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University of Wisconsin-Madison officials: Are multiple majors beneficial?

As if double-majoring in both physics and French wasnâ??t enough, UW-Madison senior Grant Teply decided to add a third major in math. Then he tacked on astronomy. And finally, for good measure, philosophy.

Teply, who is graduating this spring in a highly efficient four years, said his decision to quintuple major wasnâ??t exactly pre-meditated. Once he learned he could, his attitude was more one of, why not?