<p>I’d like some insight from current students - is it easy to double major at OSU and still graduate on time. In general, for a kid who isn’t honors and has regular scheduling, is it possible to graduate in 4 years? I got to do honors scheduling at my other school and I ended up with a perfect schedule with no classes before 11 am, just like I wanted - is that possible for an OSU student who doesn’t have priority scheduling? I know OSU has a pretty low graduation rate in comparison to some of my other schools, so this is primarily what’s holding me back from OSU. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>IMHO it’s easy - obviously, it depends on the major. It’s very common to double major in the humanities/social sciences. Most of those students have a double major or minor. Priority scheduling is not a “must” if you major in something that’s very open about course requirements, with no strict requirements about classes.</p>
<p>Double majoring is more difficult (to impossible) if you’re something like engineering or architecture, on the other hand. </p>
<p>Never having classes before 11am is somewhat unreasonable. Many important classes are offered in the 9:30am time slot. If it makes you feel better, it’s very easy to have no Friday classes.</p>
<p>Consider that big state schools often have worse graduation rates because they accept a lot of first-generation students, students who work, etc. Also, since they’re inexpensive, students feel less pressure to hurry up and get out. I’m sure engineering also skews the results.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t pay as much attention to graduation rate as a school’s academic ability and job placement rate. I’m actually more comforted by the fact that OSU has a relatively low graduation rate, that just means that it really works you hard and won’t give a degree to just anyone who walks in (trying to drop the “degree factory” stereotype). If you think about it, it is really not ultra competitive to gain admission to OSU, so they need a consistently challenging course load so that they can build a reputation of only graduating the best, and not being a community college type of institution.</p>
<p>If I end up at OSU I would double major in Poly Sci and Business (finance) and looking at the course requirements, I may need to stack one semester with an 18 credit hour courseload but besides that it will just occupy all my electives. Therefore if you really want to do it, it can be done, with very study/time intensive majors such as architecture and engineering as the exception.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your insights!</p>