<human>: Any upperclassmen or graduates reading this will have given a resounding "**Duh!**" at reading my title, but I all the time (both on reddit and in talking with high school and young college students) I see this misunderstanding. I was guilty of it, too, when I was a senior in high school; I'm pretty sure I wanted to double major and double minor. 

The reality of the situation will vary depending on your school and program(s) of study, but understand two things:

* Double majoring (or adding minors) is, in general, not easy in terms of additional courses and requirements

* You're free to take classes that interest/benefit you, regardless of whether you declare a major or minor in that field 

Two examples, one for each point, from my own experience:

* I'm a physics major, which happens – at my university – to be the most unit-heavy major in terms of graduation requirements. When I was a freshman, I wanted to add a math major and realized it would mean taking ~20 units per quarter (despite entering with a lot of AP and CC credits) just to finish in 4 years. After talking with faculty, I decided I didn't need the math major and I've taken a more manageable ~13-16 units per quarter which allowed me to keep my grades up and focus on other things (research, outreach, being a college student, etc.).

* There were two statistics courses that were especially relevant to my research, so I decided to take them even though the 8 units was well short of the 24 needed to declare a minor.

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: You don't need to try and major or minor in every subject you think might interest you. You should take classes that interest you and, if you find yourself especially drawn to a subject, then think about adding a major or minor.