Is taking 2 Majors and 3 minors in 5 years too much?

<p>Hi, i am a senior in High school and i was wondering if my set of Majors and Minors is a too much. </p>

<p>I will be doing Pre-Med and if that fails, Graduate School with a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology.</p>

<p>Majors: Comparative Literature B.A and Psychology B.A</p>

<p>Minors: Biology, Chemistry, and Film Studies. (also one Ensemble each semester, which are worth about .5-1 credits)</p>

<p>I will be completing all of this in 5 years. Do you think i will be able to get a 3.8 GPA from this course load. I will have a average of 18-19 credits per semester for my first year, 15 Credits Second year, 16 Credits Third year, and 15 my Fourth and Fifth year.</p>

<p>Will it be possible to get a 3.8 GPA?</p>

<p>I’m not quite sure if your question is really answerable, considering I don’t know how ambitious you are as a student, what college you’ll be attending, and how you space everything out. What exactly do you hope to achieve by having all these majors and minors, PLUS a premed track (which DEFINITELY will not be easy)? What’s your motivation behind studying all this stuff at once?</p>

<p>Judging from your posting history, you seem to be a very intelligent and driven student, but if I were you, I’d be very apprehensive about trying to take all this on at once. I know what it’s like wanting to cram in a bunch of different fields of study (I myself am double majoring and double minoring), but you should be aware of your limits as a student. Premed is no joke. You’ll have enough rigorous science classes under your belt without worrying about the higher level Bio and Chem classes, and if you go on to pursue med school, you’ll have a chance to learn more extensively about those subjects anyway. So I’d definitely not minor in Bio and Chem if you decide to stay with premed. The last thing you want is for classes you’re taking for a minor to mess up your GPA in classes for your majors and for premed. 18-19 credits is a good number of classes to take during your freshman year, also. My point is, while you seem very driven and you may be capable of pulling off a good GPA with all that stuff, I don’t see where it’ll all be benefiting you in the future, and I think you should be more cautious. It seems like you’re running into college at full speed, and it might actually be a good idea just to get your feet wet. </p>

<p>As for whether or not a 3.8 is attainable, I suppose it could be, but think of how time consuming all of your classes will be. Think of things like sleep, a social life, and volunteering at hospitals and whatnot…and most importantly, having time to breathe while learning very important things for your majors and premed track. My advice to you is to go in pursuing the double major and premed, and forget about the minors for now. If you find that you can handle all the work and have a good GPA, then minor in what you’d like. But the minors matter a lot less in the grand scheme of things. </p>

<p>That’s just my two cents. But I am curious…why do you want to major/minor in each of these things?</p>

<p>Thank you so much for the helpful response!</p>

<p>Well this may seem as a reach, but, i want to become a Child Psychiatrist and publish a few novels(based on psychological disorder) as well as movies pertaining to them. My close cousin is a publicist which could help me ALOT!</p>

<p>Obviously, Psychology is a good major for studies in Psychiatry and Comparative Literature will help me improve fluency in languages(which are helpful as a doctor) as well as read novels throughout the world (the college i am attending has ALOT of courses on Psychological analysis through world literature.) </p>

<p>I’ve had many people curiously ask why im taking these random majors/minors.</p>

<p>Bio and Chem are minors i might as well take because</p>

<p>the Chem minor requires:
General Chem 1 and 2
Orgo Chem 1 and2
Biochem 1 and 2</p>

<p>and the Bio Minor requires:
General Bio 1 and 2
Human Anatomy
Human Physiology
Genetics and Cell Biology 1 and 2.</p>

<p>I already planned on taking those courses for prep in the MCAT and Med School. I want to get a sufficient background in Science so i wont be behind other students. </p>

<p>and the Film Studies major is something that could help me out in writing and film! Looking into people like Kubrick, Hitchcock, and so many more inspirations.</p>

<p>I already have my core curriculum taken care of because of my IB/AP Credit and its really between taking a Film Studies minor or participating in the Honors College, which is rather annoying.</p>

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<p>Anything is possible…I think only you can help yourself out with that question.</p>

<p>i think its possible lol but i always have people tell me “when you double major, your GPA is going to drop by so many points!”</p>

<p>you are dreaming,you need some time to enjoy college life. No graduate can be well rounded without life experience, book smart these days is not good enough</p>

<p>Double majoring is FINE. It won’t make your GPA drop points. You just have to be smart with scheduling and not overload yourself. For example, in your case, you probably should avoid scheduling Orgo Chem II, Physics II, Genetics and Cell Bio II, and some advanced Psychology seminar all in the same semester. Very bad idea. </p>

<p>But in any case, Multitasker does have a point, and I do think you are dreaming a bit. While it may seem like you might as well minor in Bio and Chem, I’d still advise against it. What are your premed requirements? Chem I and II, Bio I and II, Orgo I and II, Physics I and II? That’s what it is at most schools. If this is the case, then you’re looking at 6 classes that you “might as well” take. That’s a lot. I’m minoring in Computer Science and Math. Why did I tack on Math? Because the Computer Science minor covers everything I’d need for a Math minor except for Calc II. Therefore, I essentially only need one course for a Math minor. So I might as well, and this is a case in which I think saying that is reasonable. But I’m not so sure in your case, and those classes are very hard. I don’t think you’ll be behind other students in med school. Some people do the Premed requirements and major in something unrelated like a language, and that’s it. If you still feel like you need more prep for the MCATs and med school, then I’d do either a Chem or Bio minor, but both is really stretching it. Anyway, my advice is to start out with a not too heavy schedule just to see where you are with capabilities and whatnot.</p>

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<p>I just want to say that novels are hard. Being a good writer is hard, being a published writer is harder, being a published writer popular enough and with enough appeal to get a movie made off one’s books is incredibly difficult (and I should also point out here that novelwriting and screenwriting are two separate skills and two separate industries that are very hard to break into).</p>

<p>That is a superspecific dream, and I think you’re planning too far ahead (and have a skewed view of how far academics will take you) if you think overloading yourself with majors and minors is going to get you your dream. It will look good on paper to have all these qualifications, yeah. It looks good on paper now when you’re not trying to fulfill the course requirements for your majors and minors and still trying to maintain some semblance of having fun in your youth.</p>

<p>I’m also going to go out on a limb and say a 3.8 would be impossible. Is your name Artemis Fowl?</p>