<p>I have no idea how you (or anyone) could juggle writing 2 theses in one year, unless you were superhuman. I think you would either have take an extra year to space them out or attempt to write one as a junior and one as a senior, meaning that you would have to take your junior qual in one of the disciplines by the second semester of your sophomore year… which also seems pretty unrealistic. </p>
<p>Perhaps if you took most of your group requirements, like intro science, language/math, social studies, etc, during summer sessions at PSU or a local college, or if you’re coming into Reed with a lot of college credit already under your belt, you would have a better chance at getting both sets of major and departmental requirements completed in 4 years. But basically, in order to double-major, you would probably have to supplement your 4 years at Reed somehow (with classes taken elsewhere or another year)</p>
<p>You will most likely run into a lot of people (professors, advisors, admin) that will say you should major in one discipline, take a bunch of classes in the other, and use your thesis to explore both. I have a friend who was a bio major but very involved in the psych department as well, and she wrote her thesis on neuroscience. This is a much more sane direction to pursue and you will still learn a ton in both disciplines, even if you don’t graduate with a piece of paper to prove it (perhaps you could call it an unofficial minor).</p>
<p>Other options: It is possible to petition Reed’s fin aid office to give you more than 8 semesters of institutional aid. I don’t know what they base their decision on or how often people get this, but I know it is an option. Ask them for more info.
You can potentially petition to combine 2 majors into 1 degree (and 1 thesis), i.e. Physics-Psych. That sounds like what the Theatre-Psych student did. It doesn’t sound like most people are generally successful at doing this, though, and it involves jumping through a ton of hoops. Contact the department chairs for more info.</p>