<p>Hello,
I'm currently a junior and I've decided that I should start expanding my list of colleges I want to apply to, mainly because its composed solely of dream schools
I'm looking to double major in computer science and political science or international relations, and I have a very extensive extracurricular background in all three subjects. I am yet to take my SATs or ACTs but I'm predicting to have a 2300+ or 35+ respectively. However I'm aware that's not all that matters, and I'm not here to check my acceptance into any schools.
I was hoping some of you would have some advice as to what schools I should apply to, safety and reach schools are welcome. At this point my list is comprised of Princeton, Yale, Stanford, and Vanderbilt (yes its a typical list of top tier schools, which is why I'm hoping to diversify my list)</p>
<p>Thank You :)</p>
<p>Cost constraints? State of residency?</p>
<p>It is likely easier to do such a double major if CS is offering in the same division (e.g. “arts and sciences”) as political science, as opposed to being only offered in a different division (e.g. if CS is in “engineering” and political science is in “arts and sciences”), since there may be more non-overlapping divisional requirements to take for both majors in the latter case.</p>
<p>School which have a lot of breadth or core requirements which are not automatically satisfied by the two majors may also be more difficult to double major in.</p>
<p>If your primary interest is political science, with CS as a supporting second major, Georgetown may be of interest, as its CS department’s offerings are heavily skewed toward CS in the context of politics (e.g. information warfare, data mining, etc.). But that also makes it less desirable if you want to study CS in a more generalized manner suitable for preparing for general CS-related employment (as opposed to specific types of CS-related employment where information warfare, data mining, etc. are most important) or PhD study in CS.</p>