<p>ok so im so excited about college il know by friday if im a wahoo or not (uva). so n e way i was wondering if a double major and minor is doin too much. i really like a combo of political science and econ with a minor n philosophy..btw i wanna do law..n e thoughts?</p>
<p>hmmm....the worst thing you can do is narrowing your options so quickly by double majoring and having a minor right away...you may want to do law now but a course in the future might change your whole outlook on life. Or if you took a phil. course and hated it? </p>
<p>Spend a semester or two exploring, but tell your advisor what you are interested in right now. This way you won't be behind when you realize that law is what you really wanna do and you won't be missing out on fun courses that you might have given up if you had already chosen a major (a double major and minor at that). You can always declare later, but changing majors suck -from what I've heard.</p>
<p>Oh, and don't overload on credits -especially your first semester. I was going to sign up for like 20 credits, but I received warnings from people at my uni and realized that that's prolly not the best idea. Not for the first semester anyways...:)</p>
<p>I've ranted on enough haha</p>
<p>thanks i was thinkn that i could be moving to fast but then again its never too early..only thing thats really gettn me is if i should do the major n econ or philosophy cuz im sure political science is 1 of the majors</p>
<p>I don't know your college-specific requirements, but I would actually give you the opposite advice. Where I'm looking, St. Olaf - tiny LAC, declaring a major gives you preference in scheduling those classes and does not limit you. You can also easily change majors. There's no reason NOT to declare them, IMO, you can still take whatever courses you want.</p>
<p>I tend to agree with the first few posters. If declaring a major does not come with any immediate benefits (what CurrySpice pointed out), I would postpone it until later. As you start taking classes you might decide not to major but only minor in Econ, for example, so that you can take a few classes in other subjects just for fun.</p>
<p>Being a declared double-major puts some people into the "I have to take x classes in subject 1 and y classes in subject 2 every semester" mindset, when it may just be a lot healthier to explore your options first.</p>