fall semester schedule + a few questions

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<p>Hey everyone, I'd appreciate if I could have some input - </p>

<p>I'm currently signed up for CIS120, MATH104, CHIN011, PSYC001 and MKTG101. I'm in SEAS but I already know I definitely want a dual degree with the College - Computer Science with either Communications, Criminology, Political Science, or Psychology. Depending on which one I end up choosing, a minor in American Public Policy, Consumer Psychology, Fine Arts or Engineering Entrepreneurship sounds interesting to me too. So I have a few questions:</p>

<p>1) How difficult should I expect my fall semester to be? Considering what I want to do (I know it will involve lots of classes every semester) are there other classes I should be taking instead?</p>

<p>2) Is a dual-degree + a minor plausible in four years? How about five? If I want to be involved in a bunch of extracurriculars too (a sport, a club, rush a sorority, have a job, etc...) should I be less ambitious?</p>

<p>4) Would I be able to work my schedule out so I could study abroad for a semester or would that be too difficult?</p>

<p>5) Would a dual-degree be better or worse than simply pursuing 2-3 minors along with CS?</p>

<p>6) Which of the minors/majors listed above would be the best fit with a BSE computer science degree?</p>

<p>7) Can you double major CS + Digital Media Design?</p>

<p>8) Is SEAS submatriculation still possible if I do a dual-degree?</p>

<p>Sorry, I know it's a lot of questions, but I've been thinking about this for ages and finally decided to ask here. Hopefully y'all can give me some good insight. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Haha “a few questions…”</p>

<p>Ok so i can’t answer all of these, but I might be able to help out with a few…

  1. Fall semester doesn’t look TOO bad. You are taking 5 classes, but intro psych is supposed to be pretty easy, unless I am mistaken.</p>

<p>2)dual-degree and minor is definitely plausible for 5 (but do you really want your parents to pay for a fifth year?). for 4, you’d have to have a lot of overlap between majors and minor to accomplish this. But then again, i don’t know if there will be much overlap for two majors from different schools.</p>

<p>3) You skipped number 3!</p>

<p>4) Studying abroad would be harder with two majors (and especially with a minor), but if you already have proficiency in language, i don’t think it’s impossible (however, you might have to take a summer course, or two, or three, so that you don’t go insane with a ton of courses)</p>

<p>5) 2-3 minors seems like a lot… Which one is better depends on what you’re interested in after Penn. I would pick whatever is more interesting to you, or whatever you think will benefit you more in a future job. For example, Computer Science and Psychology would be excellent because there should be a lot of overlap, and if you are looking at the artificial intelligence side of CS, Psych could come in handy. Basically, I can’t really answer this question lol</p>

<p>6) i thought psych would go well with cs, but depending on what you want to do after Penn, criminology, for example, could be more suitable.</p>

<p>7 and 8) Not sure about either. Try asking your pre-major advisor and/or peer advisors. Or email someone in the SEAS department.</p>

<p>I hope this was at least somewhat helpful. Keep in mind that I am only an incoming freshman, so my advice lacks the credibility of your advisors’.</p>

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<p>the answer to 7 and 8 is yes</p>