Simply put Im an overacheiver and plan to go to college my entire life. I have parrelel goals such as operating, managing, and growing businesses. So iniatially I want to learn accounting, finance, economics, entreprnuership, and business management. Im not conscerned with what my employeers think and I suspect theres alot of overlap so could I go for them all at once. Im interesting in working too. What are all of your thoughts? Am I crazy? Is this impossible? And if not, where in the world can I go for so many degrees at once if I should go for them all at once?
Where you attend depends on your stats, what your parents can afford, and how ready you are for college. You may want to spend some of your summer learning some spelling rules. It will be difficult to convince adcoms that you’re an overachiever if your app is riddled with spelling errors. My dyslexic daughter uses a program called “Wordly Wise,” but you can find rules online or do a lot of writing on your computer and run a spell check to catch your most common errors.
When you’re in college you can pick a major and a minor and use electives to incorporate other interests. I have a degree in broadcasting, but took courses in writing, ad design, sales, and business. You can also plan for grad school later on, but that means keeping debt for undergrad to a minimum.
Most colleges allow multiple majors, although some have more restrictions than others. (If you want a random recommendation, I go to Case Western Reserve University and they don’t really have red tape at all.)
It’s not necessary to major in all of these subjects to learn about them, and I think you’ll easily see that once you get to college. There’s nothing wrong with double majoring if you can meet all the requirements (a lot of people on here act like it will kill you, but it’s really not a big deal). However, the fact that you want five majors indicates that you don’t understand how college works.
A good entrepreneurship program will teach you all of the disciplines and how they interrelate. Check out Babson.
Most general business programs will teach you the principles of all of those things. I know you said that you don’t care what future employers think. I know it’s really easy to think that when you’re 17-18, but you may feel differently by the time you’re 21-22 and you’re looking for some way to support yourself. Employers do want to hire people who have deep skills in an area or a set of areas. Still, though, if you want to go into management or business administration - most people in those fields know the basics of all the areas you mentioned. You certainly don’t have to major in all of them at the same time.
I agree with the suggestion of Babson - seems like the perfect place for you. I also know that Duke is well-known for enabling their students to study many things at the same time - you could design a Program II major. But they don’t have undergraduate business, although they do have a finance minor and certificates in markets and management studies, in innovation and entrepreneurship, and in decision sciences (which can be applied to management, organization, and economics).
Relax. You have time to figure it all out in a way that will make sense. I suggest that you apply to business schools as your fist step. Every business school will have a core curriculum that typically includes coursework in an array of business topics such as economics, accounting, finance, management, IT, etc. You will be able to take intro classes in a variety of business topics and then you can figure out where your interests and aptitudes lie before choosing a major. In any event you will be well grounded in a variety of disciplines. Some colleges make it easier to double major or have a major and minor than other colleges but I would just go for the college that is the best fit (academically, financially, geographically or any other factor you care about.) and not worry about that.
Having degrees in so many similar disciplines dilutes the gravitas of all of them.
I know someone already mentioned this, but an overachiever would be able to spell “a lot” and all the other words in addition to the grammatical errors you’ve typed. If this post is indicative of your essays, maybe you should focus on 1 thing, not 3 highly related things.
Although, what do I know. I have a BS in biochemistry with minors in microbiology and genetics. All related (although separate). What I did do was not set out to accumulate the other subjects. I just signed up for classes and then realized after the fact that I had earned the notation.