<p>You should check out Brown, depending on how stellar your stats are. They have CompSci and Linguistics (my double major, too) and, as someone else mentioned, they fairly well leave it up to you how to split things up. Plus they're one of the more liberal colleges out there, very individualistic (read: pot-smoking and naked parties 8-)) which seems to be what your high school is.</p>
<p>Not sure about the size though. I think it would be a shame to limit a great school because it's too large, though.</p>
<p>Brown's enrollment is 6,000, so it is well under the 10,000 figure in the original post. It seems to be a pretty individualistic place and everyone pretty much gets along (they don't even have to smoke pot and go to naked parties in order to socialize!). The students don't seem to be that competitive with one another. Well, generally, I don't know that this generalization is true of the premeds -- they seem driven wherever you go.</p>
<p>Just to reiterate what has already been said- both Brown and Univ. of Rochester are known to be pretty flexible with their curriculum-- therefore letting you study multiple areas. And yes, Rochester did allow a 5th year of study for free if it was to continue in an additional course of study. (Restrictions applied so please check the website). Though my d decided not to attend U of R, we were very impressed with the school and it was definitely one of her top choices.</p>
<p>you don't have to be brilliant to write three essays, you just have to be dedicated. I have no intention of being on the robotics team; and the great thing about computers is that you can take them with you (laptops) and connect to the internet anywhere heavily populated enough to merit a linguistic study- abroad trip.<br>
I think that I am interested enough in all of these fields to take all the classes a major would require.</p>
<p>yes, brown is one of my very top choices, it looks fantastic - if i can get in... I hope so...
(if you actually are interested, i posted a thread with my stats under the admissions chances board: "chances?")</p>
<p>thank you all for the input about U or Rochester, leads like that one are the very reason I posted this thread. Thank you.</p>
<p>I'm going to oberlin college next year ( i dont know if this is too late sry) but they offer degree programs that are SOOO easy to fulfill that most people double major and take minors, so triples may not be too hard. I know I'm going to attempt to triple in Poli Sci, Philo and Anthro... a worthy attempt... also check out Georgetown and Macalester, they are HUGE on internationalism</p>
<p>that sounds great, thanks for the tip (it's not too late, I'm still a junior) I don't know if Oberlin offers linguistics, but I would be rather thrilled if they did. thanks</p>
<p>I know you've already heard it, but really. A triple major is UNNECCESSARY. A double is already hard enough and won't help you out that much as it is. Getting a master's from grad school would be better than triple majoring.</p>
<p>i do intend on getting a masters in grad school after college. All together it might take me an extra year, or two. But I rather think it's worth it... I love school...</p>
<p>what about schools that are like Carnegie Mellon? CMU looks like a great school (one of the top in computer science) and then it also has an arts-y school = creative writing major... the foreign languages departmetn os kind of weak, unfortunately, oh well. It is still a school I think I like a lot.
... It feels like there are a lot of these 'tech + art' schools, but I havent seen or heard of any particularly... any suggestions??</p>
<p>Hi Idamayer- maybe it's a coincidence or not but besides d applying to U of Rochester & Brown, she also applied and was accepted to CMU. When we did the "sleeping bag week-end" at CMU, we found that alot of the kids who applied to CMU also applied to U of Rochester as well as Case Western. So there may be a commonality that you may want to check out at Case Western too. If you are now a HS junior, you may want to see if your school participates in the U of Rochester "Honor" Awards Program which include Bosch and Lomb and Humanities/Social Sciences. Participating HS's can nominate a student for these awards. If you decide to go to U of Rochester, the award can turn into a merit scholarship in the amount of about $10,000/yr. If I remember correctly, the nomination period for HS juniors was in February. As time goes on, the specifics of the award becomes more fuzzy, so please get the info from the U of R website. Good luck.</p>
<p>Since you have already decided to triple major, I suggest that you consider whether or not the faculty across various departments or schools at a university are even on speaking terms with each other. For example, if the language and computer sciences departments are in different "schools", you should investigate the turf-battle issues as they relate to your triple major intentions.</p>
<p>As many of us have tried unsuccessfully to point out, triple majoring at top colleges and universities is nearly impossible. Your only shot will be at a college or university where there is a strongly cooperative environment across departments, a structure that encourages individualized programs, and an extreme lack of hiding behind bureaucratic edicts.</p>
<p>ah-hah! that is a fantastic idea... thank you.
Do you know who I would ask about such inter-departmental cooperation? I don't feel like the school's admissions reps would be very honest or knowledgeable about the subject, and are only trying to sell the school, but perhaps I should ask them? If not, who would I ask?</p>
<p>Wow! You sound like you belong at my school, Johns Hopkins. We have an amazing computer science program, extensive studies involving foreign languages, and also a creative writing/ writing seminars major. Hopkins is definitely a place for uniqueness. We love it here! I really suggest that you look further into it.</p>