<p>Current Harvard sophmore and a friend of a friend told me that one has a better chance of getting into Harvard if he/she chooses to major in Chemistry instead of Biology, giving that these two majors are the choises of interest.
Do you think this could be true?</p>
<p>Probably; Biology majors are much more common than Chemistry, which means chem majors have a higher demand…</p>
<p>Harvard Admissions does not accept students based upon intended majors/concentration/interests, as they know most students will switch majors at least once during their college years. </p>
<p>But, if you choose to ignore that advice and believe your friend of a friend . . . you’d have a better luck applying as undecided or a comp sci or math major than a Bio or Chemistry major. See statistics for the class of 2015: [Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Statistics](<a href=“http://admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/statistics.html]Harvard”>http://admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/statistics.html)</p>
<p>Intended Field of Concentration
Humanities 19.2%<br>
Social Sciences 24.8%<br>
Bio Sciences 23.4%<br>
Physical Sciences 9.5%<br>
Engineering 12.4%<br>
Computer Science 1.9%<br>
Math 7.6%<br>
Undecided 1.1%</p>