<p>Do you think this is possible? Just pretend I am doing this at USC ( not accepted yet). I have a lot of AP credits and I get mostly A's. I have a 4.5 GPA weighted and have about 10 AP classes taken. I am a senior in high school. I want to be a musician and a screenwriter when I grow up. If I fail, my back-up is an engineer.</p>
<p>Major: Astronautical Engineering
Minor: Songwriting
Minor: Musical Studies
Minor: Cinematic Arts
Minor: Screenwriting</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation when I was in high school. I wanted to major in music and engineering as well. </p>
<p>Some schools only allow minors in areas of relevance. For engineering, that is usually math/physics. </p>
<p>Excluding general ed classes, there’s 0 overlap in engineering and music, unless physics was required for a music minor to calculate the frequency of a harmonic or something like that, but not likely. </p>
<p>It’s definitely possible if your school allows it, but it will add to your graduation time.</p>
<p>Yeah, you will not be able to finish it in 4 years most likely. Even coming in with AP credits, a lot of them aren’t as useful as you might hope towards your graduation requirements. Also, to get all those minors, you would probably need to dedicate at least a semester towards them alone but probably even 1.5 to 2 semesters depending on if any requirements for each can overlap. </p>
<p>If you try for this, good luck. Aero isn’t a cake walk so be prepared for a bit of work, especially if you try to cram in all those minors in 4ish years.</p>
<p>Oops, didn’t see the “finish in 4 years” part. Are you receiving credit for the the majority of your AP courses? I’m not sure what those minors require, but even with AP courses, 4 years is a bit of a stretch.</p>
<p>Without AP courses or any other form of college credit, that is not possible unless you take like 20+ credits every semester. </p>
<p>For music theory and songwriting, you’ll most likely have take a few theory courses. There’s a AP music theory course, did you pass that?</p>
<p>With zero overlap, each minor will typically take 1 to 1.5 semesters, so your maximum time with a normal courseload, no “pre-college” credits (like AP), and no hold-backs (like failed classes that need to be repeated) will be 6-7 years. Getting that down to 4 years will depend on a lot of factors:</p>
<p>(1) How many of those AP credits can you actually use at this school? Some may knock out 7-8 credits, some may not do anything for you based on your choice of majors.</p>
<p>(2) How much overlap is there between those minors? For example, can you use any Musical Theory classes to fulfill Songwriting requirements?</p>
<p>(3) After AP credits and inter-minor overlap, how many of the minor courses can be used to fulfill any requirements of your major? Every engineering program requires some arts and humanities courses, can you apply any courses from your chosen minors?</p>
<p>(4) Can you take courses over any summers? Bear in mind that at many schools, summer options are highly limited, but can you knock out a semester or two worth of classes by going straight through?</p>
<p>(5) How far “over the limit” can you go with your courseload before you break down or the school objects?</p>
<p>Lets try some numbers:</p>
<p>Let’s assume 144 credits for the major, and 18 per minor - that is a total of 216 credits. If you knock out 3 credits per AP class, that eliminates 30 prior to enrollment, leaving 186. Assuming you take 9 credits over each of 4 summers, that is another 36, leaving 150 credits. Over the course of 8 semesters, that is 18-21 credits per semester.</p>
<p>This is well within the limits of what is allowed at most schools.</p>
<p>But.</p>
<p>This is a bad idea. The schedule I just laid out makes a lot of assumptions, and is a recipe for burnout - constant work for 4 solid years. Plus, there is no room in there for internships, or scheduling problems, or repeated courses, or anything else at all. Heck, there probably isn’t time in there for extracurricular activities or, you know, talking to people outside of class.</p>
<p>So is it possible? Yeah, I think it is, if everything goes right. Is it a good idea? No, I really don’t think so. Because not everything will go right.</p>
<p>Either take some type of arts major or else take an engineering degree and maybe a minor’s worth of art courses. Don’t kill yourself like this.</p>
<p>why would you want to take on four minors? Just stick with engineneering and maybe one arts minor, or pursue those other things in your free time</p>
<p>Yup…you can do it and in fact they will let you graduate with Eng Major and four minors but your GPA will be 2.2 cumulative…yes, anything above GPA 2.0 the school will let you graduate.</p>
<p>Not that I would recommend this, but the best way to find out is to do the math.
Regular semester course load * 8 - number of AP credits counted + number of classes for a minor - number of classes overlapping for credit</p>
<p>I do not recommend doing engineering as a backup. You will regret it, whether in grades, wasted time commitment, or both. If you don’t particularly care for engineering, that’s even more problematic. Either way, you would be better served trying your hand at actual screenwriting/music work.</p>
<p>Why bother with five things that is One Engineering Major and Four Minor majors…while after college, all you need is ONE JOB only…OP: are you planning to jump around from one job/work after another just to satisfy your talent and skills?..just wondering…</p>
<p>With a AE major and 4 minors, AP credits are pretty useless as you will need so many required courses. Own son went into college with 45 AP credits, double engineering major. Had enough credits to graduate after just two years (as he took summer classes online to meet gen ed requirements). </p>
<p>See if you can have 4 minors. Any overlap in the required courses? Purpose of 4 minors? Pick 2 minors you really enjoy and would lead to a career.</p>