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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=sparky][quote=Anonymous]Princeton doesn’t allow double majors.  Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you.  And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.[/quote]

That's the problem. no double majors[/quote]

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors.  Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well).  But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses.  Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them.  In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count.  Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.[/quote]

i will say "so what" about a double major.  That's a crazy reason to pick a school.  You can still take most of the courses and you don't need to worry about every prerequisite.  No one will ever care if you have two majors.  And who knows what you will actually want to major in (never mind double major) in two years from now.[/quote]

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