<p>I guess I don’t think of the inherent difficulty of the majors as being the biggest roadblock – I mean, if you’re planning to do a major in EECS or physics, the additional difficulty of the other degree isn’t your biggest problem. Your biggest problem is juggling your schedule so you end up with a reasonable courseload every semester.</p>
<p>In other words, I don’t think the difficulty in doing a double major lies in the inherent difficulty of the courses. I think the difficulty lies in how many courses you have to take per semester to finish the double.</p>
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You could presumably take all the classes required for the minor or major there, but you would likely not get official recognition of the major or minor on your diploma at graduation.</p>
<p>The academic guide [url=<a href=“Advising resources | MIT Registrar”>Advising resources | MIT Registrar]says[/url</a>]
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<p>Students can additionally take only about two classes at another school per semester, so completing an entire major at another school would be logistically daunting.</p>
<p>But don’t forget that the actual words on your diploma are not really the important part – if you really like studying Arabic or something, you don’t need to major in it to take a bunch of classes, or to tell prospective employers that you’re fluent in the language. What’s in your brain at the end of your college years is what’s important, not the major(s) specified on your diploma.</p>