<p>ditto.......</p>
<p>Only if it keeps you from graduating in 4 years.</p>
<p>more credits must cost more
but double does not mean 2x credits ^^</p>
<p>^some schools charge more for extra credits. others do not. my school charges the same if you take 3 classes or if you take 7+ classes.</p>
<p>My school charges the same amount from 12 to 18 credits. Less than 12, pay by the credit. More than 18, pay the standard amount + per extra credit.</p>
<p>So, an example: </p>
<p>Person A majors in Accounting. To keep it simple, A has to take 15 credits per semester to graduate in four years. So they take the four years, 15 credits/semester, graduate, done.</p>
<p>Person B majors in Accounting and International Relations. Person B needs the same 15 credits per semester as Person A for the Accounting major, but some of those of course are electives that will fulfill the requirements for both majors. So adding in the Int’l Relations requirements, Person B needs to take 18 credits per semester to graduate in four year. So they take four years, 18 credits/semester, graduate w/ a double major, done.</p>
<p>Both graduate in 4 years, pay the same amount, one leaves with two majors, the other with one. But keep in mind that not all electives will count for both sets of requirements (such as, there may be a limit enforced by the school). And remember that all schools vary.</p>
<p>I’m graduating in five years, but it’s because I changed majors too many times. I took 1.5 years of business classes (including some general electives) but wasn’t happy and changed to an exercise science major. My exercise science option requires that electives come from a select list, and just by my luck, only 2 of those business courses/electives are on that list, so I have to go extra to fulfill those requirements. Something similar may occur w/ a double major where electives count for one but don’t fill anything for the other major.</p>
<p>I switched my major from architecture (basically only three of my classes for a whole year count towards my new majors) so now I’m double majoring and minoring (minor is required) in three years and the only extra I have paid is $200 for a community college class. I have to summer classes at my university ($2800 for three classes) but the financial aid office really really helped me out.</p>
<p>It’s really only possible because I use several classes to fulfill two requirements but it took a long while to figure it all out. Like I need an upper division writing class so I chose one that counted for one of the upper division classes for my minor and my writing class and so on and so forth. I actually had to make a list of what classes I have to take and when to make sure I could do it in time.</p>
<p>At my school it would cost more…because we pay by credit (if we are taking 19 credits, we pay for 19 credits…taking 12 credits, pay for 12 credits etc). Other schools allow you to take as many credits as you’d like for a set amount of tuition credits. So it would be more advantageous in that situation to take more classes because you get more bang for your buck. But it really depends on what you are planning to double major in.</p>
<p>two majors does not equal double the credits unless you choose to get a ‘dual degree.’ think B.S. and B.A. in too entirely unrelated subjects.</p>
<p>at my school, you need to be in good academic standing and get permission to take more than 19 credits per quarter. a number of people do it. if you’re in the honors program, they cap you at 25 which is a ton. keep in mind, some schools will only allow you to register for a standard number of credits if you overload meaning that you’ll have to sign up for that fifth or sixth class the first week of term, assuming there are still spots.</p>
<p>well at which schools does multi-majoring tend to cost more?</p>
<p>It would cost more at a school that charges you per credit. It would also be greatly dependent as to what you were majoring in. Poly Sci + History would probably be easy to do in 4 years without too many extra courses. Engineering + Nursing would probably require an extra 2 years.</p>