<p>I finished all my undergraduate requirements before entering my college. I can finish a double major in Molecular Biology and Applied Mathematics fairly easily in four years. However, I would also like to have a strong background in Computer Science because I eventually want to go into the field of Bioinformatics. Should I triple major in Molecular Biology, Applied Mathematics, and Computer Science or does that sound like a "death sentence" for the amount of work involved? If I take this route I would need to take 5 hard science courses every semester for four years.</p>
<p>Why don’t you take it slow? Doing a double- or triple-major might force you into taking a lot of classes that you may not be interested in. Take computer science. You probably like programming (= intro and data structures). How do you feel about the technical and theoretical aspects of the field? Are you interested in computer organization? Compilers? Turing machines? </p>
<p>Unless you sincerely want to take every single class for all three majors, I would recommend you pick one major and only take those classes in the other fields which you are actually interested in. If you take enough classes for a minor or double-major, great. And no loss otherwise.</p>
<p>I assume you are not too far into college yet. There will come a point in time when you get tired of taking classes you are required to take, both inside and outside of your major. You don’t want to be one of those students who have to choose between dropping their major and working on this really cool project with Professor XYZ.</p>