PhD Aerospace and double major

cosmicfish
Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:21:11 +0000

Do you think it is worth it? Career wise? Would it help my graduate application or would it hinder?

Well, in your particular situation I don’t think it will make much of a difference either way. Double majors are usually not much of an advantage, because all they really do is broaden your options for your first job, after which they do nothing. And they can hurt you if prospective employers see it as a sign of indecisiveness or a lack of commitment to whichever field they are hiring you for.

Think about your other options for that time - is there anything else you can do (full-time research, building giant killer robots, etc.) that will help you more? It is hard to fill a semester between undergrad and grad school, so this might well be the best thing you can do with that time, however marginal it is.