Major/Minor in Math & Major in Engineering?

<p>I'm a junior in High School right now, and have always loved math. I enjoy thinking mathematically, and just learning math.</p>

<p>I was wondering if taking Math as a major/minor would be a good idea?</p>

<p>I've also always planned on Majoring in Engineering. I'm not sure what type of Engineering.</p>

<p>So do you think Major/Minor in math along with a type of Engineering would work well? I've learned Math has a lot of major's and most of it is much more abstract than what Engineering would require. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>EDIT: I've also been leaning more towards the Electrical/Computer/Aeronautical Engineering.</p>

<p>I double majored in Computer Engineering and Math, and there isn't a lot of overlap other than the intro classes (calculus, linear algebra, differential equations). I added the Math major just because of personal interest, but very few people do a double major with Engineering, since it's tough enough to finish in 4 years by itself. I recall that out of 300 graduating CompE majors at UIUC, 3 were double majors.</p>

<p>Do you think doubling up in majors was worth it? Or was it just something you really enjoyed learning and would rarely use in your job?</p>

<p>Also, I'm hoping to attend Columbia U Fu Foundation SEAS, I heard it's better for well rounded engineering students. Anyone know anything about SEAS math major?</p>

<p>EDIT: I've also heard Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering Majors double up very nicely. Would that be a much better route to take then, lets say.. CompE and Math?</p>

<p>There's certainly A LOT of overlap between electrical and computer engineering. In fact, in some universities, like CMU, both are offered together as one degree. Computer engineering and electrical engineering professors also tend to come under the same faculty, so that should give you a rough idea as to how closely related they are. Generally, undergrads in either fields have similar course requirements in the first 2 years of study. Bear in mind, though, that the coursework in your final years can get very heavy depending on which areas of EE and CE you choose to concentrate on. So although they're related, it's still not exactly a walk in the park.</p>

<p>I also know a couple of seniors from my high school who went on to do double degrees - one in an engineering field and another in something unrelated, like economics - all in four years, so it's definitely possible to double in Math & ME. This, of course, demands really, really hard work and exceptional abilities in either or both fields. It helps though if you have enough AP credits to cover one semester's worth of courses and if you choose to meet just the minimum requirements for both.</p>

<p>As for Columbia, you can pretty much forget about double majoring. With such a huge core curriculum, you'd have to be a genius in multiple areas to be able to do so.</p>

<p>"Do you think doubling up in majors was worth it? Or was it just something you really enjoyed learning and would rarely use in your job?" I believe it helped me with my grad school applications. I'm a grad student at Stanford now. I think it might also help for job hunting if you're looking for a job outside of Engineering like Quantitative Analysis at a financial firm.</p>

<p>"EDIT: I've also heard Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering Majors double up very nicely. Would that be a much better route to take then, lets say.. CompE and Math?" CompE is basically a specialization of EE, so it should be the easiest two Engineering majors to double major in.</p>