Major or minor.. How much does it matter?

College Majors
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<p>What exactly is the difference?</p>

<p>I am asking this because of the situation I am in.</p>

<p>I attend a college that only allows one major and one minor. I cannot double major, even if I take all the required classes.</p>

<p>So if I major in something like Finance, and minor in math, is it still possible for me to go to graduate school and pursue a masters in mathematics?</p>

<p>And same for psychology. If I choose a minor in psych, would I be able to apply to a graduate school as a psych major?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You can go to undergrad for French and go to grad school for poly sci. It doesn't matter. With grad school you just have to convince to professor that is mentoring you that you can apply the two degrees or you have a relevant contribution to make in the field. You can do this usually through writings. </p>

<p>The minor would help I'd think. Also good grad test scores and if you can publish something as an undergrad in collaboration with one of your professors(his name on top of the article in big letters, yours on bottom in 2 pt font. not as hard as one would think..ok pretty hard).</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure grad schools pay more attention to your app than the thousands and thousands they get for undergrad.</p>

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<p>harv5889 - generally speaking, each graduate school program will have some assumptions about the preparation of the people who apply. This often, but not always, means an undergraduate major in the subject. For example, at here at Penn, the master's program in math states:</p>

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<p>Also be aware that you will likely have to take the GRE general and possibly the mathematics subject test.</p>

<p>Your best bet is to talk to a professor you trust or check in at your school's career services office to get an idea of what graduate study in math means. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>