<p>Although this may not follow the flow of this thread, I think I should point out that, frankly, double-majoring is probably not worth the trouble. The problem is that, sadly, employers and grad schools don’t really care much, and certainly not by enough to justify the extra effort involved. I think that’s wrong, I think they should care, but the reality is that they don’t really care. I have seen a LOT of people with doubles lose out on the job or the grad-school admission that they really wanted to somebody who had completed just a single. In fact, I will always remember one of them ruefully cursing his choice to do a double, saying that he should have spent less time doing that and more time on his interview skills or on career networking. What’s so great about pulling off a double if you don’t end up with the job that you really want? </p>
<p>So what I would say is, if you are going to pull off a double, make sure you are doing it because you are truly interested in both subjects. Don’t do it because you think you are going to garner some competitive advantage in terms of getting jobs or getting into grad school because, truthfully, you probably won’t get an advantage, and it may actually hurt you because of all of the extra time you will have to expend that might be better used on other things. This is one of those cases where hard work may not be rewarded. Sad but true.</p>