<p>I’m debating in double majoring in either political science or economics. Does anyone know which department/major Vassar is stronger in?</p>
<p>@April4
Those are both excellent departments, and it would be hard to choose between them without seeing if you prefer specific areas within those fields or like some professors in particular. You could consider majoring in international studies and concentrating on econ and poli sci, or just majoring in econ or poli sci and minoring in the other. You can’t go wrong with any of those!</p>
<p>As a Vassar science major who went on to med school at an ivy league school, my vassar education prepared me very well–not only the STEM aspect of medicine but the humanities as well. My husband who did undergrad at an ivy league school and I always talk about how my education was stronger than his.</p>
<p>I’m considering double majoring in economics and neuroscience while minoring in hispanic studies. Would this be feasible? This is also as a pre-med. I’m also considering double-minoring in hispanic studies and econ while majoring in neuro. Vassar seems to be strong in all these fields so I’m having a hard time deciding. (I also plan on studying music, but not as a major/minor)</p>
<p>also interested in the quality of the neuroscience and russian programs</p>
<p>We don’t have distribution reqs, so it’s definitely possible to double major/minor. Don’t worry about choosing your majors/minors right now, chances are once you start taking classes you’ll know which one you like best.</p>
<p>Russian is the best. They have posters all over the place saying things such as “like hats? take Russian!” “like drinking? take Russian!” Seriously though, my friend took a Russian course and said the prof was great. Don’t know a lot about neuroscience, but I’ve taken courses in all the main sciences and love the departments.</p>
<p>I’ve talked to a few people in the neuroscience program and they all seemed to love it. There are apparently a lot of hands-on “surgeries” with rats, but the professors are considerate enough that if you tell them you’re uncomfortable with experimenting with animals they’ll do the incisions and stuff for you. </p>