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Double Major - Is It Worth it?

How many here are double majors or graduated with a double m...
aqua slimy locale skinny woman
  08/12/04
Double majors are worthless. Also, minors are not exactly...
Spectacular Gaping
  08/12/04
She needs to provide more information before you tell her no...
Shivering abode telephone
  08/12/04
No, she doesn't.
Spectacular Gaping
  08/12/04
For law school, having a 2nd major shouldn't provide a benef...
Shivering abode telephone
  08/12/04
A 2nd major won't help her for anything, period.
Spectacular Gaping
  08/12/04
I only did the single major and minor and got out in 3.5 yea...
pearl adventurous school
  02/10/05
Is minoring in a subject just for pure enjoyment/interest a ...
aqua slimy locale skinny woman
  08/12/04
No one gives a shit about minors so no, it's not a bad thing...
Spectacular Gaping
  08/12/04
If no one cares about minors, why do people minor? For t...
aqua slimy locale skinny woman
  08/12/04
Because they want to fill up resume space? Because they want...
Spectacular Gaping
  08/12/04
You're sounding narrowminded.
Razzle orange set filthpig
  08/12/04
Some don't. I'm not.
laughsome rambunctious stain
  08/13/04
I double majored in Computer Engineering and Math. A couple ...
violet internet-worthy feces
  08/12/04
Were you the one who posted the stats on others in your prog...
pearl adventurous school
  02/10/05
Yes, a fair number of fellow students got their degree (some...
violet internet-worthy feces
  02/10/05
Econ/English Lit. I took the English Lit for laughs.
Coral violent hall
  08/12/04
If you wanted laughs...
free-loading kitty resort
  02/10/05
It really depends on your future plans/goals. I'd recommend ...
carmine impressive roast beef community account
  08/13/04
Many people double major with one major that's more practica...
razzmatazz newt station
  08/13/04
bingo. i'm actually staying for a 9th term to get a second...
chrome step-uncle's house
  02/10/05
Your're that person that has the MIT PHD email.
Coral violent hall
  02/10/05
Which makes sense as MIT is a prime school for people who mi...
pearl adventurous school
  02/10/05
BUMP
aqua slimy locale skinny woman
  08/18/04
Don't need both of them. Pick one or the other.
Supple mother sneaky criminal
  08/18/04
Why?
aqua slimy locale skinny woman
  02/10/05
I did a double major in English and history and minored in I...
slap-happy dog poop
  02/10/05
I'm double majoring in astronomy and physics. It works out t...
Cordovan jet-lagged church
  02/10/05
It made sense to do it for me since there were no extra cred...
Coral violent hall
  02/10/05
no they are not worth it. pick an easy major and enjoy yours...
swashbuckling judgmental lodge mexican
  02/10/05
What if both majors happen to be easy?
aqua slimy locale skinny woman
  02/11/05


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Date: August 12th, 2004 7:08 PM
Author: aqua slimy locale skinny woman

How many here are double majors or graduated with a double major?

Do you feel the workload is worthwhile overall or you can gain the same success with the traditional major-minor?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168363)





Date: August 12th, 2004 7:41 PM
Author: Spectacular Gaping

Double majors are worthless.

Also, minors are not exactly traditional... Tons of schools don't offer them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168503)





Date: August 12th, 2004 7:57 PM
Author: Shivering abode telephone

She needs to provide more information before you tell her not to do a double major.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168598)





Date: August 12th, 2004 7:58 PM
Author: Spectacular Gaping

No, she doesn't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168606)





Date: August 12th, 2004 8:00 PM
Author: Shivering abode telephone

For law school, having a 2nd major shouldn't provide a benefit but you don't know whether or not she intends to go to law school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168610)





Date: August 12th, 2004 8:10 PM
Author: Spectacular Gaping

A 2nd major won't help her for anything, period.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168671)





Date: February 10th, 2005 10:53 PM
Author: pearl adventurous school

I only did the single major and minor and got out in 3.5 years, but my brother did dual EE and physics degrees while also being premed and graduated in 4 years and felt the work was all well worth it - he has patents in technologies that meld the engineering, medical school training, and physics, and is also an expert witness for patent disputes (which is his highest paying job).

It depends on what you want to do and how much of a self-learner you like to be as to whether you will benefit from the double major or not. Dean Kamen dropped out of college and yet he has made far more money than my brother melding engineering, medical knowledge, and physics into inventions just from his own self-educating. But both Dean and my brother are happy with the routes they took, so it's all good.

