<p>I am a high school senior right now and I am thinking about in what am I going to major.</p>
<p>I am thinking of doing a quadruple major in Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.</p>
<p>Does anyone think that it is a bad idea. I think that there is enough overlap between these that many classes could count towards multiple majors. </p>
<p>I am also open to getting majors in Physics and Chemistry and minoring in Math and Biology</p>
<p>I am also going to either get a Phd(Physics), an MD, or both.</p>
<p>Physics and math is fairly common, but trying to pack in additional biology and/or chemistry majors would likely require a lot of overloading.</p>
<p>Note that pre-med does not require majoring or minoring in biology or chemistry, so if you want to major in physics and/or math, you can just add on about six additional courses to complete the pre-med requirements. The six courses would be two semesters of general chemistry, two semesters of organic chemistry, and two semesters of general biology. Physics and math pre-med requirements would be covered by majoring in physics and math, and English pre-med requirements are usually covered by your college’s English requirements (though watch out for differences between your college and medical schools with respect to AP credit acceptance). Some medical schools may have an additional course requirement like statistics or psychology.</p>
<p>Do NO MORE than a dual major…and only do that if you can take a bunch of cross-listed courses that would count for both majors (like Math/Physics, Math/Computer Science) AND you have interest in both AND/OR you are using one of the majors as a “backup plan”.</p>
<p>Even if it were possible to quadruple major, it usually is a bad idea to do so. For one thing, it makes you look very indecisive. You also do not have to declare a major right now. You can usually hold that off until end of sophomore year, so that you expose yourself to different classes and pick the right major. But many younger kids like yourself switch majors multiple times.</p>
<p>I would honestly hope that everybody here tells you that is a bad idea. High school students are delusional about college expectations and once you get to college, you will VERY quickly realize its true nature. Pick one, two at MOST, and focus on those. If you eventually want to reach a PhD in physics, you should consider a physics/math double major. Seems the most feasible (and also happens to be what I’m doing). A lot of calculus classes are required to be a physics major so it only takes a few extra classes to complete the math degree path. I hope you find some sort of direction in your life. Remember, you can’t do everything. No one expects you to either.</p>
<p>Lol. If I had a quarter for every science-oriented kid I knew in HS who said they were going to double major and never even bothered doing a minor, I’d be rich.</p>
<p>As a senior in HS, you should really read up on the policies and degree requirements (plus unit caps and allowances) at the schools that you plan on applying to. </p>
<p>If you did, you’d realize that most schools don’t allow quadruple majors (I don’t know of any that do, actually - but I could be wrong), and even if you could, you wouldn’t want to. </p>
<p>Anyway, there are already interdisciplinary majors like Biophysics or Computational Biology or Biochemistry/Chemical Biology or Scientific Computation that exist at many of the bigger research universities. They’re usually known for their rigor and difficulty.</p>
<p>Most of the lower-div sci-major pre-reqs are basically the same. Year of bio, year of inorganic chem, year of organic chem (for the chem/bio related majors), year of physics, year and a half of calc, linear algebra, and diff equations. By the time you finish those, you should know which degree (Physics/Biology/Chemistry/Applied Math) you want to pursue. If you decide that you want to specialize further, then it’s time for grad school.</p>
<p>You’re kind of understating the amount of information you’ll be exposed to, and (more importantly) will be expected to understand by the time you finish ONE B.S., let alone four.</p>
<p>You should look into biophysics. At my school you are required to take four semesters of chem (general an orgo) calc I-calc IV, some biophysics or bio electives and 6 semesters of physics including the yearlong Electrogmagnetism sequence. This major requires more credits than any other except for engineering majors. It sounds like what you are looking for.</p>