Another "Help me choose a major" thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>Can you guys rank these three majors from hardest to easiest (and state by how much? and also why you believe so)</p>

<li>Philosophy</li>
<li>Psychology</li>
<li>Political Science</li>
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<p>I’m not really sure which to pick, but all I know is that I want to generally be able to get all A’s.</p>

<p>I guess what I’m afraid of most are term/final papers that feel so subjective in its grading. I hear that these classes are mostly essay writing, but I guess I hope I can learn how to write A papers.</p>

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<p>Choose something you like, sheep.</p>

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<p>I've always heard that psychology is a very easy major, but philosophy could also be easy if you like reading and thinking. I know nothing about political science.</p>

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<p>I do like all 3. Thank you!</p>

<p>This is how I am filtering between the three.</p>

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<p>I personally would rather kill myself than major in philosophy, but that's just me.</p>

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<p>checkout cognitive science</p>

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<p>is this because you don't like Philosophy?
Or because you took a course in Philosophy and it was rather difficult?</p>

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<p>Poli sci is the most popular out of the 3 at UCSD, so that should tell you something. Also, its grad school program is one of the best in the nation.</p>

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<p>Philosophy is EXTREMELY easy for me, at least for lower division classes. </p>

<p>But yeah I don't think UCSD is very well known for philosophy, but it has a decent psychology program I heard.</p>

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<p>Don't pick the easiest. Take some classes from all three and see which you like the best. Out of those three, philosophy is my favorite subject.</p>

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<p>so did you like the answers from sduncensored or here better?</p>

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<p>i like the ones from SDuncensored better :)</p>

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<p>I like the ones on sduncensored a lot better lol.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help guys!</p>

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<p>Astrina, you're on SDUncensored?</p>

<p>Oh man, now that I think about it... I'm almost completely certain i know who you are... Did you enjoy Crab Hut?</p>

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<p>I did indeed! :) You should totally check it out ... but don't wear anything fancy, 'cause it's a pretty messy (but delicious) ordeal.</p>

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<p>It's pretty easy since I think astrina's the only girl besides Amber haha</p>

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<p>haha i should've picked a less-girly username ...</p>

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<p>I might be able to help. I am a physics and philosophy double major and i have a good deal of experience with poli sci classes since one of my programs of concentration is poli sci (warren GE's). Out of those three majors philosophy is the hardest by far. Since most people think of the matrix when they think of philosophy they forget that reading and understanding people like Kant or Nietzsche is actually fairly difficult. On the other hand, it is also very rewarding, both personally and professionally (for law school that is). Philosophy majors have the second highest average lsat, beaten out only by physics and math majors (maybe i should look into law school, lol) Average</a> LSAT Scores for 29 Majors with over 400 Students Taking the Exam . Also UCSD's philosophy department is fairly good (top 15-20), its just not talked about much because so many people are busy talking about engineering or bio because those are the popular majors and philosophy isn't. (If you want to specialize in philosophy of mind it is quite possibly the best place for it considering the churchlands, and the interdisciplinary cooperation between the cogsci depart., neuroscience depart. , computer science depart., and all of the bio resources.) </p>

<p>Now, of course, if you are sure about law school then gpa really is your first concern, but dont forget about the lsat (and the prep you might receive). Poli is the old beaten path for prelaw and UCSD has a top 10 poli department so that is also a good option. The poli dept is huge and you will always have a great number of classes and profs to choose from along with a very flexible major. You should have a back up in case law school doesn't work out; law school isn't for everyone. So which one do you think would be the most useful to you in case you do not become a lawyer?</p>

<p>It is probably the case that the general marketability of those three are roughly equal, with philosophy being more unique and general while the other two are more applicable to specific jobs. </p>

<p>Psychology is probably the easiest of the three but i am not going to talk about since i don't have any primary experience with it. You could double in psychology and poli or phil as poli and phil only require 16 and 15 courses, respectively (or poli and phil). If you haven't already you should check out these majors in the catalog Courses</a>, Curricula, and Programs .</p>

<p>So in the end you should probably major in what you like the most unless there would be a significant difference in GPA, because you will have to spend 4 years studying it and in any field grad school is always an option if you like the field enough.</p>

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<p>Ahhh. Thank you so much for the post.</p>

<p>So you would say that philosophy is significantly harder? (In terms of how many extra hours of study per week) How much would say on average do people have to study more between philosophy and political science for an A? If it is significant, I can study for LSAT more while taking Political Science. </p>

<p>Your post was very insightful. You are actually the first philosophy major that I have seen. Are the classes hard to get an A in? </p>

<p>I am very set on Law School, so yes GPA is very important to me.
However, if the preparation I get from a philosophy major is significant, I will consider those factors as well.</p>

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<p>Pshhhh understanding Nietzsche and Kant isn't hard, unless you want to understand them from solely reading their books, then yeah it's pretty hard. Especially Kant, he can't write for ****. </p>

<p>This whole interdisciplinary cooperation between the philosophy department and the "mind" sciences is quite interesting though, sounds really fun.</p>