<p>I really love this university and want to major in BME...</p>
<p>Are you allowed to double major with one engineering major and the other a humanities major? If you are allowed to, how hard is it (time-wise) to do this? Thanks!</p>
<p>Double majoring within Pratt as well as a Pratt/Trinity combination is not as difficult as one may think, but it does take careful planning fairly early on in your stay at Duke to make sure you are able to fit in all the required courses. I believe the latest to decide would be by the time you register for second semester or third semester, at the latest. This is especially true if you come in a few AP credits, so you can skip some of the Pratt prereqs. </p>
<p>The nice thing about being in Pratt primarily is that you do not have to fulfill the T-reqs (like ethical inquiry) for having a Trinity Major. What it would come down to is your regular BME curriculum and 10 major courses for the Trinity Major, 3 of which you would have had to take for Pratt requirements anyway. </p>
<p>The one caution I would give you if you are considering this is to be prepared to not have the freedom to take other interesting courses outside of the two majors you declare due to the lack of time. I am double majoring in BME and Econ, and I’ve basically only taken courses that begin with BME and ECON for the past 3 semesters (I will be a senior soon) except for other Pratt required courses like Stat and Pharm this semester. Basically you want to be sure you enjoy both of the majors you select and wouldn’t mind missing the experience of taking classes purely out of curiosity.</p>
<p>Lastly I believe the most popular Pratt/Trinity combinations would be BME/Econ, Pubpol, Math, any science, and Psychology. Good luck.</p>
<p>thank you so much! that info helped a lot :)</p>
<p>really helpful. thanks</p>
<p>One other thing, you have to apply to Pratt from high school if you want to double major in engineering and humanities. You can’t be in Trinity and declare a engineering major in Pratt. You have to be in Pratt if you want to declare a humanities major in Trinity. Essentially the engineering major is your primary major. You could apply to Trinity during high school and then internally transfer later.</p>
<p>cool, I have one more question-</p>
<p>Is it easier to get into Pratt than Trinity?</p>
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<p>Pratt’s acceptance rate (29.5% for class of 2012) is higher than Trinity’s (20.5%). However, the SAT, ACT, GPA range for those accepted to Pratt is also higher (e.g. 32-34 ACT vs. 29-33 for Trinity). In the end, there isn’t enough of a difference in difficulty to justify applying to a school you aren’t interested in. The admissions committee can tell what your interests and strengths are based on your application, so it’s more about fit. If you think you want to enroll in Pratt, apply to it. Perhaps if you’re an African American female it might be easier to get into Pratt than Trinity (as females and Af Am are both underrepresented in engineering), but even then I’d caution against it if you had no interest in it. Just not worth the pain of taking classes (although admittedly, you aren’t forced to take Pratt classes if you enroll in Pratt; just have to wait to transfer officially til the end of your freshman year). Also, it’s super easy to transfer from Pratt to Trinity if you change your mind (you go to the Dean’s office and check a box; about 30% of engineering transfer out, which is around the national avg or slightly below even). Transferring from Trinity to Pratt isn’t that hard either, but requires certain prereqs and performance in math courses, etc. It’s certainly more difficult than the other way around.</p>
<p>Also, I’m BME and into tennis. I assume you aren’t a recruited athlete, but our club tennis team is really solid. In fact, we just won club nationals, which is amazing for a relatively small private school. Defeated Michigan, Texas, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin in the gold medal bracket (after winning division in prelims) to win it all. Definitely solid players to play against as the varsity teams are obviously really good. One player my year transferred to play varsity at Cornell, while another on the club team transferred to play varsity at UCSD.</p>
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