| *time management ninja pose*
My advice for prospective double majors is to come in and take the classes you need to take freshman year assuming you'll do the double. Then sit down at the beginning of sophomore year, map out the classes you'd need to double, take the appropriate slate during first semester of sophomore year, and see if it makes you crazy. If it makes you crazy, screw the double major idea and just take classes in the second department without majoring in it. If it doesn't make you (too) crazy, do it up. But always have an exit strategy for graduating with one degree.
The most you're allowed to do at MIT is double major and double minor. I had a friend who did this -- double major in chemical engineering and biology and double minor in biomedical engineering and comparative media studies. Not for the faint of heart, but she got through it and UROPed and TAed and hung out with the rest of our group of friends.
EDIT: Also note, despite my threat in #42, I did not in fact drop pebbles at cheerleading practice tonight. |