<p>Does anyone know if you could do a business major at MIT as a Wellesley student? I really don't think I have a chance at getting into MIT...</p>
<p>A business major <em>at MIT</em> as a Wellesley student? Aren't you expected to take the majority of your credits at Wellesley as a Wellesley student?</p>
<p>Um, I don't think that's possible. You could take a couple of classes at MIT, but not major in anything there.</p>
<p>you can do the wellesley/mit double degree program where you go to wellesley for 3 years and then mit for 2 years, but management (business) isn't offerred as a major for that. most students that do that tend to major in the humanities at wellesley and then some sort of engineering at mit. mit restricts the students in the program to certain majors</p>
<p>amazon ... mit decisions came out on march 18. so you should know by now if you got in or not.</p>
<p>Sorry to burst bubbles here, but probably the biggest lie IS the Wellesley/MIT double degree program. I have a friend (we're both current sophmores) who specifically chose Wellesley for this double degree program, and when she got here and discussed it with the head of the chemistry department, he admitted that it was impossible to do, and that if she REALLY wanted to do it, Wellesley would not help her.</p>
<p>If you're looking for a business degree, then perhaps Wellesley is not the right school for you. The economics department is mighty strong though, and is one of the most popular majors.</p>
<p>thanks for clearing that up.</p>
<p>That's not good news the_wallflower. My D was planning to do a 3+2 with MIT in International Studies with the last two in the School of InternationaL Security at MIT. We knew we would have to get the approval of the Dean (s), but are you suggesting it is unlikely? D will find out this week about acceptance and then she can deal with that issue at that time.</p>
<p>i'm in the same boat as your daughter, tiredpapa</p>
<p>Be sure to discuss your dual-program plans/desires both with the class dean and with the chairs of the involved departments. In some (or even many) cases, it might be easier to plan on pursuing a separate Masters program after Wellesley, and it doesn't necessarily need to take any longer than five years, total.</p>
<p>I didn't participate in the dual-degree opportunities, nor did anyone I knew*, but I do know without any doubt whatsoever that it wouldn't have been the right choice for me. I changed my major twice (before I had to declare, thankfully) and ended up in a graduate program that I couldn't have imagined applying to even two years ago. </p>
<p>Bottom line: unless you're 100% certain that you know exactly what you want to do and don't plan on exploring other options or deviating from your current goals, don't worry too much about the feasibility of the dual-degree option with MIT. Things tend to work themselves out.</p>
<p>(* I did know -of- people in the program, mostly in architecture.)</p>