How do I freaking manage a dual degree?!?!?

dweisserman
Wed, 29 May 2019 06:01:10 +0000

Hi! I’m a proud Wolverine, class of 2023. I’m currently in LSA(going to major in astronomy), planning to dual degreeing into nuclear engineering too. They’re my two biggest passions, and I’m 100% sure I want to major in them(assume for this I’m not switching.)

So, worried I’d have a huge courseload, I tried to plan out a sample 4-year schedule… and found that, despite the two majors sharing a bunch of prereqs, it would take me 190 credits! That’s absolutely insane, and while I think I’d technically be able to manage it it’d leave me without much of a social life. So, people who dual degreed, how did you do it? Did you take more than 4 years? Did you forgo a social life? In the words of Princess Leia: Help me, College Confidential. You’re my only hope.