<p>“I totally disagree with this. Of course, I don’t have any proof other than my own experiences to the contrary, but I’d be curious to see how you can justify this.”</p>
<p>1) Well first of all, most math minors only require 1-3 more courses than the engineer’s specified curriculum. To say that a couple extra courses makes a deep impact on your resume is not true. And companies do know this because of the amount of people partaking in math and physics minors.</p>
<p>2) It is much more interesting in a students application to show that you are involved in things other than your major courses. The environmental minor, now that i think of it, is a great minor to give an example. As an environmental minor, you can show a company that you have potential to engineer in a different mindset than you’re peers. Having different mindset often leads to distinguished products and/or designs. Another example: having an asian studies or asian language minor will acknowledge strength in international affairs; companies might use this for oversea trips/conferences. Math minor or physics minor? not too much of a broad scope there since most engineers already have that skill.</p>