B.A.) I or II

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (B.A.) I, II, or III

Booklady

FYI, the roman numerals refer to the distribution requirements at Yale, showing which area(s) that particular major has classes in.

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areas of study at Columbia

African-American Studies
American Studies
Ancient Studies
Anthropology
Applied Mathematics
Archaeology
Architecture
Art History
Art History and Visual Arts
Asian American Studies
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Biology
Biophysics
Chemical Physics
Chemistry
Classics
Classical Studies
Comparative Ethnic Studies
Comparative Literature and Society
Computer Science
Computer Science-Mathematics
Creative Writing
Dance
Drama and Theatre Arts
Earth Science
East Asian Studies
Economics
Economics-Mathematics
Economics-Operations Research
Economics-Philosophy
Economics-Political Science
Economics-Statistics
Education
English
Environmental Biology
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Science
Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species
Film Studies
French
French and Francophone Studies
German Literature and Cultural History
Hispanic Studies
History
History and Theory of Architecture
Human Rights
Italian Cultural Studies
Italian Literature
Jazz Studies
Latino Studies
Linguistics
Mathematics
Mathematics-Statistics
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Modern Greek Studies
Music
Neuroscience and Behavior
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Political Science-Statistics
Portuguese
Psychology
Regional Studies-Africa
Regional Studies- East/Central Europe
Regional Studies-Latin America
Religion
Russian
Russian Language and Culture
Russian Literature and Culture
Slavic Literature and Culture
Slavic Studies
Sociology
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Urban Studies
Visual Arts
Women’s and Gender Studies
Yiddish Studies

Applied Mathematics
Applied Physics
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Earth and Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Engineering and Management Systems
Engineering Mechanics
Financial Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Operations Research

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Princeton degree programs

Anthropology A.B.
Architecture (School of) A.B. M.Arch.
Art and Archaeology A.B.
Astrophysical Sciences A.B.
Chemical Engineering B.S.E.
Chemistry A.B.
Civil and Environmental Engineering B.S.E.
Classics A.B.
Comparative Literature A.B.
Computer Science A.B./B.S.E.
East Asian Studies A.B.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology A.B.
Economics A.B.
Electrical Engineering B.S.E.
Engineering and Applied Science (School of) B.S.E.
English A.B.
French and Italian A.B.
Geosciences A.B.
German A.B.
History A.B.
Mathematics A.B.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering B.S.E.
Molecular Biology A.B.
Music A.B.
Near Eastern Studies A.B.
Operations Research and Financial Engineering B.S.E.
Philosophy A.B.
Physics A.B.
Politics A.B.
Psychology A.B.
Religion A.B.
Slavic Languages and Literatures A.B.
Sociology A.B.
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures A.B.
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs A.B.

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Harvard concentrations

African and African American Studies
African Studies Track
African American Studies Track
Anthropology
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Social Anthropology
Applied Mathematics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Biochemical Sciences
Biology
Neurobiology (Mind, Brain, and Behavior)
Chemical and Physical Biology
Chemistry
Chemistry and Physics
Classics
Classics
Classics-Greek and Classics-Latin
Classical Archaeology
Greek and Roman History
Classics and Medieval Greek/Medieval Latin/Modern Greek
Computer Science
Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Earth and Planetary Sciences
East Asian Studies
Humanities Track
Social Sciences Track
Economics (updated 1/8/08)
Engineering Sciences
AB in Engineering Sciences
SB in Engineering Sciences
English and American Literature and Language
Environmental Science and Public Policy
Folklore and Mythology
Germanic Languages and Literatures
German Literature
German Cultural Studies
Scandinavian Studies
Government
History
History and Literature
History and Science
Mind, Brain, and Behavior
History of Art and Architecture
Human Evolutionary Biology
Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Linguistics
Linguistics Track
Linguistics with Related Field Track
Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Literature
Mathematics
Mathematics and Teaching Option
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Music
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Neurobiology
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Philosophy
Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Physics
Applied Physics Option
Biophysics Option
Physics and Teaching Option
Psychology
Psychology and Neuroscience (Mind, Brain, and Behavior)
Social and Cognitive Neuroscience
Religion, Comparative Study of
Romance Languages and Literatures
French and Francophone Literature
French and Francophone Studies
Hispanic Literature
Hispanic Studies
Italian Literature
Italian Studies
Latin American Studies
Portuguese and Brazilian Literature
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Romance Studies
Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Sanskrit Language and Literature
South Asian Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Social Studies
Sociology
Special Concentrations
Statistics
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Track
Quantitative Finance Track
Visual and Environmental Studies
Studio Arts
Film/Video
Film Studies
Environmental Studies
Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Studies of

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Cornell will be offering a new major in Viticulture and Enology.
Grape-growing and wine-making.
Applicants must submit samples of their work.