<p>I'm an ED SEAS 2014 student. Could I major in something like Applied Math and also do a major in a different area like French in 4 years? </p>
<p>I already know about the 4-1 program; I just wanna know if it's possible to do that in 4 years instead of 5 especially if I major in something with less requirements such as Applied Math.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Could you post your stats? Sorry for being random lol, just curious since you’re an recently accepted student.</p>
<p>My cousin got in this year, and he’s interested in a double major as well.</p>
<p>He spoke to admissions but they said that the 4-1 was the “predominant” option, I don’t if that means that there’s other options, but the correspondence was over e-mail meaning it was pretty vague.</p>
<p>Those majors are pretty different though, my cousin’s trying to do Physics/Applied Math.
I’m not sure if the variances of the programs matter. The adviser said that it was “doable” because Physics and Applied Math have a bunch of overlap classes.</p>
<p>Anyways, congratulations, and best of luck:)</p>
<p>stats:
2300 SAT (800 M 750 R)
4.0 uw gpa
800 math ii, 750 physics, 770 french
i lead a bunch of clubs at school, so i think my ec’s/volunteering really stood out because my stats are pretty average. also, i think my recs/essay were really what brought it home. best of luck to you!</p>
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<p>I assume you realize you need to take the entire CC core, plus the French major courses.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s possible, meaning that if you can pull it off in 4 years, they’ll give confer you the degrees. However, it’s a logistical nightmare. Some advanced french course you need to take may be offered once a year at the same time as some advanced ApMa course you need to take that’s also offered once a year — and you’d be f’ed. </p>
<p>My SEAS major was one of the intense ones, and I mapped out whether I could squeeze in an econ double-degree in 4 years. If I took 7 courses a semester (which I did anyway), I would have been cutting it very very close and there was still the issue of getting screwed by some scheduling glitch.</p>
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<p>Most CU advisors will do anything to advise you not to do stuff like this which might cause you to burn out and kill yourself.</p>
<p>with applied math as your seas major, it is definitely possible and not a logistical night mare to do the 4-1 in 4 years, but it means that you have to do it as a 3-1, i.e. you get your degree from seas in 3 years and then spend a full year in columbia college, you just have to take fewer french courses in your first few years and take all your engineering reqs and take the CC core. With some advanced placement and transfer credits you’ll only have to take 6 classes a semester a few times. So it is very doable if you are smart and organized, it’s just hardly done in practice, because people lose the drive to get two bachelor’s degrees. more common in seas is hanging around an extra semester to get a master’s degree.</p>
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<p>How common is this? Must be a recession thing. I know one person who could have graduated early and stuck around to get a MS.</p>
<p>it is common for the classes of 2009 and 2010, so yeah probably recession corelated, but I know 5-10 people doing this.</p>
<p>for people trying to double major, how hard is it to take more than the maximum 21/22 points per term? i read that you could apply to take more than that. </p>
<p>would a student ever be allowed to take more than 25 points?</p>
<p>it’s common to find people take 22-24, but I’ve even seen a kid do 27-28 in one semester, you can do as much as you want, you just need to prove that you are somewhat capable.</p>