Hence the vogue for double majors. It isn't enough anymore to take a bunch of electives in addition to your primary focus, to roam freely across the academic fields, making serendipitous connections and discoveries, the way that American higher education was designed (uniquely, among the world's systems) to allow you to do.
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2015) - ISBN: 9781476702728