<p>Polite Antagonis, I think your thought is good in theory. However, I am not aware of technical masters programs that would admit a student who has not taken a large chunk of the type of courses that cause technical undergrads to get low GPAs.</p>
<p>Well here at Berkeley I was a premed before (parents said I should play it safe at least) and took most of the requirements for a pretty tough biochemistry-type major and ended up finishing it. Had I known what I know now about weeder classes, which many times were terribly taught and graded (poor grade distribution and professors sometimes "force" a curve by making a final extremely difficult when the midterm's means were too high), I would've avoided them those classes and majoring the way I did all together. </p>
<p>My roommate who is currently a berkeley graduate student tells me it is possible to go to graduate school with only a minor as long as you show you can make it and have taken lots of upper div classes. In this way you can avoid a lot of the weeders which can sometimes artificially lower your gpa, and if you do well in a one year masters it will show that you have added technical expertise without risking your gpa to a cranky professor who is ****ed that he has to teach freshmen instead of researching and publishing.</p>
<p>PA, Im sure there are types of grad school where you are correct. I was just thinking of my area where a four-deep chain of prerequisites may very well trace back to Engineering Calculus I.</p>
<p>THat is true. Law schools are just severly biased against engineers. A good engineer should be able to pull of a 3.5-3.7. You just have to make up for it by scoring 2, 3 points better on the LSAT. Not fair, but true.</p>
<p>For california people I will also point out that you especially need to keep your gpa up. Since affirmative action is not officially allowed they must artificially raise the value of gpa in relation to LSAT. Thus giving you greater incentive to protect your grades.</p>
<p>"Good point. My mistake...I guess not all IP is very difficult to understand. I mean...a poem could be considered IP. Great! Let's have a lawsuit to prevent my haiku from being stolen and reprinted!"</p>
<p>You sound like you'd make a great IP lawyer, since you have such a firm grasp of why it's important that things like haikus are not illegally reprinted and sold without compensating the author. Nice work.</p>
<p>I probably would because I'm a douchebag, but I didn't major in the "right" majors to get handed a 4.0. No I'm serious, I'm not being sarcastic at all.</p>
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<p>I believe one way to get around that is to get your bachelor's degree in some cheesepuff major, but then also take technical coursework at some low-level community college after you graduate with your cheesepuff bachelor's degree. That technical coursework will qualify you for some technical master's degree at at least a no-name state school. That way, you will have the best of both worlds - a bachelor's degree with a pristine GPA, and a chance to get a technical degree.</p>
<p>Isn't Classics a good major for law school or am i misinformed?</p>
<p>Classics is a fantastic major for law school. Supposedly, classics majors are second only to philosophy majors for law school performance. The study that I saw, however, only accounted for majors that had a reasonable representation - like more than 1% of the student body. </p>
<p>It's also a fantastic major for college - intellectual pursuits! Also, when you meet another classics major, it's instant bonding. Think of it as entering an exclusive club. :)</p>
<p>~guess where my screen name comes from?</p>
<p>greek mythology, aries the god of war and athena goddess of wisdom. Wait that was a retorical question, doh! </p>
<p>um in terms of cyberlaw comp sci is a good prep right?</p>
<p>What type of cyberlaw? If you are referring to something like the lawsuits over MP3s, that is more copyright law - which any major would be fine for. If you're talking about reverse-engineering software or the like, then comp sci would be great.</p>
<p>The latter part, I am interested in cyber terrorism, and computer forensics.</p>
<p>ps I am a huge classics lover too.</p>
<p>Then comp sci/computer engineering: something that will get you to understand the technology behind the law.</p>
<p>Well I'm a bit stuck
I would like to go into corporate/commercial law therefore i will be studying finance next year and go to business school (canada undergrad) however I would much rather ..embark on a more intellectual pursuit by studying classics, philosophy and lit. However, it is very difficult to squeeze these into an undergrad business courseload. what to do?? Which route would serve me better for corp law, finance or arts?</p>
<p>average LSAT score by major</p>
<p>Physics 159.9
Philosophy 156.6
Economics 155.6
Anthropology 155.5
Chemistry-General 155.3
Art History 154.2
History 154.1
English 153.8
Biology-General 153
Psychology 151.8
Political Science 151.4
Education-General 148.7
Sociology 149.4
Criminal Justice 145</p>
<p>There are a few easily acessible studies on the internet like this. Which source is this? How does the numbering on the list compare to the other studies, and how does the classification differ? For instance, some combine math and physics, some don't.</p>
<p>Drab -
LSAT (Law School Admissions Test)</p>
<p>The following numbers are the average scores on the LSAT by field for those applying to Law School for entrance in the Fall of 1998 (the most recent available figures).
Source: Law School Ad. Council, Robert Carr</p>
<p>Physics 159.9
Philosophy 156.6
Economics 155.6
Anthropology 155.5
Chemistry-General 155.3
Art History 154.2
History 154.1
English 153.8
Biology-General 153
Psychology 151.8
Political Science 151.4
Education-General 148.7
Sociology 149.4
Criminal Justice 145</p>
<p>what is IP law?</p>
<p>Is not history a good major? Of course, I am biased because I have a passion for it. In theory, however, English would probably be most practical, for law requires much reading skill and comprehension.</p>
<p>Then why would English be betther than say, philosophy?</p>