<p>Sorry to always be pestering this board with decision problems -- I sometimes tend to lose the forest for the trees and don't have a lot of outside guidance. Thank you for indulging me.</p>
<p>The situation: Was accepted to an elite business school straight out of undergrad (have work experience before undergrad). Deferred for a year to finish some academic work, including a double major, one of which is in Economics. They told me there was no need to finish the double major, but I insisted and they went along with it.</p>
<p>I'm not enjoying Economics, haven't enjoyed it from the beginning, really. In particular, one of the classes I have left to finish is a "class from hell". I have 3 other classes to take, all of which are fairly standard.</p>
<p>I can't decide if I should finish the double major! What would I do instead? Well, just relax before business school, focus on personal growth, see friends I haven't seen in years, plan some upcoming travel, etc.</p>
<p>It's so tempting to finish though, after all the time and effort I've put in. On the other hand, my "gut" tells me it doesn't matter and I should take the time now for myself.</p>
<p>Go directly to the admissions office of the business school and confirm that withdrawing now won't jeapordize your offer. It is great that they didn't care if you finished the double major or not... but they may feel differently about you dropping out of your program now that you've started it.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter what we think- it matters what they think. Offers have been withdrawn for much stupider reasons so get some clarity before you go off on a tangent and decide how great it would be to have some time for yourself.</p>
<p>It really does not matter, but overall GPA is important. I never finished one of my degrees, I had to fullfill 3 or 4 credit hours. I never cared that I did not. Are you planning to be Economist? I had no plans to be an engineer, so I started brand new carrier and have never regretted it.</p>
<p>Returning, every time I read one of your posts I think about my DH in his youth. At some point you, like him, will need to stop suffering through every decision and understand you can't do it all.</p>
<p>It's time to focus now and just do what you enjoy most and do best. But more important, it's time to stop torturing yourself over every decision and enjoy all of your success.</p>
<p>Ugh, I am kind of the same way; I don't really want to finish the last 2 classes of my second major because I don't really find the classes that interesting and most of the other majors annoy me. But I only have to deal with it for another 3 months, so I'll suck it up and graduate with the double major.</p>
<p>If I were going back to school for the express purpose of getting that double major and was told it wasn't necessary, I'm not sure I'd do it.</p>
<p>If possible, drop to a minor. But, only do so after reconfirming with your grad school that this change will in no way affect your admission. Unless there's a significant cost to you, there's no good reason based on what you've shared to complete the major at this point.</p>
<p>My D started off with plans to get 2 majors. She finally gave it up and graduated with a major and 3 minors (she has varied interests!) and has not regretted it. She's in grad school now and happy with her choices.</p>
<p>I confirmed with the grad school; they don't really care. It's just a matter of my own satisfaction at this point. Hard for me to reconcile my inner overachiever with the rest of me sometimes.</p>
<p>The grad school made your life hard, momentarily, by saying they don't care. Now you have to weigh what it means to you. </p>
<p>Some people like double majors for bragging rights. Elaboration not needed here.</p>
<p>Others find their career pathways change and having an old major gives them a chance for an unexpected, if small, surprise opportunity years later. Example: my mom got a Masters degree in History and wanted to teach at a nearby community college. They said they didn't need any History professors, but saw on her undergrad degree from l0 years earlier that she had an Econ major. They offered her a job teaching Econ. She asked, "When is the first class?" Answer: "They're in Room 75 upstairs, waiting for you right now. Good luck." She got a PhD in Econ some years later, and made her career in college teaching of Business and Econ.</p>
<p>IN the other direction, one of my sons thought he'd double major but dropped it as it gave him no satisfaction. When the dust cleared, he looked anew at his schedule and realized he had enough credits to take a double major, but in a different subject that he liked, by adding just 2 courses in Spring of Senior Year. </p>
<p>My D has a Major and a Minor, and gets as much mileage describing herself as if they were both Majors, as together they describe her two key interests. It just makes her happy to say both academic areas, in job interviews and such. Talking points flow from both subjects.</p>