best majors for undergrad

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>what are good majors for undergrad at rice???</p>

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<p>the sciences...</p>

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<p>Do what you enjoy the most. Rice is one of the best schools in the country for the natural sciences and engineering, if those are the fields that interest you.</p>

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<p>Rice is a great place... overalll its a good university for most majors. So pick what YOU want to do...</p>

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<p>rice/baylor program is the best in the country</p>

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<p>as is the school of architecture and the music school</p>

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<p>how about prelaw?</p>

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<p>(sigh) there is no pre-law major. i really like the philosophy department here, though. i am really amazed. philosophy is something that is taught horribly in high schools, if at all. i am in my 3rd philosophy course, and i still have not written a paper. if you can't imagine that, then that is exactly what i am talking about.</p>

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<p>YUP.. no prelab major here</p>

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<p>wait, if there is no prelaw, then what do students, who want to go into law, do?
thats so weird</p>

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<p>I think he means there's no pre-law * major * but maybe a prelaw program within majors. I could likely be wrong, but it shouldn't matter because you can get into law school even as a pottery major as long as you do well on the lsat.</p>

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<p>Yeah dude, unlike medicine, law schools have no prerequisites. How it works is that you take whatever classes/major that you want, then you take the LSAT.
90% of law school admissions is based on GPA/LSAT. So in a sense, the best major for pre-law is whatever you can get the highest GPA in.</p>

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<p>so i guess the legally blond movie is quite accurate :)</p>

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<p>oh ok thats good. thanks</p>

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<p>I wanna major in pre-med. so at Rice which dept for undergrad is better though, bio or chem (for pre-med)????</p>

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<p>premed isnt a major... so you can be a history majopr and premed</p>

<p>Premed is a set of courses u take... its like a curriculum not a major exactly</p>

<p>So u do what you like and also be pre med</p>

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<p>sreis -</p>

<p>You really haven't written a paper in your phil classes? I don't know, the phil class i took at rice and the one i took while abroad definitely had papers involved. But i thought writing them was worthwhile. It really helped me to crystallize my ideas.</p>

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<p>no, I haven't. i mentioned that because it is so different from what i would expect.</p>

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<p>I certainly wrote papers for my philosophy class. What did you take, sreis?</p>

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<p>106, 305, 357.</p>