<p>I really want to double major, but I’m almost sure that it will result in me attempting over 240 units. Will I be able to overtake the extra units if I explain my situation to the necessary people?</p>
<p>Why do you want to double major? You can always take summer or CC courses.</p>
<p>I've recently decided to go premed, and with all the science courses I'm taking, I think it would be smart (and dare I say admirable) to attempt to grab that second major. Right now, I'm majoring in linguistics. I'd probably just try to change my major and completely focus on biology, but I must admit that I enjoy both subjects an awful lot.</p>
<p>yea, i'm having a similar problem.....w/ all the college requirements, med school requirements (which i at least should start right away in case i do want to go to med school), and major requirements.....it seems like it'd be difficult to stay below the maximum!</p>
<p>Both of you need to remember that med school is based on numbers. The fact that you're double majoring is not going to help you with getting into med school. It's not going to make them more linient, and probably won't impress them. Not to say that it can't be done, because it can. I know a guy who double majored with bioengineering and business, took the necessary pre-med requirements, and ended up applying and getting into a great law school instead. I guess my point is that double majoring is a great thing to do, but you also need to be careful about it. Make sure that you're challenging yourself but also staying within the limits of your ability. You don't want to overload yourself and end up with two degrees which you don't understand very well instead of one degree which you really enjoy and are good at.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that 50% of all med school applicants don't get into ANY of the med schools that they applied to. That's not counting those applicants who decided not to apply at all because they knew that their grades and test scores were too low.</p>
<p>So I advise you to know your limits. Don't try to take too many units in one quarter. Leave some of those units for summer classes at UCSD or one of your local community colleges.</p>
<p>I'm transferring as a junior this fall, so I've already completed around 95 units. I plan on spending three years at SD, so it's not like I'm trying to cram 250 units into four years. Yes, it's tough to do all that work, but I think I can handle it. </p>
<p>I am also certain that I want to pursue a career in medicine. I'm studying linguistics because it interests me and in all likelihood, the chance to do this won't come up again. I've spent the last five years learning two different languages and grew up in a bilingual household, so it's not as though a language studies major is something I just decided to look into one day. I've done my research and want to have a degree in it. Science is something my mind takes a liking to, and I feel as though I can thoroughly comprehend everything I learn. I hardly consider myself a dumb person, so I'm well aware of my limits and the difference between fantasy and reality. </p>
<p>Taking a pessimistic view on things and thinking that I will be in the fifty percent that never make it to medical school isn't where I'm at. The idea that if you want something bad enough, you'll get it is exactly where I'm at.</p>
<p>...I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY'LL ALLOW MY ATTEMPT AT A DOUBLE MAJOR!!!</p>
<p>As far as i know [call and clarify], transfer and ap credits do not count against your unit maximums but they DO count towards major completion. You should be fine.</p>
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<p>gocheechoo, I'm not trying to tell you not to double major. Personally, I think it's admirable and I don't think that you should take a pessimistic view on things.</p>
<p>That doesn't mean that you shouldn't be informed though. I was providing general information that may interest you. I have no idea how much you've thought about this, or how much information you know. So I offered what I knew that might help you. I never told you it's a bad idea. I said be careful. </p>
<p>You opened a thread about double majoring. That allows other people such as me to input whatever information that we think might be useful to you. Don't be rude to people who are only trying to make sure that you are informed and can succeed at what you're doing. If you REALLY want to know whether they'll allow you to double major, why don't you ask THEM, not us? It's not that hard.</p>
<p>And as far as whether they'll allow it, I'm pretty sure that karthikkito is right about the transfer and AP credit thing. That's also why I advised taking summer classes at a community college if you're really worried.</p>