<p>I'm an ECE major at Carnegie Mellon that wants to do everything. Sophomore year, I took a bunch of physics courses (thinking of double majoring) but lost interest and am stuck with the minor. Now I've been taking CS and computational finance classes and find comp. fi. interesting enough to do master's in. I didn't really plan it this way, but it seems like I'm heading for a BS in ECE with minor in physics, computer science, and computational finance (with a career in investment banking).</p>
<p>So my questions are:
What do you think a graduate school will think of that?
Is a triple minor ok? (It's impossible for me to major in either physics, CS, or comp. fi. in 4 yrs)
Should I not take so many CS courses just so I don't get that ridiculous third minor?</p>
<p>Any help is appreciated, thanks.</p>
<p>You should just pick one and get a major in it if possible. People look at minors a lot less than you think.</p>
<p>No one worth impressing is impressed by minors. If you get three, it’ll be obvious that you wanted to stack up minors for its own sake. This is especially true for ECE + physics/CS/math. Maybe you can impress your liberal arts friends, but those of us in ECE know that the additional requirements are completely trivial.</p>
<p>Don’t you have to declare a minor in order to get it? Why do you need to avoid classes to avoid a minor? I doubt it’s just granted automatically if you fulfill the requirements.</p>
<p>My advice: if you’re interested in IB, then take the comp finance minor. Don’t even bother with physics and CS. At best it won’t hurt you. At worst you look ridiculous.</p>
<p>3 looks like your just forcing it. Do just one that you think is going to complement your major or something unrelated that you just like to study.</p>
<p>I suppose you guys are right; just the minor in comp. fi. ought to get me in grad school. I still feel like I wasted a year with physics though.</p>