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However, I believe I would be able to finish a double major and minor, considering that a girl last year quattropoled majored at Augustana.
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<p>Well, I hope that you're not pursuing multiple majors just because somebody else did. There will ALWAYS be somebody who has more degrees than you do. There are people who get dual-PhD's. I think one person I know might even go for a 3rd PhD. The question that it always elicits from me is - why?</p>
<p>If you really intend to get a Phd, it ought to be because you actually have a genuine interest in research to make a contribution to science And the fact is, you're not really making a contribution by just collecting more majors or more degrees. You make contributions to science by actually conducting more research and publishing more papers. That is how science is advanced. Not by collecting degrees. This is not like the trinkets you as a kid may have gotten in cereal boxes where the object was to "collect all 3". This is not a game here. If you really want to contribute to science, then good, then you should do that by publishing something powerful.</p>
<p>You don't have to actually major in something to learn it. Self-study is a tremendously powerful tool. You really can learn most things on your own time just by reading the book. Look, if you are going to get your PhD, as it sounds like you will, then you are going to be expected as a doctoral candidate to pick up knowledge in areas that you know nothing about. I know one Econ PhD student who discovered that her research was taking her into deeply political issues. So she responded by basically spending an entire summer reading a slew of advanced political science books and journal articles. I suspect that she knows more about poli-sci than a lot of people who actually majored in poli-sci. Self-study is a powerful tool.</p>