<p>hey -- i'm going to be a sophomore this fall, and i'm planning on applying as a transfer for fall '07. At my current school, I'm a philosophy/ business management double major, but if I transfer, I will just be a philosophy major.</p>
<p>How important is my philosophy courseload for this fall if i'm applying to top schools? I'm taking 4 courses, and I'm not sure if I should:</p>
<p>a. take 2 philosophy courses and 2 business courses, so that in the event that i'm rejected, I won't fall further behind in my business track</p>
<p>b. take 3 philosophy courses and 1 business course, because i'd imagine that this would maximise my chances of being admitted as a philosophy major.</p>
<p>take more of a liberal arts curriculum.</p>
<p>yeah the only problem is unless you're transferring to a school with an "articulation" agreement (that's what it's called in texas) then most classes not included in the "liberal arts" category are hard to transfer. As a business major, I won't take ANY business classes here at my CC b/c nothing will transfer (except Accounting) and most universities want you to take your "major" courses at their place.</p>
<p>what your both saying definately makes alot of sense. however, i've already completed ALL of my general education requirements, so my liberal arts education is "technically" complete. Should I still take a more liberal arts schedule (2 philosophy, 1 business, 1 something else), even though I've already finished all of my school's requirements?</p>
<p>I just worry that since I'm already pretty far behind in my business track (just intra-university transferred in for the fall), continuing a liberal arts track even though I already completed it seems sorta inefficient, especially since i'm double majoring if rejected as a transfer and need to catch up.</p>
<p>P.S. Basically, what would be the most attractive schedule for the schools that I'm applying to?</p>
<p>hmmm that's an interesting scenario...well congrats on finishing all your liberal arts stuff and still having time left. I'd say, take challenging courses geared towards your major like you're doing. If there's honors, you should definitely do that. It's good to show direction in your course choice, but the last thing you want is a bunch of easy courses on your transcript. They may see that and think you didn't take a challenging courseload...I'm assuming here that philosophy courses aren't "that" hard, as well as business, although they may be...but to look like you're taking really tough courses, advanced science or math stuff can really beef up a transcript. That's what I'm doing, because I know taking business courses available at my CC is a waste of time (as far as difficulty as well as perceived difficulty by the adcom). Then again, if you've got a better cc or university, more power to ya.</p>
<p>thanks for your very thoughtful reply! I'm coming from SUNY Binghamton, and while I have no doubt that a harder math or science would look fantastic, those subjects are certainly not my forte, and would only end up destroying my GPA. I'm taking calc 1 this summer, but thats about as difficult of a math class as I could probably handle!</p>
<p>whether or not philosophy is seen as an "easy" major (I certainly don't think it is!), its my major nonetheless. I take it from your post that you would take the 3 phil/ 1 biz route, right?</p>
<p>thanks again!</p>
<p>lol hey i DEFINITELY understand you there...math is not my strength either but science...i'm very, very bad at science. So it was either math or nothing (i've maxed out everything else at my cc) and I'm putting alot of effort into math. I hope I didn't come across as to say the philosophy major is easy, as I think any major will be difficult at a university. But, given that I'm a cc student, the philosophy courses here are a joke! At somewhere like SUNY, I wouldn't be so quick to assume the same, and definitely at a major university philosophy would be difficult. I think you'd be right in taking the 3 philosophy / 1 biz route to show more strength in your major. Just curious...where do you plan to transfer?? Cornell?</p>
<p>No worries. I'm thinking swarthmore, brown, vassar, and maybe a few others. Good luck with your applications!! where are you looking?</p>
<p>bu, brown, columbia, cornell, emory, georgetown, harvard, northwestern, chicago, nyu, ut-austin, upenn, and maybe yale...but i'm trying to find another "safety" or something different from the rest like an LAC - i'm not sure which though.</p>
<p>lol a little too many maybe, but i wanted to make sure i have all my options available.</p>