Has anyone here double majored in anything?

As far as getting a job, not much of a benefit. If you enjoy stressing yourself out to no end and extra letters on your diploma, go for it.

This sounds like a job for the career office and your academic adviser. You are studying mechanical engineering. What are your career goals? What is your short-term plan to achieve them? Will double-majoring help you get closer to those goals? Would you be better off graduating on time and considering a master's degree in applied math, either immediately or once you have some work experience under your belt?

Get into contact with people working in your field, both fresh out of school and many years out. If you can talk to people in management, even better. Run the various options by them, and see what advice they give you. This can also help you plan your course load optimally for the next 1.5 years to make yourself a more attractive job candidate.

I'd get a masters over a double major. Plus, mechanical engineering will do a great job all alone in landing you a nice job .

i double majored in political science and psychology, also secondary education and special education. i minored in english, history and middle school education. it took me 3 1/2 years. i clep'ed out of several credits my freshman year, took 21 credits a semester and went to summer school for a few classes. i love learning. by the time i graduated, i also had a few masters credits under my belt too.

i think my subjects were easy to double up on, but i doubt that engineering and math would be the same since they build on each other and include labs. hubby studied to be a civil engineer and he maxed out on 16 credits a semester. we took chemistry 1, 2 and 3 and statistics together just so we had more time with each other because he was always at lab for his engineering classes.

i became a stay-at-home mom 5 months after graduation so i have no idea if my education would have been beneficial in a career-setting. although i did teach for a year while hubby was 'catching up' his classes. they hired me based on my education, not degree (i hadn't graduated at that point yet [one semester of finishing up my minors away], but had done my student teaching with them), because hubby and i wanted to graduate at the same time.

in my opinion, it is hard to get back to college after you have left so you might as well take all the classes you can. being educated is never a waste. go for the double major.

Yep. B.S.ED and B.S. General History with a nutritional science minor.

Do these degrees apply to my current career? Absolutely not.

Did my educational background help land me this position? Absolutely.

Was it hard/would you do it again/was it worth it? Absolutely.

Why? I truly love my job, the cooperation, and the people whom I serve. I made a stupid amount of money. My benefits are outstanding (they're footing the bill for my lasic and paying for my masters)...and my coworkers are personable, outgoing, and all around good people.

Could I really ask for more at 23? No...Most of my friends are struggling to make the minimum payments on their student loans...I own three vehicles and I'm looking for a house.

I have a BS in Aerospace Engineering and I was considering double majoring in mathematics also when I was still in school. I talked to recruiters through my internship at the time and they said that it is pretty common for engineers to pursue that so it really doesn't help much but there were some math courses that we weren't required to take for a BS in AerE that were required for a lot of graduate programs that they told me to look into so I took those and that has helped a lot because it's more classes out of the way before I go for my masters (since I'm doing it while working full time every class out of the way is helpful!)

Hope this helps!

Beer and women. I was an A student....

Psychology and Sociology- I'm not in my field at all. The experience was great though. If I could do it again, I'd probably pick a different major or go for the master's.

@jedibunny- my intended major going in was cultural anthropology :P

I have degrees in English, Music and Education. All of which have led me to being an Administrative Assistant.

I just love to learn and want to go back and get a degree in German now. Can never get enough of school

Majored in Business and Painting.

I have always used a bit of my business degree. I have not made a living off of painting or drawing, but I could (probably) and probably will at least supplement my income with art.

I did it in four years and worked my *kitten* off.

Yup in smoking pole and blunts :smokin:

Yup in smoking pole and blunts :smokin:

Can we see your video resume?

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I'm currently a double major in English and History, so I can't quite say if it's worth it in the job market, but I'm doing it because I can't pick one over the other. The school process is pretty much the same as far as course numbers, you just have less electives. Depending on the majors there's a bit more work, I know for mine I have a hell of a lot more writing than most other majors so that's a bit heavy but otherwise it's pretty great. Not to mention when you tell people you're a double major they'll strangely impressed.

Good Luck!

Bachelor of Business Management
Emphasis in Human Resource Management
Minor in Psychology

.. School get's you in the door. Proves you are willing to WORK, have good work ethic and that you can LEARN, besides that it really does not matter your schooling UNLESS you're in a professional designation- doctor, lawyer, dentist and so on.

My evidence, a man very close to me (daddy) has his masters in electrical, hasn't touched that besides basic touch ups and repairs since the 80's. He's not the president and CEO of a multi, hundred, million dollar pharmeseutical company..

Do whatever floats your boat! Dream it till you achieve it!

I majored in psychology and studio art...both equally useless from a career standpoint. I ended up getting a master's in information science and working as a web designer.