Double Majors in Duke, Upenn or Datamouth

renaissancedad
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:30:47 +0000

I don’t get the approach of applying ED when your daughter has no idea right now which school she prefers. ED is binding, and it’s generally best suited for those who are 100% clear that they are willing to commit to a school (and who are not critically dependent on the financial aid package from that school meeting their expectations). Having no idea which of several schools is the best fit doesn’t sound like a great basis for applying ED.

A couple of thoughts:

1. Double majors at all 3 schools you list are fairly straightforward.

2. Penn also has the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, which is a dual degree program (you get 2 degrees, rather than 1 degree listing 2 majors) between Wharton the School of Engineering. Computer Science at Penn falls under SEAS, and is a popular major for Jerome Fisher Students. Finance and Management are both popular Wharton concentrations (though Economics and Political Science are majors in the College of Arts and Sciences). It's a small, highly prestigious and extremely competitive program (about 5% admission rate), that attempts to integrate applied science/engineering and economics/business, which tons of research, professional and entrepreneurial opportunities; the most common dilemma accepted students have is choosing between Jerome Fisher and Stanford. It's the kind of program that might be worth applying ED if your daughter appears qualified, and feels like the program is a perfect fit for what she wants.

http://www.upenn.edu/fisher/about
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1981197-penn-m-t-or-stanford.html

1. It's not on your list, but MIT has a new major in Computer Science, Economics and Data Science. It might be worth checking out.