<p>Hello,
I'm doing a philosophy BA degree in a UK university and am hoping to do a masters degree in the US. However, I would like to switch to either Law or Psychology. To what extent would the fact that I have had no experience in those fields undermine my chances of being accepted in a top uni? </p>
<p>I have also noticed that the Yale School of Music offers a course for performance- which allows open units in philosophy. I am also tempted to apply for this but approximately what standards are expected of applicants?</p>
<p>and based on the info i have provided above, does anyone know of any courses they would recommend me looking into as I have no clue where to start looking!</p>
<p>You need a background in psychology to get into most MA programs. There's no way of knowing if you'll still like the field after you take higher level classes in the subject. For law (I assume you mean law academia) they will not frown upon your lack of background. You would apply to law school to get into that field. I don't think Yale Music would admit you if your reason for applying is to take philosophy courses (I'm somewhat unsure what you're saying).</p>
<p>no that's not my "reason", but just an additional bonus that I find very attractive.
anyhow, what about something like Educational studies (human development) at harvard? I find it fairly relevant to philosophy but am really unsure what kind of status this kind of course has...</p>
<p>As CWalker stated, why are you considering graduate school when you don't know what you want to do? I was in your situation, and I postponed my grad school plans. I am very happy because my original ambitions have changed over time. Grad school is too expensive to guess around. Get some work experience or volunteer with an organization. When you know exactly what you want to do, then you can apply for programs.</p>
<p>to be very frank I just WANT to do it. I already know what I will do as a career but just want to have a master's degree complete, mostly because I simply enjoy the process of learning (in any subject I'm interested in). I don't have any financial problems and don't intend to be USING my degree for vocational purposes, so like I said, I'm only doing it for the enjoyment of learning more. obviously, the opportunity to do such in a more elite university would add to the thrill - and i'm just asking whether anyone can recommend some programs they know of that I may be interested in based on what I said in the original post. thanks :)</p>