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What are the benefits from double-majoring?

How difficult would it be?

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There is no simple answer to this.

Choosing to double major doesn't have to result in a higher paying job or better career options to justify doing them. Let's say you played Cello for 10 years and love it. But also love Math. So you might want to pursue both because you are good at both of them and you want to continue playing and mastering the cello. You might know up front that you are not going to join the NY Philharmonic Orchestra but you still want to play the Cello for 4 more years and get better at it.

Other people pick dual majors because they get talked into it by their parents. Let's say the parent is a doctor and the other an investment banker. Both are equally lucrative and since you might not know what you want to be, your parents tell you to study Pre-Med and Economics so you will be well prepared to apply either to Business School for an MBA or Medical School.

And other people pick dual majors that are closely relatable like these pairs Political Science/Journalism, Bioengineering/Statistics, GenderStudies/Sociology, or Art History/Archeology. This gives them a broader understanding of more subject matter, not necessarily a deep dive focus on one thing. So this is a good thing if you aren't sure what you want to specialize in in grad school. You can lean toward one major vs. the other but still have some insight into the subject matter that is relatable.

The downside is sometimes it takes an extra semester or 2 semesters of college to fit in the additional requirements of your 2nd major. Or you might have to attend 2 different colleges because 1 is a music college affiliated but not part of the college you are applying to.

And if you want to be super ambitious, you can look into Dual Degree Programs that combine a B.A/B.S like a liberal arts degree and a STEM degree at the same school. These are super challenging and might take 2-3 semesters more of coursework to graduate but you end up with 2 diplomas.

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