Triple major possible?

<p>I would certainly do it, if it don't cost too much money to overload classes.</p>

<p>Go for all majors in a lifetime!!! Go for all majors in a lifetime!!! Go for all majors in a lifetime!!!</p>

<p>GEez...more power to you if you want to do something like this. But whew....I could never get interested enough in more than 2 things...well right now, I'd reduce 2 to 1.</p>

<p>Why the hell would you bump this? It's over two years old.</p>

<p>depends on the majors and how good you are.</p>

<p>I would triple if I could do it</p>

<p>Chem, Physics, EE
or Physics, ME, EE
or Physics, Math, ME</p>

<p>How much of a burden would it be to triple in finance accounting and math in 4 years?</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>That’s the key. I would think that if the fields in which you planned to major had overlapping course work, then it would be easier. For example, IR and Econ would work well, as would Bio and Chem. By extension, then, so would IR+Econ+Area Studies and Bio+Chem+Public Health, etc.</p>

<p>I know someone at Lawrence who was a triple major in English, History, and Chemistry.</p>

<p>I am pretty late on this one but just wanted to share the fact that I am also triple majoring at Rutgers, and I agree with a few other pepople here when they say that many courses overlap. My original major is Marketing and at the RU business school there are certain core business courses that are mandatroy for all business majors, and hence I just had to take 6 additional courses to fullfill the MIS requirement. As for psychology, its a completely different discipline and hence I had to take a whole bunch of courses, but I don’t mind since I love psych :)</p>

<p>It really matters according to the individual. There are top tier universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley, and Stanford that allow you to do more than 2 majors; while universities such as Princeton and Harvard discourage them. However, it is important to understand that college is not only about studying but rather a combination of different activities. Afterall, an employer would not want his prospective employee to have spent 4 years in a self-confined room reading books after books. The world now needs a more well-rounded person who can show great work efficiency but also outstanding work ethic at the same time.</p>

<p>In addition, if you are in Berkeley Haas Schoool of Business or MIT Electrical Engineering, the course load is very demanding and many students do not seem to realize that the topics are very difficult to master.</p>

<p>That said, if the individual is burning with academic passion for 2 or more subjects, then by all means pursue them. However, derailing from the right track would lead to serious problems that can potentially ruin a student’s academic career.</p>

<p>At my school it is very possible to triple major in Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, as Chemical Engineering allows 5 electives from biology or chemistry, chemistry allows 5 electives from chemical engineering or biology, and biology allows 4 electives from chemistry. The 3 majors have significant overlap, all need physics, calculus, general and organic chemistry. If summer school is taken for biology core classes and analytical chemistry, and take 2 math classes at once at some point, it’s possible to graduate with a triple major in Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering within 4 years.</p>

<p>I designed my own triple major degree (six years) track for UNM. Why? I want to go on to a phd program at RPI. I am gifted in languages/linguistics, so that is my first major. I have to have a second major or a minor, so I picked psychology because I want to study cognitive psychology long term. However I want to show RPI that Im not just a silly liberal arts student, so I want the BS Psychology which requires a minor in a hard science. So I picked physics. I like physics anyway and wanted that major in the first place. The major comes with an automatic math minor, and I really want to show that I can “do the math.” So Im really a dual degree student with BA Linguistics and BS Psychology and Physics with Math minor. </p>

<p>I totally disagree that a person cant be “fully interested” in more than one discipline, many great thinkers were “Renaissance men” who had many interests and pursuits. I also disagree that having more than one major “defeats the purpose of having a major,” because many disciplines and subjects have similar topics at the advanced level (like Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology, History…etc). Lastly why are people so interested in connecting economy with academia? I dont really care what my “future employer” will think of my degree plan. If you want to be successful in the economy, go to work, not school. Most employers value years of experience over education 10 to 1.</p>

<p>I am trying to decide if three majors–two in a College of Liberal Arts and one in the College of Education and Human Development. I’m at the University of Minnesota, TC and I’m wondering if anyone knows anyones (not necessarily at the U) who has done three majors in different colleges. Is it even possible?!</p>

<p>Yeah i would somethin g similar to that maybe Biology, Math and Physics or AE, Biology and Math, so many options haha,
if only we had the patience</p>

<p>Hi LastThreeYears, which school do you go to?</p>

<p>I read in my community college student handbook about a guy who’s majoring in Political Science, History, and Social Science. So yes, it is possible.</p>

<p>Its very possible. It just depends on the school and the majors. I only plan on double majoring myself in English Literature and Psychology. I also plan on having a job here and there, doing an internship and studying abroad maybe twice. All of this seems like more than enough to take up my time lol</p>

<p>Hello: I read your post and I see we have the same interests. I am applying as a freshman to various nstitutions and right now I do not know if I should choose a school like George Washignton, Northearn/BU…or a school like Hunter college(CUNY) or San francisco state where I would still enjoy to go. I want to major in foregin langugaes and International Relations, but I can not decide what languages. I love Spanish/French/Portugese/German/Japanese(Random…I know) and Hunter offers a romance language major…so it seems perfect. Would IR and Romance languages overlap at all? could I do a double major and double minor? Is it stupid to take community colleges courses at the same time as normal college to take courses such as portuguese in a less strefful environment? I would love your input on my ideas. I am also applying to Franklin College switzerland…Can not wait to see what happens. My stats are top 5%, 3.9 weighted gpa, 1800 sat…sorry I typed this fast and in a stsnce from homework</p>

<p>Do you think that a romance language dual major with an international relations major is a good idea? with a minor in German?</p>