Fig. 2
Discipline diversity. On the left, the distribution of student majors is shown, since the program was initiated in the summer of 2006 through the summer of 2018 (282 students). On the right, the student major distribution is shown from the summer of 2014 through the summer of 2018 (94 students). This time period represents the students who participated in VIX. In this subpopulation, there was a significant increase in double majors (50/94; 53.2%). The program’s overall discipline diversity is shown in the left panel of Fig. 2: Biomedical Engineering (102), Physics (25), Neuroscience (24), Chemistry (21), Molecular & Cellular Biology (20), Biological Sciences (13), Computer Science (13), Applied Math/Mathematics (12), Electrical Engineering (12), Engineering/Engineering Sciences (11), Medicine, Health & Society (9), Mechanical Engineering (7), Economics (6), Music/Musical Arts (4), Audio Engineering (3), Biochemistry (3), Human and Organizational Studies (3), Chemical Engineering (2), Spanish (2), Philosophy (2), Aeronautical Engineering (1), Anthropology (1), Astronomy (1), Behavioral Biology (1), Business Administration (1),Chemical Physics (1), Civil Engineering (1), Comparative Human Development (1), Computer Engineering (1), Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology (1), East Asian Studies (1), English (1), Film and Media (1), History of Art (1), International Studies (1), Neuroanthropology (1), Sociology (1), and Women and Gender Studies (1). The interviewed cohort matches this diversity, with majors in Biomedical Engineering (45), Biological Sciences (11), Neuroscience (11), Applied Math/Mathematics (12), Chemistry (7), Physics (6), Molecular & Cellular Biology (5), Chemical Engineering (4), Economics (3), Electrical Engineering (3), Mechanical Engineering (3), Music/Musical Arts (3), Spanish (3), Audio Engineering (2), Biochemistry (2), Medicine, Health & Society (2), Philosophy (2), Aeronautical Engineering (1), English (1), Computer Science (3), Astronomy (1), Behavioral Biology (1), Comparative Human Development (1), Sociology (1), Psychology (1), and Women and Gender studies (1)