<p>Congrats to everyone who was admitted to CMU for the class of 2016!</p>
<p>I'm currently accepted to HSS and waitlisted at CIT. I want to major in international relations (or political science) as well as civil engineering or materials science.</p>
<p>Would it be possible at CMU to double major across two different schools, or even switch schools altogether after I enroll?</p>
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For International Relations/PolSci + Civil Engineering? Easier than you think. For Materials Science? I think a bit harder…</p>
<p>Switch schools together: It’s really easy to transfer into HSS. Into CIT… Civil Engineering would be definite possibility provided you take the courses required for it and do well.</p>
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<p>Is that just because of the difference in distribution requirements, or something else?</p>
<p>What sort of things would I have to do to double IR and Civil Engineering? (aside from just taking the required courses)</p>
<p>I was in MSE and found I generally had a bit more work than my CivE friends, but there’s certainly enough time to do a double major in another field if you’re good at managing your time. A number of my friends in MSE did double majors in other fields, and almost all of us had at least a minor.</p>
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Nah, just the differences in classes. I think MSE is a more difficult major than CivE (from what I’ve heard, at least), but you can definitely double major or at least minor.</p>
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Yeah, doing an extra major/minor is SUPER common at CMU.</p>