<p>I’m going to be a freshman this year at Barrett. I believe I’m going to major in Political Science (BA) and Psychology (BA). Now I’m also considering getting a minor in Art History. </p>
<p>Can anyone tell me how difficult it is to get a minor along with two majors? Is it done very often?</p>
<p>any thoughts?</p>
<p>It’s done at Barret more often than you’d think. It’s very doable if you come in with some credits and take a couple classes during the summer, as well as plan your 4 years really well.</p>
<p>thanks, christalena2. </p>
<p>no one ever posts on these asu threads. haha.</p>
<p>Yea, it’s too bad.</p>
<p>I agree that it is certainly doable. What are your future plans? Just understand that the more classes you take, the less time you will have for ECs and other things.</p>
<p>Well I’m most likely going to law school. I figure that double majoring and getting a minor will give me a diverse background of education, making me a more competitive candidate. </p>
<p>I sketched out my future term schedules to see if I would have room for all the credits I would need to fulfill the two majors and the minor. What I found was that I would have exactly enough room to get the degrees if I took 15 credits per term for terms 3 through 8. So if I really wanted to take one more class in any of those terms–giving me 18 credits–I have that option.</p>
<p>In regards to time for ECs: I feel like if I was taking 15 credits for most terms–an average amount–I could still participate in a decent amount of ECs.</p>
<p>Law school is mostly number oriented. Your LSAT and GPA count the most. Take something that you enjoy and you will do well. You do not need to concern whether those classes will qualify for another minor or major. Law school in general does not care.</p>
<p>Huh. That’s interesting to think about. Thanks, Christian2.</p>
<p>I agree, get a good GPA and go do things that demonstrate positive qualities. I know that for medical school admissions they are also pretty unimpressed by what major or how many you have, so long as you have the grades, ECs, and MCAT score.</p>
<p>Personally, if you handle everything and plan accordingly, you can do a lot with both your classes and EC’s. Personally, I’m double majoring and getting a minor and a certificate, am an officer in several clubs, play on a sports club team, have held an internship during one semester and had a job another, have a social life, studied abroad, and still hold a 4.0. </p>
<p>It’s doable. Trust me. </p>
<p>If you have the opportunity and are interested, why not try it out?</p>
<p>You sound like someone I knew at the BHC, but she graduated I believe.</p>
<p>Regardless, wouldn’t you agree that if you didn’t have the extra major that you would have more time to do ECs and the like? As Christian mentioned before, GPA is much more important than multiple majors. Even with a 4.0 in two majors, adcoms don’t really care that much. It’s another drop in the bucket, but having a long term EC in its place is much more likely to sway them.</p>
<p>Yup I would completely agree. But I still like the challenge nonetheless. If I can fit everything in, without overloading myself on credit hours it doesn’t hurt, and I take advantage of the opportunity in college. It’s not everyday that you have the chance to get two degrees at once.</p>
<p>I agree that its a great opportunity to do as many classes as you can. I did minors in dance and history myself.</p>
<p>I’m thinking I might just take some classes in subjects that I might want to get a minor in, and just see where it goes from there. But since law school does mainly just look at GPA and LSAT, I’m probably going to reconsider getting a minor simply to impress.</p>
<p>The only time minors would impress is if it was radically different than your major. Not because it shows that you are good at something, but because it shows a diversity of interest. For example, lots of pre-meds take science majors and minors. Those minors do NOTHING for you. However, a non-science minor (or taking a non-science major with science minor) give you a little justification when you try to make the point that you are well rounded. Taking the classes can make the same point as well, but unless you point it out the adcom might not make the connection.</p>
<p>Well my minor would probably be art history, which is pretty distinct from my majors (political science and psychology).</p>
<p>dollyllamaa, you might want to check the following out at Barrett:</p>
<p>Project Excellence is a partnership between the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor Law School and the Barrett Honors College designed to expose Barrett Honors College students to Law courses and Law faculty. The Partnership familiarizes ASU Law faculty with the brightest students at ASU, helps to attract more National Merit Scholars to the BHC and attract more top BHC students to the Law School. Project Excellence is currently conceived as having three components: courses, mentoring, and scholarship possibilities. In essence, Juniors and Seniors in good standing with the Barrett Honors College who have completed the lower division requirements (or the equivalent to lower division) have the opportunity to register for a set of HON 494 classes that are actually seats in College of Law classes. These are listed in the early registration material. Interested students must receive special permission in order to register for one of these courses.</p>
<p>Yeah see I’ve heard about that law school connection with Barrett and I think I’d really like to take advantage of it. But if I did get a minor, I just don’t know if I could fit “Project Excellence” in my course-load. That is another issue.</p>