<p>I am at a community college with 3.94GPA in liberal arts business major + a few science classes.I want to double major in the school I am transferring to. I am applying to transfer to the following Schools:</p>
<li>Cornell University </li>
<li>University of Penn</li>
<li>Penn State University</li>
<li>Columbia University</li>
<li>NYU
6.Carnegie Mellon</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins</li>
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<p>I am struggling between which major to apply. Some school only gives me one major to choose. Then I began to wonder if it is doable or worthy to double major in those two different areas. Or do I have to pick only one? Please give me some suggestion.</p>
<p>Impossible to do chemE w double major. Dont even think about it, this has been discussed hundreds of times, its impossible. BUT, you can do some kind of a minor, and I know cornell has an AEM (finance) minor specifically for engineering students. Maybe you should check that out.</p>
<p>I think he could pull it off. It would be a lot of work, but who are we to say whether he can or can't? If you set your mind to it, anything is possible.</p>
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I think he could pull it off. It would be a lot of work, but who are we to say whether he can or can't? If you set your mind to it, anything is possible.
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<p>The administration can say s/he can't. At some of these schools, they won't allow you to double major across schools (i.e. one major in the engineering school and one major in the arts & sciences school).</p>
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The administration can say s/he can't. At some of these schools, they won't allow you to double major across schools (i.e. one major in the engineering school and one major in the arts & sciences school).
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<p>What about a school that does allow it? If someone worked very hard, I could see them do it in 5 years.</p>
<p>Now, I don't think it's worth it. A major in ChE with a minor in Finance is a better option and certainly doable (I did that in 4 years). The major in finance won't really help too much unless he's looking for a finance position, and most of those positions want an MBA anyway.</p>
<p>Well, at some places a double major isn't so much more work than a minor.</p>
<p>If 120 hours are required for a major, and you need 30 extra hours for a double major, and you go in with 15 hours of AP credit... sounds like 17 hours per semester, on average, for 8 semesters.</p>
<p>I agree that the OP should ask himself what he really wants and needs. But if he decides he really does want and need what he's saying, then the answer to his question is yes, if the administration will allow it, he can do it with hard work.</p>
<p>Thank you guys. If I am accepted into one of those top schools, does it matter which major I choose? If I can choose only one, which makes me more employable? I mean, if I do chemical engineering, can I go into finance too? (If I get into cornell ,columbia, or carnegie mellon)</p>
<p>Engineering is one of the most flexible degrees out there. People hire chemical engineers to do all sorts of things, including finance positions.</p>
<p>The downside is that ChE is one of the most difficult undergraduate majors, so unless you're a superstar, your GPA will probably be lower as a ChE graduate than as a finance graduate.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s “impossible”, it’s just a matter of what you want to sacrifice. With a few credits from IB/AP, I finished a ChE curriculum in 8 semesters with a finance minor. To add a Finance double major, I would have needed 30 more hours. With three summers or a fifth year, I could have pulled it off. </p>
<p>Let’s assume the OP is in the same boat. What would a second BS cost today? Assuming you can get the classes in the summer, it costs three internships (worth about $20,000 in internship pay, and $10,000 in starting salary, which cascades through future salaries - assuming just 5 years of cascade, that’s $50,000) or an extra year ($0 - $40,000 depending on school and scholarships, and about $70,000 in one year’s salary, or about $50,000 after tax). </p>
<p>How would this benefit the OP? That’s the million dollar question (or, more appropriately, the $50,000 - $90,000 question). Is the difference between finance + ChE and just ChE or just finance enough to justify the cost? If it is, go for the double. But I strongly doubt it is.</p>
<p>And don’t start with the “but I’m really interested in both!” talk. If you’re interested in both, pick one to major in and either minor in the other or take your elective classes over there. If I picked up degrees in everything that interested me, I’d run out of wall space (and I’d be broke!).</p>