<p>Is it possible to balance out both a degree from Kelley (Finance) and one from CAS (BS in Computer Science)? </p>
<p>Does anyone know of anyone who is doing this? </p>
<p>Just wondering as I will be applying to colleges this upcoming fall and I am seriously considering IU.</p>
<p>I am currently double majoring in the two majors you mentioned in your post (at IUB, of course). It is certainly possible to double major in these subjects but for the average freshman the workload will be very difficult to manage if you take core classes in both business and CS. The first CS Major class (CSCI C211) is extremely demanding; the weekly programming assignments can take anywhere from 10-16 (or more) hours - a big incision into my study time for all of my other classes. The required computer classes at the B-school are a complete joke compared to ANY class in the CS major. </p>
<p>As a precaution I would only take C211 freshman year if you're a direct admit to Kelley. Though I did do well in that course (B+), I was unable to do well in my other classes due to the lack of time available for studying. As a result of that semester, I jeopardized my admission to the B-school because of borderline grades. I have no idea if I will be admitted or not so I can't deduce whether double majoring in Finance/CS was a good decision or not. I do not intend to discourage you from double majoring, I just want to inform you of the potential risks so that you don't end up in the situation I'm in right now.</p>
<p>I just checked out the requirements for Direct Admission into Kelley and looks I just barely made the cut.</p>
<p>I was looking at the recent group of IBW students and noticed that most of them had both Finance + Accounting. Do you think it would put me at a disadvantage of I did Finance + CS instead? Would it be possible to even do all 3 majors?</p>
<p>No, I don't think you'd be at a disadvantage if you did Finance + CS. In fact, I think it would help differentiate you from all of the F&A majors when looking for a career since the logic required for CS is much more analytical than the relatively straightforward logic required for Accounting. </p>
<p>It is possible to triple major in Finance/Accounting/CS but it would take an upwards of 5 years to complete, with summer classes included. I actually decided just to minor in CS instead of picking it up as a second major simply because of the fact that the CS major in itself requires many superfluous gen ed classes that I don't expect to have any real contribution to my education. By minoring in CS I can take all of the core classes in the CS department without all of the extra gen ed junk, and all of the core CS classes combined would complete the gen ed requirement for Kelley.</p>
<p>However, I think a more realistic option is to double major in Finance/Accounting and minor in Computer Science. You may not have the prestige of being a triple major but at least you didn't waste time on a bunch of extra classes that were entirely different from your academic interests. Coming into IU I was a lot like you - I missed direct admit by the skin on my teeth and originally I was interested in IBanking. Judging you by your interests I would say that you shouldn't have a problem being admitted to Kelley if you come to IU.</p>
<p>Wavarian, thanks for all the help so far. But it looks like I will be doing Finance + CS (parents demanded I do something besides business as well) and hopefully that works well, if it doesn't I will likely do what you suggested.</p>
<p>I've noticed that Kelley has 3 different majors in Operations and Decision Technologies department. Those majors, including the Technology Management (Co-major), supposedly are much easier to combine with Finance major. What is the difference between double majoring in Finance + Information and Process Management and double majoring in Finance + CS? Which one is better?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>