Double Majoring

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<p>From people who have attended Columbia, how difficult is it to Double Major in SEAS?</p>

<p>Also, how hard would it be to double major, then go on to a 4-1 Program?</p>

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<p>double majoring in SEAS is very difficult - unless the majors are highly correlated (i know a few applied physics/math doubles). requirements are a plenty within the majors themselves, and then you have the non-tech credits (that you’d do at columbia or any eng school, though columbia does structure it for you with the Core). - so don’t take it as columbia specific, it is more of an engineering issue.</p>

<p>the students who have double majored are usually crazy. take the max classes every semester because they like it. came in with a lot of advanced prep.</p>

<p>same with 4-1 - unless you like taking 22 credits for 8 semesters (or in this case 10), it is hard. </p>

<p>but you could without too much stretching do a few minors…you don’t need to kill yourself. no one is really going to care that you only had one major.</p>

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<p>I’m asking because I WANT to take the number of classes (if I go of course) but wondering whether A)Its possible and B)I could handle it.</p>

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<p>A) it is possible, your chance of doing it is up to you and your intellect.
B) could you handle it is based on how hard you work and how smart you are. i don’t know that. i would worry about getting in first, and then see how classes are.</p>

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<p>it is a joke if you’re a genius. double majoring (at the very least) should be the EXPECTED out of qualified students. unfortunately, most students are not qualified. the real issue is the level of doctorate work completed as an undergraduate vs. double majoring - there is a a significant tradeoff to consider, but its relatively few who will have to consider it.</p>

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<p>lville - i don’t get the expected part, but i think he hit it on the button. most people recognize that taking more advanced courses in a single field is more interesting then taking pretty basic courses in two fields. this way you can do research, form strong relationship with faculty.</p>