<p>I'm not taking this because I want to look prepared come graduate school. I am genuinely interested in these things. I am thinking law school following CMU.</p>
<p>I was accepted into HSS. I want to major in economics and minor in Chinese. I also want to transfer into MCS after freshman year and doing chemistry (in case I want to switch my paths or want to practice medical/patent law). Lastly, I want to take piano classes. Is this all possible in 4 years?</p>
<p>Sure.</p>
<p>If you’re just looking to do something because you’re interested in it, why would you need a piece of paper that says you took X many classes in Y subject? Why not just take only the things you’re interested in and not worry about filling up various distribution requirements?</p>
<p>Sounds good 
I have time for a major, minor, and classes I’m interested in, right?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not sure how transferring to MCS to do chem is going to fulfill your econ major goal, unless you want to double major. So decide which school you want to have your primary major in.
RacinReaver is right: sometimes it’s better to just take the classes you’re interested in and specify them when you apply places, and not worry about other gen eds. My adviser told me the same thing when I asked him whether I should double in CS or minor in CS, and he said that it’s not worth it and that I should just take the classes I’m interested in.</p>
<p>Does doing well in a major+minor look better than simply doing well in a major? I think that is why I want to take a minor…my overachiever self wants to know, haha</p>
<p>If you’re really set it on, go for it. A minor is generally a bit easier to get than a double major</p>
<p>Nobody will care if you have a minor. An employer or grad school will want to know if you’ve taken relevant classes to what they’re hiring you for. In my case, I got a minor in physics. I had thought about doing a double major, but I was interested in doing research on metals, and having a year’s worth of advanced E&M plus eight other classes really didn’t interest me. Instead I was able to take only the physics classes I was interested in (which mostly amounted to extra thermo and solid state) and that did plenty more to impress people I was interviewing than having a few extra seminar classes and a sophomore level class on modern physics. Also, by not having an extra major I was able to take a ton more classes within my major. Plus a few grad classes. And graduate a semester early.</p>