So, to start with, I started my college career at UC Davis and soon-to-be a Junior. I have like 36 AP units, declared and Economics and Chinese, and will declare Applied Statsitcs B.S later on. I thought of minoring in Statistics so I have finished all of the required courses but that will make me graduate early (if I take four courses/quarter), so I wanted to have Statistics as a major and graduate within 4 years with my friends, and this also allow me to have time to search and prep for job after graduation. I have made the Academic Plan and Degree Worksheet for all three majors, planned out what to take to fulfill the requirements for graduation (also taking four courses/quarter). I had experience taking around 19-21 units per quarter so four courses a quarter is not a lot for me.
What are your thoughts on this decision? Will this make me better off in the long run? Will this make me more competitive when apply for finance, business related jobs?
Triple major is a bit crazy. It might seem like you’re pulling yourself in different directions. Economics and Applied Statistics seem related; Chinese is very different. If you’re planning on going into business, I don’t think a major in Chinese would help much. If you had a minor in Chinese and noted you were fluent in Chinese, that’s bonus enough. The major in Chinese would be if you’re… a Chinese teacher, or something. It might ease your workload and I don’t think it’s totally necessary based on what I think you’re planning on doing. You seem like you know what you’re doing though, so if you think you can handle it, power to you. However, keep in mind that internships and extracurriculars are perhaps more important than academics, so if you don’t think your triple major plan allows for that I would ease off.
I would check with the college of L&S if you can still declare a statistics major. They tend to get stingy about adding/dropping majors the closer you are to finishing. And be careful of the unit cap.
If you are worried about being a competitive job applicant, talk to a professor and do research with them. You’ll learn a lot, develop a contact who could have connections to industry, and have things to talk about in your job interviews.
I also would recommend having as light of a course load your senior year as you can get away with. Upper division classes tend to be difficult and time consuming and you’ll have a lot more responsibilities from your extra curricular activities than the first couple years. If you want a job right after graduation, you’ll be applying/searching/interviewing throughout your senior year, you should count job searching as an entire class’s worth of work. Plus it gives you time to actually enjoy college and Davis.
How many classes do you still need to take for each?