Hi. I’m an incoming freshman and was admitted to the business school. Right now I’m thinking of majoring in Finance. When I attended the admitted students day, every single group leader was double or triple majoring. They said on the tour that almost everybody in Smith double majors, and that it isn’t very hard.
I am not sure what I want to do with my career after college, but going to law school has been something I have been seriously considering for a long time. I am not naive, however, and I realize that my intended path will most likely change multiple times. For this reason, I want to major in something “useful” like finance if I decide that law isn’t for me.
Since it seems like everybody double majors in Smith, I was thinking of double majoring in Finance and either Philosophy or History. Philosophy and history are subjects I am very interested in, and they also seem good for building the “soft skills” that will come in handy later in life. My questions are:
- How feasible is it to major in finance and something outside of the business school and graduate on time? I won't have to take Econ 200 or 201 because of AP scores, and I am taking Calc 1 over the summer at a community college. For the finance major degree program, it looks like there are spots for 7 total electives, which I could theoretically fill with my other major's classes correct? http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/files/Documents/Programs/Undergraduate/Finance/Finance2014.pdf
- How difficult would it be to double major in these two different subjects? I know for any form of graduate school, GPA is very important, and I don't want to hold myself back from opportunities because I decided to take on too much in school. I am more of a reading and writing type of person, and not so much a mathematical person. Would it be too much of a challenge to do well grades wise if I major in two fields that are very different?
Thank you for reading and any answers are very much appreciated.