<p>I’m not sure yet whether I want to major in biology or applied mathematics. Unfortunately, the two majors are housed at different schools within UVa (CAS and Engineering, respectively), and I’ve been accepted to the CAS. Would it be too difficult to try combining these majors at UVa since they’re housed in different colleges? A rep from UVa told me that in order to major in applied math I’d have to apply to the College of Engineering and get accepted… but is there any way to be enrolled in both colleges? I also wouldn’t want to give up the College Science Scholars Program through CAS.</p>
<p>Currently, I’m deciding between UVa and the University of Washington, which doesn’t have this issue with the schools and majors. Is UVa worth the trouble for an OOS student? It seems like a great school. Any advice would be great. Thanks!</p>
<p>I want to double major in Computer Science (SEAS) and Mathematics (CAS). They’re from different schools but there’s no problem. The guy in my tour told me that a handful of Engineering majors dual major, and out of these students half dual major outside of engineering school. So there are definitely some people that dual major outside of their school.</p>
<p>I think it’s more of an issue that your tour guide led you to believe. If you are in SEAS and have a major you already want to do, doing another major is still problematic but do-able. If you are in CAS and want to do a SEAS major, then it is not so easy to decide later to do it, especially with bio requiring different calc sequences than APMA. OTOH you could do a biostat major with no problem from within CAS and keep your CSS status, which would be more useful than an engineering applied math major. [Undergraduate</a> Degree Programs, Department of Statistics, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.stat.virginia.edu/degree_undergraduate.shtm]Undergraduate”>http://www.stat.virginia.edu/degree_undergraduate.shtm)</p>
<p>A 3rd year student doing a CS+Math dual major w/ Aerospace minor gave a speech at the days on the lawn. He said it was totally doable and he still had free time to get 1 or 2 random electives of his choice.</p>
<p>Yes, and all people attending UVA are capable of doing a double major and a minor across schools. Sure. I’m just trying to be realistic here, you are going to be competing against the best of the best and 1 eschool major is enough to make some people leave the eschool. And you’re totally ignoring my comment about “clas to eschool is different from eschool to clas”… I’m glad you shared that one person’s opinion (which of course you can’t validate yet) but working with the 600 or so first year eschoolers as a TA for 3 years now I think I have a better idea what most of those incoming 1st years end up being capable of… Just saying.</p>
<p>hazelorb, you’re absolutely correct. I am simply saying it’s doable by providing an example. I was just sharing my 2 cents. I’m not trying to make any judgments or generalization, so don’t take my words that way. I’m sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>Also it wasn’t the tour guide who gave me the info (my bad), it was the associate dean of SEAS.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone… after looking over everything, I think it’s going to be UW (financial aid made UVa impossible, especially since I plan to go to grad school).</p>
<p>Congrats, UW is a great school and best of luck there.</p>
<p>I can’t really contribute to the discussion but I have to say I like your username.</p>
<p>(Me, I’m an Evariste fan…though he died at the age of 20.)</p>
<p>I had to look up Sophie Germain. She’s a French author. I hadn’t heard about her and I am French, oops.</p>
<p>lol I didn’t know that was also the name of a french author… my username is after a mathematician. thanks though</p>
<p>Yeah Sophie Germain. Her work made the engineering of the Eiffel Tower possible, yo.</p>
<p>^^ women in math and science ftw! glad someone got the reference 
… then again, this is CC.</p>