What if I cannot pick a major?

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<p>What if I cannot pick a major? I've always wanted to major in computer science, I've done two years of it at my High School and am doing an independent study in it next year. However, I want to major in philosophy too, I've read countless amounts of books and written some papers on my own.</p>

<p>I think it's doable to double major, but thing is, so many other things are interesting. I'm interested in environmental science, I'm interested in understanding cellular life in hopes of expanding human life. I'm interested in quantum mechanics, of superfluids, superconductivity, the bose-einstein condensation, magnetism; physics and chemistry, I'm interested in how the brain works, of the significance of ourselves and sentience; neuroscience. I'm interested in languages, and how it came to be; linguistics. I'm interested in human evolution through homo erectus and homo habilis to homo sapiens; anthroplogy. Etc.</p>

<p>I know some college's have it so that it allows you to explore other majors without a real negative, would I want to try to attend a college like that?</p>

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<p>I don’t know of any colleges that don’t require a major. You could pick one major and then just take a couple courses in the areas that are of interest to you.</p>

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<p>I don’t mean they don’t require a major, but that they allow you to safely experiment around.</p>

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<p>If you are interested in going to Stanford, Symbolic Systems sounds like a perfect major for you.</p>

<p>It’s an interdisciplinary major that combines Computer Science, Philosophy, Cognitive Science/Neuroscience, and Linguistics.</p>

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<p>maybe you do a general studies degree? i heard evergreen state college don’t require you to have a major (even though this wasn’t exactly what you were looking for). i knew someone who went there. she said it was nice to explore, but it didn’t really do much but satisfy her interests in the end. college majors are meant to help you have a deeper understanding of the topic. are you deeply interested in all of them, or do you just want to take a few intro courses? i don’t see why you can’t use your GEs to take those classes (unless they require pre-reqs).</p>

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<p>Sounds to me like Cognitive Science would be a good major for you. It’s a highly interdisciplinary major that integrates Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and more. It overlaps many of your interests, and generally there is a lot of variance within the major due to its interdisciplinary nature. So, for example, you may be able to do Cognitive Science with a sub-focus on Computer Science.</p>

<p>Also, given your diverse set of interests and desire for intellectual exploration, Brown’s academic philosophy sounds perfect for you.</p>