<p>How feasible/ how often is double majoring done by wash U students. Is a major and minor more prevalent.</p>
<p>I am looking into potentially a poly-sci major, or a bio major. Biology is probably fairly intensive, correct? </p>
<p>Side note... for law schools, would a bio major be acceptable, beneficial, or hurt a law school applicants chances? I am debating between pre-law and pre-med, and want to keep both open as long as possible.. maybe practice environmental law then?</p>
<p>I plan on double majoring in business and political science....They're much more similar than bio/poli sci...</p>
<p>I bet it's feasible....it will just take an enormous amount of work. My sister majored in biochemistry and international studies.</p>
<p>Washu is really open about how felixible they are and how easy it is to double major. Hell, going there...it seemed like double majoring was the norm and very rarely did i find a student with just one major. WashU seems to encourage doing so, so i guess it is pretty manageable. I plan on triple majoring :-)</p>
<p>Same here, I'm thinking about biology + management (organization or human resources i think?) or or maybe management with premed concentration...I don't know how that's going to work though, since i applied to CAS instead of Olin...=</p>
<p>I'm a bio major who's thinking of law school. Unfortunately, from what I hear, no law school actually cares what your major is. Sometimes I wish I'd majored in underwater basket-weaving (or maybe psychology... even easier! :) ). </p>
<p>Although I wonder how law schools get their environmental lawyers? I'm hopine that there is a slight concession given to hard science majors, but I doubt it's large enough to offset a higher GPA in an easier major. In sum, don't take bio unless you're interested in it.</p>
<p>I wouldn't really make lofty plans to major in both biology and business, because both majors have extensive requirements. Biology requires that you take 2 years of chemisty (w/ lab) and a year of physics (w/ lab) as well as some math (although you likely have ap credit).</p>
<p>Oh, and I really, really recommend finding out if you want to go to medical school as soon as possible... there's really no such thing as casually "keeping pre-med open as an option." It's going to take a lot of time, and if you're like most people who find out it's not for you, you're going to wish you had spent that time and energy on something else. In short, pre-med is not an option, it's a real COMMITMENT, and a very time consuming one at that.</p>
<p>double major in bio at wustl? that's hardcore. good luck.</p>
<p>fsb321- thanks for all the input, that was a great help. Do most people just do a political science major for pre-law? Is it feasible to double major with a political science major and something else? </p>
<p>If one were to be planning ahead to enter law school, what recomendations would make, having been through most of it? Should one double major... have minors... be active in organizations... intern? </p>
<p>Also... is Wash U generally looked well upon by law schools/ med schools? Is your undergraduate school that important (ie, would someone who went to Harvard have a better chance of getting into a good law school), or just how you did there grades-wise?</p>
<p>As a Wash U student, are they any particularly strong areas of Wash U besides the sciences/ med school? I know its not that well known for social sciences (I am debating between Wash U and Georgetown...). </p>
<p>In general... did you like your Wash U experience/ social life (are sports part of the Wash U life... I doubt it)...</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>-wash u is looked well upon by both law and med schools. of course someone who went to harvard would have a better chance of getting in, but you know, we would probably have a better chance than someone at vandy or emory.
-i think our romance languages department is very strong, psych department is great (masters and johnson did their famous sex studies here), english dept. is great, anthro- really i think everything is very strong and highly regarded by outsiders. oh and you can't forget the undergrad business school either, they make a TON of money after graduation.
-sports are not a huge part of the wash u life, but they might be more than you would think. people get especially into mens and womens basketball and a lot of students go to the games.
-double majoring is SOO easy here because we hardly have any gen ed requirements. this means you are taking the classes you WANT to take, not "freshman chem" because its mandatory. you can double major very easily with any majors.
-its not true that it doesn't matter what you major in when applying to law school, though its not a huge deal. i would say that "traditional" pre-law majors like polisci, english, etc (and the legal studies minor here) are good routes to go and will prepare you well for law school. however, law schools tend to prefer the nontraditional routes i think - like science majors or business majors. as an aside, if you go to law school and you have majored in a hard science, you can do intellectual property law and you will make SO MUCH MONEY. i know a lot of people who are purposefully majoring in bio, etc., just so they can do that. also they definitely take the hardness of your classes into account when the LSDAS (law school reporting service) factors your gpa to apply to law school.
-something good to do if you are planning on law school is interning. wash u's career center helps you SO much- i am a junior and have had two nationally recognized internships already.</p>