<p>I'm great at 2-d traditional (non-computer) visual art, but I'm not sure if I can earn a living with just that so I'm thinking about possibly doing art and another major (possibly a science?).</p>
<p>How difficult is it to double major with art and a science? For example, will you find yourself studying/working as much as a grad student?</p>
<p>Can you get two degrees in the same amount of time it takes for one?</p>
<p>Would Bright Futures cover expenses for a double major?</p>
<p>Currently A Bright Futures Recipient:</p>
<pre><code>* May receive funding up to 110% of his/her program of study or 132 semester hours toward completion of a certificate or a first baccalaureate degree, or for up to seven years from high school graduation (if the student initially was funded within three years after high school graduation), whichever comes first.
<p>In FSU there is not much studying to do, so compared to other schools, preety ease (almost as easy as in UF.)</p>
<p>Thanks, Cybermom. So I guess a double major can be considered a “program of study…”</p>
<p>JOKER- I don’t understand. Are you saying that studying isn’t necessary? I don’t see how there can’t be much studying to do.</p>
<p>If you don’t study for exams, you will probably not be very happy with your GPA. A low GPA impacts scholarship funding, or even returning the next semester. Graduate school and even some jobs expect a certain minimum GPA so don’t lose your focus with all the distractions of college – attend class, keep up with required assignments and study for exams and you will have no worries. Try to find the right balance of work and fun that fits your needs.</p>
<p>Not studying will ensure a short tenure at Florida State.</p>
<p>Interested at all in medical illustration? Just curious. It used to be a lucrative field as there were not as many folks with the right combination of science and art. I am not sure how it stacks up now. Just thinking out loud. I recall there used to be just a handful of grad programs in the nation. Most were art majors with minors/interest in science, then on to a grad degree in medical illustration. Al ot of that is still done 2-D and by hand.</p>
<p>Science will keep you busy. You will be studying more for sciences–obviously less hands on. Art will keep you busy in one way, science another.</p>
<p>I’m guessing for going that route I would need some kind of Biology-based major?</p>
<p>If medical illustration is a sound career with good pay, and will likely remain so for at least a couple decades, I would definitely consider it, or some variant of it.</p>
<p>Info on the educational requirements [Education</a> - Association of Medical Illustrators](<a href=“http://www.ami.org/medical-illustration/education.html]Education”>http://www.ami.org/medical-illustration/education.html)</p>
<p>One of four US graduate programs <a href=“http://www.mcg.edu/medart/[/url]”>http://www.mcg.edu/medart/</a>
And <a href=“http://www.mcg.edu/medart/MI-Application.html[/url]”>http://www.mcg.edu/medart/MI-Application.html</a></p>
<p>Wow thank you so much! </p>
<p>I’m assuming since so few people get into the graduate programs that there is a lot of employment out there for them. I’ll have to look into this.</p>
<p>I’m really concerned about whether it is worth the risk: Will I be good enough to make it into the graduate program… And how will I pay for it if I’m accepted?</p>
<p>I’m guessing I would be much more assured about going this path if I could use my Bio and Art degrees elsewhere if that doesn’t work out (if I never get accepted into the grad program or I if can’t pay for it).</p>
<p>Lots to think about… But thanks!</p>
<p>What I meant is that compare to other schools like FIU, and NCU, there is not much studying involved. There is of course studying, just not over baring.</p>
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<p>How, exactly, do you know all this?</p>
<p>Have you taken all the classes at all these schools? Or are you relying on opinion from students who go to them (who would not know how much studying is done at other schools to be able to say one school requires more studying than another).</p>
<p>How much studying YOU are going to have to do depends much more on other factors than the school you go to.</p>
<p>Of course but the thing is that i went to Gainesville and all the students there were slack, i live in Miami and in FIU the almost never happens</p>
<p>But you were still only able to observe a small sample of a huge population.</p>
<p>And that does not always have to do with how hard the courses are. Again, many factors go into it.</p>
<p>You would probably consider me a “slack” person, yet I was able to get A’s in pretty much all my AP classes and passed five exams, most with 4’s or 5’s. I never studied for any of them until the week or so leading up to the exams. I do minimal studying for my DE courses, too, and I get A’s in them except for a B in calculus 2. 
Some people can afford to be “slack.”
It does not mean that the courses in general don’t require as much studying.</p>