<p>how many majors can you have? </p>
<p>ive heard of people with up to 4. is this true? does it equal social/actual suicide?</p>
<p>I've known MANY people who have completed 3 majors at Berkeley and still were able to complete their honor's thesis. I really don't see how 4 would be necessary. I think three is really the limit in terms of feasibility. I've known many who did Philosophy/Math/CS, Cogsci/Psych/Phil, Cogsci/MCB/Psych, Music/Math/MCB. These subjects have a lot of coursework that overlaps, but you are only allowed to utilize a few courses to count for more than one major. Three is plenty, and you can still survive with that many-just make friends :) Double was enough for me, and for grad school.</p>
<p>Grad schools generally don't care about a triple major more than a double or single major, as long as you do equally well. If you're so passionate as to do three, go for it, i guess, if you want the work. If you are doing it to impress, don't waste your time.</p>
<p>I am doing Statistics/Economics/PEIS, not because of any passion at all, but just so I have direction in what courses to choose.</p>
<p>Drab makes an excellent point,</p>
<pre><code> It's far better to double at most. Graduate schools are going to look at your coursework not how many majors you had. You really shouldn't need to take on more than one major to have direction in your coursework. I deliberately kept a single major so I could take as many courses as possible in areas I felt would help me for graduate study. This approach allowed me to "skip" required classes for majors that wouldn't help. For instance I took several MCB and public health courses without having to take their core curriculum that wouldn't help me much. You might want to just major in Econ or Econ and PEIS and take all the stats courses as electives unless every course required is extremely interesting to you.
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<p>I was going to minor in German, only reason I picked up the major was becuase I decided to go over there. Really, you just need one major. A second major is helpful if you are interested in the material or want to expand your horizons.</p>