<p>So at Brown I know that the standard class is 4 per semester with32 total once graduation comes around. Depending on the majors can I triple-major? I’m just asking because I know that they don’t recommend more than double majoring but I have no idea what I’m going to do with all the extra classes.</p>
<p>I’m thinking of triple majoring in Poly Sci., Education Studies and History, which would fulfill 30 out of 32 classes. I’m not set on it, I might drop History just because I’m much more interested in the other two fields but I’m not set in stone on it. I just want to have the option.</p>
<p>Technically, I suppose. But that’s really not the way the open curriculum is designed to be used. The point is that you pick a concentration or two, and use the space in your schedule to take other classes that are interesting, but that may not fulfill concentration requirements. Some of those could very well be history classes, but you don’t need to actually concentrate in history - just take the classes that seem interesting.</p>
<p>You’re kidding, right? Have you looked at all the classes Brown offers? Hundreds, thousands? And you can’t find something – dozens, even – outside your concentration that looks interesting to you? If you are serious – then you shouldn’t go to Brown.</p>
<p>If you mean outside the concentration requirements (which it sounds like the OP means), then I fully agree with you, but as someone who did a heavy double concentration and took only 2/32 courses that couldn’t be used towards one of them (I needed 28 classes to fulfill my concentrations), I disagree that Brown students have to look outside their departments. </p>
<p>That being said, there were still several classes in my departments that I wanted to take and didn’t get to and looking back now, there’s a few classes outside the departments I wish I had taken (I wish I had taken at least one CS course as well as TA22), but other than maybe one class I did take, I wouldn’t want to give up what I learned to make space for the classes I wish I did take.</p>
<p>You know it would be a great luxury to just tool around the college and take courses that are famous for how well they are taught and how interesting they are. That would make a great thread topic.</p>
<p>@donaldbr
I agree with the demeanor and tone of the rest of the posters on this thread… Brown’s curriculum is set the way it is for a reason (one could argue “what curriculum?”). It is designed for people to be able to choose one or two main areas and then just use the rest of the time to explore and combine and explore some more. By doing a potential three concentrations, you are basically doing the exact OPPOSITE then what is aligned with Brown’s program. If you like all three things alot, pick one or two to be official notations on that degree at Brown and then just take the interesting classes in the the other one/two and then use your time to explore…</p>
<p>Like BrownParent echoes, the real luxury is just how much free space Brown students have. I, an aspiring premed, drool with the mention of getting into and going to Brown because of the flexibility and options it allows for its premed students (if you didn’t know, premed is one track by which opportunities are kind of limited especially at schools with rigid and time consuming requirements).</p>
<p>I am not saying anything to discourage you, I am simply questioning the need to have THREE official notations on your future degree if you went to Brown and did that.</p>
<p>You’re kidding, right? Have you looked at all the classes Brown offers? Hundreds, thousands? And you can’t find something – dozens, even – outside your concentration that looks interesting to you? If you are serious – then you shouldn’t go to Brown.</p>
<p>-It should be obvious that I’m not implying that all other classes aren’t interesting. It just makes me feel a bit guilty to take fun/interesting classes when I can take classes that buff my resume or make me a more desirable graduate applicant.</p>
<p>I’m probably going to stick with just Education Studies and Political Sciences then take some classes in Philosophy, Psychology and History. Still exploring the options</p>
<p>You seem to be under the impression that fun/interesting classes won’t make you “a more desirable graduate applicant.” Stop worrying about that. I’ve taken some very interesting and fun classes that I think were some of the best I’ve taken at Brown, and they’ve also been the ones in which I worked the hardest and thought the most.</p>
<p>“It just makes me feel a bit guilty to take fun/interesting classes when I can take classes that buff my resume or make me a more desirable graduate applicant.”</p>
<p>You’re under the mistaken impression that employers or grad school admissions committees admit transcripts rather than interesting people who love to learn. I suppose there are certain fields that value this (accounting, some engineering, CS, etc.) but the majority of college grads’ endeavors requires a little more “balance” than you seem to envision.</p>
<p>I have fireandrain’s same curiosity: why are you even looking at Brown, the antithesis of what you seem to desire?</p>
<p>Just want to add to the chorus that you’re working under a false assumption about what graduate schools or employers are looking for if you think a triple concentrator rather than a double or even single concentrator is more desirable.</p>
<p>What I mean when I say more desirable is that it gives me more options in terms of graduate studies. I love options which is why I like Brown and why I decided to go there. When I spoke about triple majoring I wanted to clarify that it is indeed an option there. I’m not looking at any more than double majoring at this point. Not sure why the end of my last post was ignored.</p>