Triple major possible?

<p>I know very few people think of taking on a heavy course load; and I am not like I plan to triple major, but is it possible? Just wondering.</p>

<p>absolutely- i know a few people who did</p>

<p>1) It depends on how hard your school is. My old roommate in high school went on to University of Chicago. He planned at first to do a triple-major there. He soon realized that to be impossible, and settled for one major and a minor.</p>

<p>2) It depends on what and how your school offers required classes. Many schools only offer one section of required course, especially in small majors. If more than one of your majors are like this, chances are you might have severe scheduling problems.</p>

<p>3) It depends on the speed at which you work. Some people can handle a 22 hour workload in the same time others can handle a 12 hour workload. In either case, a heavier workload usually involves a less in-depth involvement with the material, so if you're one of those people that must "understand" the material rather than just know it for the tests, then you end up both working yourself ragged and not living up to your own expectations. I know this from experience.</p>

<p>Good luck. This is not meant to discourage.</p>

<p>The most I've heard about (on some news story) was 5. The guy didn't sleep much . . . and graduated in four years!!!</p>

<p>Do u mean to say the university can not put a cap or limit on the number of diciplines one can major in?</p>

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<p>It's possible, and it really depends on the university. Some offer only one major, such as St. John's College. Some kick you out after a certain amount of time in school or units or courses completed. Many will take your money as long as you're willing to pay, but advise you that longer than 5 or so years will probably not benefit you overall.</p>

<p>i think the standard maximum for completing a degree is like 12 years?</p>

<p>Sure a university can put a cap on how many majors you take. I think the 'few' people is key. </p>

<p>It might be theoritically possible but not common or advisable IMHO
It defeats the purpose of 'majoring' to --in the context of taking other classes as well .. to focus on a subject</p>

<p>In addition, one would be much better off -IMHO - to spend the extra effort on a graduate program ..... YOu know BS Philopsohy MS English ...or whatever</p>

<p>That seems like such a waste. Why don't you just do a bachelor/masters 4 and 1 combo?</p>

<p>you have to realize that the requirements for a major do not fill up all 4 years of college. you will have to take electives, and some people can plan ahead to fulfill more than one major/minor. i know someone who did a triple in econ, poli sci, and IR, so there were several classes that fulfilled requirements for more than one of the majors.</p>

<p>I'm probably going to end up with a double major, triple minor. Right now it's looking like double majoring in IR (definite) and anthropology (with a bit of a focus on archaeology.. just for fun really) and triple minoring in economics (basically an automatic as my focus in IR in economics), Latin American studies, and a non-Romance language.</p>

<p>It's really not that hard. I know people who have triple majored and quadruple minored in 4 years while holding a job and having a fine social life. It really depends on your school. Some allow you to count one course towards muliple majors and in many, you can fit all of your core requirements into a major or minor.</p>

<p>If I took one or two courses over the summer, I could graduate as a Triple Major in Political Science, Anthropology, and Pan-African Studies and I am considering it. But I don't think it would account for much when it comes time for employment or applying to grad school.</p>

<p>Thanks to AP credits, dual enrollment, summer programs, taking a full load every semester, and taking a class in the spring term, I could theoretically graduate from Michigan after a year and a half with an honors math major and a physics minor. I could also probably get two more majors and still graduate in 4 years with no problem, but it would mean I'd have to take less math classes. If you're planning on going into something that would require multiple fields, it makes sense to do multiple majors. But since my main focus is going to be math, I figure I shouldn't waste time getting a physics major for the sake of having one. I'm just going to take whichever physics classes seem interesting and not worry about meeting requirements.</p>

<p>Why on Earth would you want to have more than two majors?</p>

<p>I mean if it's for intellectual curiosity, can you not just satisfy that outside the context of the classroom through self study. Anything more than two majors must also be really expensive and time-consuming.</p>

<p>If you want to be a doctor, why not do biology and chemistry?</p>

<p>Theoretical physicist, why not do math and physics?</p>

<p>Economic analyst, math and economy</p>

<p>If you want to do exploration/excavation stuff, you'd probably want a combination of history and writing.</p>

<p>Yeah, it's doable in many universties. Very few people actually do it, as you need to keep a high level of interest in all the disciplines. Whatever your interests are now, they are bound to change, shift or focus as you advance in your studies (a lot of people who try just double majors eventually switch to a single discipline, changing the other one into a minor). Plus, triple majors are usually a big pain to schedule. But if that's what you want to do then try it.</p>

<p>I go to Georgetown, and they only allow us to do a double major and a minor (I'm doubling in Spanish/Linguistics, and minoring in Portuguese), or a single major with a double minor. In some of the colleges at Georgetown, like the School of Foreign Service, you are only allowed to have one major, no minors or second majors at all. I guess it depends on what university you go to.</p>

<p>At a Cornell info session, their admissions official said someone recently graduated with NINE (9) majors from Cornell... in four (4) years.</p>

<p>^That's crazy.</p>

<p>Why would you want to? This guy from Duke had a triple major and a double minor. With either a 4.0 or something very close to it</p>