<p>What? Really? And to think I was so set on getting a PhD in printmanagement after LS. Sigh.</p>
<p>LOL.</p>
<p>Just a freindly reminder to please keep post on topic, and to remember at not all attempts at humor work well in this medium.</p>
<p>CD</p>
<p>Someone posted on the music major site that more "Music Majors" than any other major get accepted to law school! Is this true? My daughter is a graduate of Medill at NW in Journalism and wants to attend U of T. Any impressions of that school, how to get in, etc? (she lives in Austin so has established residency).</p>
<p>That's not only untrue, it's not even remotely reasonable.</p>
<p>is undergrad business a good major for law?</p>
<p>I hear not really.</p>
<p>It also depends on what kind of law you want to practice. If you want patent law it is best to get a B.S. in something, or major in math or biology or something. But if you want international law try polysci or international relations. Obviously there is variance in what major is best for each field.</p>
<p>how would a Doubel Major in Government and Biology with a minor in Math look?</p>
<p>Eclectic. It would not necessarily work in your favor, but it'll certainly hurt you if that mixture translates into a lower GPA. (I am assuming you are asking with law school in mind).</p>
<p>Yes, thanks =).</p>
<p>Americanski, it's quite true that music majors have among the highest acceptance rates to law schools. It's very reasonable, because music school and law school are very similar environments, aside from the content of the learning, and musicians tend to do very well in law school.</p>
<p>I personally know several music majors who got accepted to top law schools. I also read somewhere on the 'Net that music majors were looked on favorably as opposed to other arts type majors, since music involves a lot of critical thinking and analysis. I don't know about performance music majors, though...the ones I knew who went onto law school did conducting or composition as specialities (so I guess law schools like 'music theory' majors).</p>
<p>Why is economics a good major whereas business is not.. are there still people at top law schools that have majored in something business related?</p>
<p>Fiddlefrog, I hear that's the case with medical schools, not law schools.</p>
<p>I guess it's possible that music majors have a high acceptance rate to law school, but how many of them ever apply? I also don't know how law school could be similar to music school in any meaningful way. I mean, I'm pretty sure they don't use the socratic method in music school, but I don't know.</p>
<p>"I also don't know how law school could be similar to music school in any meaningful way."</p>
<p>I see where you're coming from, but it's truer than you think.
Successful music students must have the ability to concentrate on a single topic for extended periods with great regularity. They must accept-- or even enjoy-- competition. They must develop strong interpretative abilities (albeit of music rather than text) and excellent communications skills-- again in a different medium than in law school, but still. They must be gifted with abstractions, yet often do detail-oriented work. They must possess a strong work ethic. They must develop the capacity to work independently, which conduces to success with the socratic method.
So music school provides good preparation for the many of the types of work at which law students must excel, even if the material studied is entirely different.
(law school is easier for musicians to apply to than music school because there's no extensive required undergrad curriculum like the pre-med.)
None of this is to suggest that all that many music students would or should consider law school, but those who do are often successful.</p>
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<p>Like you took a lot of required classes! ;)</p>
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<p>A good question, and we should keep correlation and causation in mind. Don't they publish these things, so shouldn't someone know? How often is the Socratic method used in any subject, though, to any extent like I hear it's used in law school?</p>
<p>FYI: I think that the music major thing is for MED school, not law school. It would make sense that med schools would want musician-types - if you've aced the science courses and hit a home run on the MCAT, you can probably do the science; I imagine there would be many "non-academic" skills that would be helpful to medicine, such as ability to perform under stress; kinestetics and fine motor skills; and interpersonal relations. I find it hard to swallow the argument that music "teaches" you a lot of skills that would be helpful in law school, which is reading, researching, writing, and being able to "crunch" huge amounts of information. </p>
<p>There is always, always the issue of numbers. A zillion bio majors apply to med school; their acceptance rates are going to be lower just becaues the highly qualified and the somewhat qualified apply. If you're a music major who took organic chem, it's most likely because you want to be a doctor. </p>
<p>My two cents.</p>
<p>Indeed, but why do phil majors kick the pants out of the MCAT? Are they just that smart and self selective, too?</p>
<p>Um... why the accusatory tone? Calm down there.</p>