<p>hey gregory. uiuc is an amazing school. firstly, ur sats r good, but ur ibs are a lil above average. i am an international student and 38 is the lowest anyone gets in the ib in my school. i got 38 on 42 in my predicteds, n im sure to do better in finals. n i feel that you will fit well. n around 2-3 ppl from my school enroll into uiuc each year. so ur not outta place, probably perfectly fit.</p>
<p>Double majors are allowed although you need to have it approved and for an LAS major that means essentially being admitted to the major you want by the the LAS college for beginning of the third year. </p>
<p>Double majors are most often not realistic. Course requirements for any engineering major generally make it difficult to double major with a humanities and still finish in four years. Basically, the average engineering degree requires about 130 semester hours most of which is required engineering, math, and science courses. Some of that is courses in writing, humanities and social studies although that has to be spread out among different areas so you cannot accumulate many hours towards a particular humanities major just by meeting the gen ed requirements. You also have language requirements, 3 semesters for engineering and a fourth for LAS, although many can avoid that by having 3 or 4 years of high school language. To major in a humanities would add about 30 hours to what is otherwise required, meaning you are looking at completing about 160 hours, or an average of 20 per semester. That number can be decreased somewhat by credits for AP or IB courses. </p>
<p>There are those who do a double engineering/humanities major and succeed. There are far more who have high stats, believe they are smarter than the world, come in and try to do it and then soon realize that their egos when entering college were an order of magnitude larger than their actual ability to be able to do what they thought they could do. The typical courses you take in engineering require a lot of out-of-class work. Even to meet the requirements for a single engineering major, you will be facing "recommended" course schedules that have you taking 17 hours a number of semesters and many end up graduating in 4 1/2 to 5 years because even that "recommended" schedule is ungodly. </p>
<p>Majoring in another engineering area will require fewer additional hours because you will be taking a lot courses the first two years that apply to all engineering majors. Even so you are still facing a schedule that will ve very difficult to complete in four years. Some dual majors are not allowed, such as both computer and electrical engineering, because the college does view those as truly separate majors.</p>
<p>mbb: thanks, I sure hope I do fit right in!</p>
<p>drusba: wow that was really detailed and helpful. The reason I would like a double major is not to boast about it but it's just that I'm interested in the humanities, esp. Psych, as well. You make very good points as to why it might not be feasible. I shall reconsider pointedly. Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>drusba-you seem to know your way around. Are you familiar with the International Engineering minor? I should get a 4/5 on my German AP exam and I'm interested in studying there at some point. I have AP credit for AP USH, English Comp, comp sci and maybe chem, math and lit depending on exams this spring. I don't want to be too stressed, so I am thinking of the minor rather than a dual major. Any advice?</p>