<p>Is this doable in four years with AP credit and multiple classes during the spring and summer terms or would that be considered wishful thinking? I'm interested in the Medical Anthropology minor, but at the same time want to major in two other departments. This minor only requires 16 credits, which is around five classes. </p>
<p>Has anyone done something similar who can expand on how manageable such a coure-load would be for an (excuse me for my lack of modesty) intelligent and ambitious student?</p>
<p>I would go look at the course track for the other two majors. Sometime the prerequisites are set up in a certain way that it would very hard to do in less time or with another major and minor. </p>
<p>Also I don’t think all classes are offered during the Summer, so you might want to go look at how all this course work plans out over 4 years.</p>
<p>Also depends on how much AP credit you have and how much that counts for anything that can help you.</p>
<p>Can be done, but I’m curious to know why you want to do a double major + minor.</p>
<p>^Frankly, I just found all the subjects interesting, and don’t want to have to sacrifice one of them for the sake of the others. I enjoy learning about math, biology/chemistry, and the social sciences.</p>
<p>Purple- I looked at the courses like you advised, and now fear there may be some discrepancies in the future. The only solution I can think of to avoid something like this is to lay out a four year plan right now. But do you think looking at past terms is a reliable way to predict courses that will be offered in future terms? Thanks.</p>
<p>If you find them interesting, you can take those classes for distribution, you don’t have to minor or major in them.</p>
<p>Thanks but why would I just do the courses when I can do the courses I want and get a minor on my transcript as a bonus?</p>
<p>There are five courses that I want to take, and taking these five will equate to my receiving this minor.</p>
<p>the difficulty of your plan is largely dependent on the specific majors you’re pursuing; some have a lot of overlap while others do not. in general, though, double majoring within one college (LSA) is not especially difficult.</p>
<p>Thanks, I am glad to hear that.</p>
<p>I would encourage you to go for it, double major + minor isn’t terrible if you plan for it from the start. But at the same time, don’t be afraid to “downgrade” to something more manageable like double minoring if scheduling/time commitment becomes. Choice of major(s) aren’t really that important for pre-med, and there’s other ways to be involved in fields (i.e. research, interest clubs, etc.) outside of just course work.</p>
<p>I gotta say, med anthro was one of the classes I really wish I’d been able to take. Prof. Peters-Golden is awesome! It really sucked to plan everything out only to find a bunch of classes offered at the same time.</p>
<p>Yes, I’ve begun planning already. I’ve allocated only a couple ‘gaps’ to take classes that I find interesting, but don’t fall into any of my concentrations. Also, both my majors overlap quite a bit, so I’m confident that I can complete this task. And yeah I understand that pre-meds have unlimited freedom when it comes to choosing majors and classes (outside of pre-med requirements), which is why I took chose these majors/minor. :)</p>
<p>And thank you for telling me this! Now I’m even more excited about taking these classes.</p>
<p>Pro-tip for class planning: when looking at upper-level classes that often only have one or two sections, comparing across the last few years will sometimes show that a lot of those classes are only ever offered at the same time every year. Not that you should worry about this just yet, but maybe in a year or two it might be useful :]</p>
<p>In my case, I knew by the end of sophomore year that I wouldn’t be able to take med anthro and two other classes, and sadly, none of the times changed. But hopefully early planning will resolve anything that might come up for you!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!! I’ve been looking into some of the MCDB courses that I am really interested in (as part of my major), and have concluded that I may not be able to take some of them unless I choose to stock up on 3 or more in the same term. Like you said, I won’t have to worry about this problem for another year or two, but this frightening notion has motivated to wring up an as-accurate-as-it-can-be four year plan asap. Once I make some headway into this, I’d love to hear some feedback!</p>