<p>Hello and thank you in advance for viewing/reading this. Here's my problem: I really love computers, coding (well, this kind of stuff) and also building things, fixing broken devices, plus I'm crazy about robots, he-he. So I dunno which undergrad. program to choose. EECS or Mechanical Engineering.... I would love to do both. What can you advise me? </p>
<p>P.S. I'm 100% sure that I don't want to sit in front of my laptop all my life and write programs, I'd rather build stuff, but then again, I like programming. Aargh... <em>rage</em> It's so hard to decide!!!</p>
<p>You can always do both. :)</p>
<p>You don’t actually declare your major until sophomore year at MIT, so you’d have a year to take intro courses and explore. I’ve changed my major a few times already. Don’t worry about it just yet.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, also, that you don’t need to major in a subject to take classes in it.</p>
<p>@lidusha</p>
<p>so it’s possible to get a dual degree at MIT?</p>
<p>Not anymore, but it is possible to double-major.</p>
<p>I thought they changed it from double major to dual major. We could double or triple major when I was there.</p>
<p>I suggest that the OP take classes in either major and decide which one he/she likes best. You can always take some of the neat design classes in the other majors to get some exposure to the other major.</p>
<p>I don’t know what the difference between double and dual major is.</p>
<p>At the moment you’re allowed a maximum of two majors and two minors, and you get a maximum of one degree.</p>
<p>There is no difference between double or dual major. It means the same thing: you have all the credit requirements for each major.</p>
<p>Dual degree , which is no longer available, meant getting two diplomas from MIT. This required getting 270 credits on top of the GIRs in addition to meeting the requirements for each major. That was much harder.</p>
<p>^Harder. And awesomer.</p>
<p>^Yes, I think they stopped it because MIT kids like to be awesome, and so they might be tempted to do the double major just to be awesome.</p>
<p>^ I guess that all awesome schools should support smart and talented kids who want and can go for more than one diploma. What’s wrong with it?</p>
<p>Damn. It would be quite awesome to get a dual degree, but as long as double major is available I guess it’s alright. </p>
<p>Thanks again to everyone who replied.</p>