Northwestern's adjunct majors are unique because they are specifically designed for an interdisciplinary education. I plan to double major in Biology and International Relations, and Northwestern's quarter system and distributional requirements make that goal both plausible and effective. At age thirteen, my father handed me a book to refocus my attention away from the world and to his own field. Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “The Emperor of All Maladies” was not just a book about cancer; it was a story about how one disease was able to change the course of all humanity. I hope to prepare myself to conduct research and practice medicine across national boundaries in a world that I need to know and understand first. The adjunct major of International
