Dear all,
I wanted to attend Trinity College, but was unsure of the way I can major.
In the sense, can I double major?
From the following:
Mathematics/Computer Science
Mathematics/Physics
Physics/Computer Science
Thanks,
Look at tripos closely. There is some flexibility, but no double majoring per se
For example http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/admissions/ug/subjects/computer-science
I was a bit surprised by your question, so looked at your other threads. As far as I can tell you are coming to the end of 9th grade, and have been trying to figure out how to get into “prestigious” college since 7th grade. I really try hard to be as supportive of students as possible.
BUT.
You are putting the cart before the horse. Of course you want to go the famous schools that everybody has heard of- and so do tens of thousands of other students. But you are also interested in subjects in which the most famous names are not the only top names. When you graduate and go looking for a job, it’s not your classmates or your family you have to impress, but the grad schools or employers in comp sci/maths/physics know who the powerhouses are. Look at the top schools for comp sci [here[/url], [url=<a href=“http://www.shanghairanking.com/SubjectCS2014.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://www.shanghairanking.com/SubjectCS2014.html]here[/url], [url=<a href=“http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/%7Eremzi/rank.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/rank.html]here[/url] and [url=<a href=“http://www.businessinsider.com/best-computer-science-engineering-schools-in-america-2015-7%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://www.businessinsider.com/best-computer-science-engineering-schools-in-america-2015-7]here[/url]. Go ahead and apply to some of the famous names- but look beyond them as well.
For the US (since you declare yourself on other threads as Ivy-bound): the famous-name US schools get thousands of applications from students who live in their own bubble: super-high grades and test scores, a musical instrument (usually stringed), and an individual sport (usually tennis, sometimes running). What those bubble-students don’t understand is that at the top US colleges there is an emphasis on building a community. So, they want students who interact with other students, who have had leadership positions (which show commitment over time, suggest an ability to relate to peers and adults, indicate an interest in the good of the group, not just yourself), who will add something to the college community while they are there. MIT is exceptionally clear about who they want: have you read [url=<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/there_is_no_formula%5Dthis%5B/url”>http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/there_is_no_formula]this[/url] or [url=<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways%5Dthis%5B/url”>http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways]this[/url]? These aren’t just words- they mean them.
For the UK, well, frankly it’s a bit irritating that somebody who can work out that of the 31 Colleges at Cambridge they want Trinity specifically can’t manage to read the names of the 30 courses that are offered at Cambridge ([url=<a href=“http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses]here[/url]”>Courses for 2024 entry | Undergraduate Study]here](http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2014/computer-science-information-systems#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=)). If you look at the Maths course, you will see that there is a Maths with Physics option, and there is not a Maths with CompSci option. If you look at CompSci you will see that there is no CompSci with Physics option. But more importantly, you will see what exactly you will study in any course- year by year of your degree. Did you read those parts? b/c in the UK it matters a LOT. The UK is a lot more prescriptive in it’s courses than the US is. Also, are you not interested in Oxford’s Math + Comp Sci course b/c somebody told you that Cambridge is for Science and Oxford is for Humanities?