<p>I’m young, naive, and frankly uneducated as far as how the UC system works. I’ll be attending UCD as a freshman in the fall and have plans to pursue a MBA/JD.</p>
<p>I’ve been going through the general catalog and put together a mock quarter schedule from now until spring 2009. This schedule entails completion of three majors—Political Science, Economics, and Psychology—in three years. (Summer sessions included, of course.)</p>
<p>(Yes, I read the TOS. I apologize as I felt this was the only practical way to post this. Mods, feel free to remove the link if desired – I’ll attempt to post the schedule as a message.)</p>
<p>Aside from the general difficulties in getting the classes you need at the UCs, what would keep me from accomplishing the above?</p>
<p>Yes. MATH 21A+B, HISTORY 9A, BIOLSCI 10, ANTHRO 1, SAS 15 account for my six GE requirements; they all overlap for topical breadth, diversity, and writing.</p>
<p>Edit: Davis Letters and Science actually states in its graduation checklist that GEs can be completed in as few as six courses, so at least the GE overlap is safe. I believe the overlap with majors is 20% max with upper division courses (typically eight units,) which I don't think I've exceeded with any of the three.</p>
<p>THERE ARE LIMITS ON OVERLAPS... I know UCI has three requirements you have to fulfill: The GEs, the school of your major, and the actual major.... and overlapping is extremely limited... check on that for ur school.</p>
<p>perversepngn, are u sure de anza lets u take 4 classes over summer? most people take 1-2...u might wanna double check just in case. 16 units is full time student and im not sure u can do that over summer. i think summer quarter is shorter too. by the way, what school do u go to currently?</p>
<p>also, do u (or anyone) know if ur deanza (community college) classes would be calculated into ur UC gpa? or will it be added into ur gpa when u apply for grad school?</p>
<p>The four courses every summer is something I do have to work on getting verified, but I figured at worse I could enroll in more than one college -- at least for this summer, I've chosen classes that are all offered online.</p>
<p>I know for a fact that UCLA doesn't add CSU or CCC grades to the UC GPA; I'm inclined to believe this is standard procedure across all UC campuses. I'm not so sure about graduate schools, however.</p>
<p>A couple of the lower division courses overlap with both other majors and the GE requirements, which allowed me to get the total number of units down to 192. It also helps that I'm planning to go in with 30+ units this fall.</p>
<p>o, wouldnt u worry that by taking all these classes, ur gpa might be lower at ucdavis if u screw up somehwere? and just curious but what high school u go to?</p>
<p>Not extremely. Aside from classes outside UCs not counting towards your UC GPA, you do have the option to take courses on a pass/fail basis (maximum 1/4th of your total units.) I have a sincere interest in these majors as well, which helps when taking many of these courses.</p>
<p>From what I've read, a fifteen unit per quarter courseload is typical at Davis. I figure an extra unit wouldn't hurt. I've arranged it so that I can focus on one major at a time, with the last quarter being relatively laid-back so I can prepare for the LSATs.</p>
<p>even if you could triple major in 3 years why would you want to? your GPA will take a hit and if you are trying to get into a good law school your GPA is really important.</p>
<p>Why do you need 3 majors? Why don't you drop 1 of them and then just take some electives? in the other area? Triple majors aren't like truffles.</p>
<p>I completely understand that it may be overreaching to pursue three majors. I wasn't necessarily inquiring about how practical it would be; I'll determine whether I'd want to go forward with it later on. Rather, I'm wondering if the schedule I posted above is plausible.</p>
<p>Honestly it sounds SUPER impressive. And the classes, while widely varied, don't seem incredibly difficult either. Nicely planned. I think you should be able to pull it off at Davis, although I would talk to an academic counselor about it as soon as possible.</p>
<p>The only thing that might hold you back is if you decide at some point that one of those things isn't in your interest, and you give up the major.</p>
<p>instead of pursuing a triple major, I would suggest studying abroad instead. I know for a fact that studying abroad is not only fulfilling for those that experience it, it is highly impressive to MBA programs. I've spoken to directors at both UCLA and USC and both look upon an EAP experience very favorable as it makes you look more rounded and willing to pursue other mediums of knowledge.</p>
<p>A couple more notes to tack on: I plan on meeting both the English Composition and Foreign Language L&S requirements through examination, the latter via SAT IIs. My overall priority is early graduation, not attaining three majors. (I have reasons for this, but the bottom line is that I need to be out of Davis and into a graduate school in three years.)</p>
<p>As for studying abroad, I'd love to fit that in if I could. I see that UCD Econ accepts 20 EAP units, while UCD PoliSci accepts 24 EAP units. I suppose I could push a Psych class back to my last quarter and spend my sophomore year abroad. Any recommendations?</p>
<p>It's very difficult to schedule even 2 courses in the same department over summer sessions, let alone 3, because a lot of lectures are scheduled for the same time. However, UCD does have 2 summer sessions for you to work with.</p>
<p>Also, why are you planning to complete each major one at a time? It gets pretty boring taking 4 classes in the same major every quarter, though I suspect you're doing this so you can drop the latter one or two majors if necessary. The LSAT is offered in February, June, and October, and most law school applicants take it the June before senior year or the October of senior year, so you need to schedule at least 2 or 3 months of solid studying to get a high score. Any gains from getting another major would certainly be offset by even a 1-point increase in your LSAT score.</p>
<p>I don't know about MBA/JD programs, but most top quality MBA programs expect their students to have at least 2 years work experience if they want a realistic chance of admissions.</p>