<p>tortoise–Well do you mostly know people in those schools? (If you’re in Gemstone that’s pretty easily the case.)
Also consider UMD as a school, where are their strongest programs? Engineering. At least that’s what their known for other programs are good and highly ranked but not as well known. But the strongest students will apply to the Engineering programs because other students that strong will apply for schools that have strong programs in their area.</p>
<p>I personally know six or seven English majors, two Government and Politics majors, a business major, a Japanese major, more than ten Biology (different concentration) majors, and a similar number of Engineers. But keep in mind I’m in Gemstone and came in as a Bio major. I then switched into English and am now in the Writer’s House. So I know a wide spread of majors. There doesn’t seem to be much of a weight on major, (I think I knew a few letters and sciences people as well) but consider the sizes of schools as well.
I can’t actually find the numbers for each college (which I find weird), but Engineering, Business and the new Math/Chem and life sciences merger, plus BSOS make up the largest schools by far. ARHU, Journalism, Education and Agriculture etc., not so much. Plus there’s the school I know I completely forgot which is probably also small. </p>
<p>Spret–I want that to be true only because I’ve never spoken to anyone who actually has that major.</p>