Do Your Research!
When researching colleges, find out which majors at each school are undersubscribed. We were working with a young woman who gained admission to Brown, not because her scores were stellar — because they weren’t — but because she had a proven track record as a scholar of African culture and history. Brown had recently poured money into its Africana Studies department, but there were few students majoring in the subject. This student’s interest in African studies made her an ideal candidate — not just because she was quirky, but because she filled a slot that was empty.
In order to find out about schools’ departmental enrollment, you can always email the department administrator at a particular college if you can’t find the stats you want on their website and say, “I am a Classics scholar and am researching various college departments. Can you let me know how many students are currently majoring in Classics?”
We aren’t suggesting that you “pretend” you are interested in a subject just because it happens to be undersubscribed at your favorite college. If you haven’t studied linguistics, speak only one language, and have no outside of school language activities or awards then it would be foolish to try to portray yourself as a future Linguistics major. On the other hand, math, for instance, is not often a popular major at liberal arts colleges. So, if you have genuine interests in both math and government, focus on math.
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