<p>I just found out today that I got into both MCS and Tepper. With the AP credits, I should have around 140 credits if I choose to go to CMU, so I can probably finish off Bachelors really quickly. Is it possible to double major? Or can I do a dual-degree with both MCS and Tepper?</p>
<p>WHAT THE HECK!!! how did you find out so fast?!?!</p>
<p>Don't make the assumption that you are that far ahead. CMU is not the typical university with lots of general ed prerequisites to fulfill. Many majors have only 3 required gen eds: one writing, one history, and one computer class. The rest of your curriculum can be filled with specialized courses that pertain to your area of study which you have no access to outside of the university. That being said, you may double major or make a custom plan of study that integrates two areas of interest. That is the tremendous advantage of CMU if you know what you want to do and are highly motivated, which it sounds like you are. You will have an opportunity to work with an advisor who can give you more info, but I believe you must choose a college when you enroll. My D had several AP's and college level classes going in and only was able to get credit for one.</p>
<p>Seriously, how did you get a decision this early?</p>
<p>Abhinav, are you kidding? How many people do you know have 140 AP credits?</p>
<p>lol I'm curious too. At my school it isn't common to see someone with that many AP credits but there are a couple(2-5) of kids every year who rack up every single AP credit possible through classes and self study. I haven't heard from any of them that they've already gotten college acceptances due to that fact. And with private schools it isn't guaranteed that you will get credit for every single AP credit.</p>
<p>Damnnnnnnn that's twice as many AP units as I had... which means they're mostly useless. Sorry to break it to you bro, but you're going to end up wasting more than half of those. Or just get "elective" credit, which is almost useless. The only AP credits that are actually useful are Calculus, Physics (and other sciences), and history. All other classes will either give you very minimal credit (I think Psych gives you psych 101, which is really useless if you're not a psych major) or make you take a placement test. CMU's placement tests are harder than AP tests and carry more weight.</p>
<p>But you can double major, dual degree, etc. You can do pretty much whatever you want.</p>
<p>i applied early action, which is available for those who went to cmu for AP/EA during the summer. for detail info, see either:
<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/</a>
or
<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/</a>
i strongly recommend the diversity one, because its free.</p>
<p>cmonyuk:
yeah, i realized cmu is especially generous in granting ap credits, which hints that most are useless. but i do have credits for those useful credits you mentioned: calc bc, both physics c's, chem, bio, and all the histories except art.
finally, thanks for the info.</p>
<p>Students routinely get double majors, though I expect you'll need to accept one school or the other and apply for the double major later. </p>
<p>Yes, you can get enough credit to skip a year or devote it to another major, but you can't really be sure how useful the APs will be without going through the relevant degree plans and matching them up against the courses you expect to get credit for. Oh, and don't forget to do a prospective degree plan mapped to prereqs, course rotations, etc. Nothing worse than needing a course that's only offered in the spring in the fall or vice versa. (OK, there is. It's learning that two courses you need are only offered at the same time and they're both at 7 am. ;))</p>
<p>There's enough information available online that you can do this sort of thing if you're interested. It was actually pretty fun.</p>
<p>We don't have 7am classes, for the record. Earliest is 8:30am. Um, you only get to use ONE of the histories (the others will fill elective space), unless you're shooting for a History degree.</p>
<p>EDIT: show-off</p>
<p>Congratulations. One of the charms of going to college is developing relationships that can help you personally and professionally. Flying through college or getting a dual degree for prestige or because you can do it, is missing part of the advantages of CMU. </p>
<p>The same can be said of any college but more so on the better known colleges.</p>
<p>Its important to realize that CMU does not use the traditional 3 to 4 'CREDITS' per class. we go by units which is typically 9.0-12.0 or so 'UNITS' per class.</p>
<p>On top of that, I always felt CMU were hardasses whenever it came to accepting units outside of the university.</p>
<p>...as they should be. It's not like community college classes are anything like CMU classes.</p>