<p>I am an incoming physiology and neurobiology major at college park. I want to double major. I am aslo in Gemstone. Is this possible in four years? </p>
<p>Does anybody know of any gemstone student who has double majored successfully? (what were the two majors?)</p>
<p>How many AP credits are you bringing in with you? That can help make a difference. D1 is double majoring in Astronomy and Physics with a minor in German. Since sophomore year, she’s either worked at an internship, done research, and/or worked as a TA (time commitments probably similar to Gemstone). She’ll be able to graduate in 4 years, with no summer school classes, but she had most of her Core requirements met with AP credits (50+ credit hours). Don’t know how the overlap in your two majors compares with hers though. If you can take summer school classes (at your local community college or through UMD) to address any core requirements you’ll still need, you can do it. To be successful at both of your majors and Gemstone, your time able to be allocated to partying will be significantly reduced, however!</p>
<p>yes i have all of my CORE taken care of with AP credits, besides the 2 Advanced Studies CORE classes.</p>
<p>how many credit hours did your daughter take per semester?</p>
<p>Dual majors + gemstone is definitely doable. A friend of mine just graduated with majors in a life science and piano performance(zero overlap) while doing gemstone. She was also involved in many other activities but DID take some summer classes. I avoided gemstone since I was concerned about time commitments. I’m also double majoring in piano + chemistry (premed) and starting with 54 AP credits …</p>
<p>She’s averaged about 15 hrs per semester. I think the most she’s had is 16 hours. (and the least was 12 hours after she dropped a lab class taught by the Devil Reincarnated one semester last year! …Also during one of her “working at internship/doing research on campus/and being a TA” semesters…) She chose not to do Gemstone, mainly because she was tarnished from too many group-projects-from-h*ll during high school. In her case, it was the right decision for her personality, and for the internships and research she’s been able to do. She came in with 58 credits.</p>
<p>D2 also came in with a bunch of AP credit and is double majoring in Spanish and Environmental Policy, also with taking a reasonable work load of classes. She is also on track for easily finishing in 4 years. </p>
<p>If you’re like the many who change their majors once they are into things on campus, or if you drop classes to get you down to 12 hrs for more than one semester, or if you don’t really map out the courses you plan to take (and take the prerequisites when you need to), that’s when you start getting into the 4+ year plan. If you stay on top of things, you should have no problem…gotta love that AP credit!</p>