my child attends dmore. the coop opportunities/requirement and location in boston is such a great advantage for future employment. there’s no big ten football, no frat/sorority houses but you will have smaller class sizes and a private school feel.
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Yeah I understand. I’m fine with majoring in either. Like you mentioned, business is probably more real-world oriented whereas Economics is theoretical.
Thank you! I am excited. I’ll revisit this question if the WL comes back.
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Not sure why it’d be - you have a great school, your favorite major, at an affordable price.. and the potential alternative is more expensive and not the major you want?.. don’t think twice, stick with the one that wants you. 
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Thank you! This is very informative. In regards to the combined majors, am I understanding correctly that you major in one and minor in the other? At first glance, I thought these combined majors were like a dual-major type scenario. Do you get two degrees? Or one degree with both majors listed?
UMich does seem more difficult to switch majors around, particularly because of Ross. I’ll revisit this if the WL comes back.
I am happy with the financial package at Northeastern for sure. I was expecting it to come in higher. Thank you for your help!
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Thank you! Understood
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Thank you. May I ask what your child’s major is? I do really like the co-op, going into a career with experience is great as you said.
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Ross wouldn’t be guaranteed no. D’Amore-McKim is. I would probably end up studying Economics in LSA given how competitive transfers into Ross are.
No, a combined major is different from a major plus a minor.
When you add a minor, it doesn’t change the requirements of the full major.
When you do a combined major, the requirements have been revised to create a single, blended major - there are classes that the full CS major (with or without a minor in something else) requires, but the combined majors do not. Likewise the full business major vs. the business side of the combined major, and so on.
I suggested starting out in the combined major, because then you get a start on both subjects. Then, if you begin to feel that you’d rather lean more toward one than the other, you can pivot to a full major in one, and a minor in the other.
Does that make sense? You can look at the specific requirements and sample plans of study, to see what I mean. (Since you say you’d consider econ at UMich, you can also compare the CS+Econ blended major with CS+Business.) The full list of combined majors in Khoury is here.
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