I can't recall ever meeting a person with a double major or dual degree who has regretted doing it. While most people with a single degree also don't regret just having one degree, I have heard of some people who feel if they had it to do over again, they would do a double major or dual degree, though I am not sure exactly what their reasons for this were.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2106373)





Date: August 12th, 2004 8:59 PM
Author: aqua slimy locale skinny woman

Is minoring in a subject just for pure enjoyment/interest a bad thing? Like for example, religious studies, Japanese, theater, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168884)





Date: August 12th, 2004 9:59 PM
Author: Spectacular Gaping

No one gives a shit about minors so no, it's not a bad thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1169229)





Date: August 12th, 2004 10:05 PM
Author: aqua slimy locale skinny woman

If no one cares about minors, why do people minor?

For the experience? Practical reasons? Personal reasons?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1169264)





Date: August 12th, 2004 10:08 PM
Author: Spectacular Gaping

Because they want to fill up resume space? Because they want to tell someone "Hey, I minored in Finance!"? Because they don't know any better? Because they fulfilled the requirements for the minor anyway so they might as well get it?

In other words, lots of reasons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1169280)





Date: August 12th, 2004 10:14 PM
Author: Razzle orange set filthpig

You're sounding narrowminded.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1169323)





Date: August 13th, 2004 3:15 AM
Author: laughsome rambunctious stain

Some don't. I'm not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1170978)





Date: August 12th, 2004 9:20 PM
Author: violet internet-worthy feces

I double majored in Computer Engineering and Math. A couple of the math classes I took were useful for graduate EE classes, but that's about it. Most people say that grad schools don't care about double majoring or graduating early, but I'm not so sure after hearing about students with higher GPAs, similar research experience, and probably better recs (mine were pretty generic) getting rejected by Stanford while I got in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168962)





Date: February 10th, 2005 10:46 PM
Author: pearl adventurous school

Were you the one who posted the stats on others in your program and most not only had two BS degrees, but got them in 2 or 3 years?

I also think that a double major can't hurt and can help, but won't always help, and should be done out of genuine interest for the topics rather than just to beef up a resume.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2106288)





Date: February 10th, 2005 10:53 PM
Author: violet internet-worthy feces

Yes, a fair number of fellow students got their degree (some double majors) in 2.5 to 3 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2106364)





Date: August 12th, 2004 9:23 PM
Author: Coral violent hall

Econ/English Lit. I took the English Lit for laughs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1168984)





Date: February 10th, 2005 10:54 PM
Author: free-loading kitty resort
Subject: If you wanted laughs...

why didn't you go for sociology?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2106382)





Date: August 13th, 2004 1:42 AM
Author: carmine impressive roast beef community account

It really depends on your future plans/goals. I'd recommend doing it only if it doesn't force you to stay an extra year (though I do know people who do that) or interrupt your education in any way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1170596)





Date: August 13th, 2004 9:34 AM
Author: razzmatazz newt station

Many people double major with one major that's more practical and one major that's more fun/less practical. For example, lots of people who love the arts will have one major in the arts (theatre, music, art, etc), but will be afraid of just majoring in that in case it falls through (which it probably will). So, they have a second major that is more likely to result in a career. Double majors are good if you WANT to take a lot of classes in two fields and just love both of them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1171375)





Date: February 10th, 2005 8:26 PM
Author: chrome step-uncle's house

bingo.

i'm actually staying for a 9th term to get a second major that i only recently decided i wanted.

doubling in neuroscience and media studies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2105181)





Date: February 10th, 2005 8:28 PM
Author: Coral violent hall

Your're that person that has the MIT PHD email.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2105201)





Date: February 10th, 2005 10:48 PM
Author: pearl adventurous school

Which makes sense as MIT is a prime school for people who mix science and art talents and interests.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2106305)





Date: August 18th, 2004 4:57 PM
Author: aqua slimy locale skinny woman
Subject: BUMP

How about a double major in Social Policy and African-American Studies?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1200942)





Date: August 18th, 2004 4:59 PM
Author: Supple mother sneaky criminal

Don't need both of them. Pick one or the other.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#1200960)





Date: February 10th, 2005 3:17 PM
Author: aqua slimy locale skinny woman

Why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2103046)





Date: February 10th, 2005 3:33 PM
Author: slap-happy dog poop

I did a double major in English and history and minored in International Relations - but it was ridiculously easy to do at my school. 10 classes required for the English major, 12 for the history.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2103112)





Date: February 10th, 2005 3:34 PM
Author: Cordovan jet-lagged church

I'm double majoring in astronomy and physics. It works out that half the physics major is required for astro, so it's more like 1.5 majors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2103114)





Date: February 10th, 2005 8:15 PM
Author: Coral violent hall

It made sense to do it for me since there were no extra credits involved. Just careful planning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2105077)





Date: February 10th, 2005 10:54 PM
Author: swashbuckling judgmental lodge mexican

no they are not worth it. pick an easy major and enjoy yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2106380)





Date: February 11th, 2005 11:33 AM
Author: aqua slimy locale skinny woman

What if both majors happen to be easy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=71863&forum_id=1#2108343)