Haas vs Philosophy for LAW school?

[bluebayou]

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Perhaps Haas business shouldn’t be lumped with most business programs?

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<p>Most likely true, yes, since “most” business programs includes the thousands of grads from the Cal State programs every year.</p>

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Regardless, no matter what I do in life, I would rather study philosophy for undergrad.

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<p>Then study it. Cal Philosophy is awesome. But just know that it will likely result in a gpa hit which is not good for law schools.</p>

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I just can’t accept the fact that getting an MBA would almost perfectly repeat my BS. Wouldn’t it bother you too?

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<p>Yup, which is why I recommend a liberal arts degree for undergrad. Econ is usually the liberal arts fall back. (Look at it this way, of the top xx Unis, only a few even offer an undergrad biz major.) </p>

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Oh and bluebayou, you never revealed where your 3.4 data came from…

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<p>1) Recent article (google is your friend). 2) The campus gpa by Year is available on UC Statfinder. (It requires some interpolation, but mean gpa of Cal grads seems to be hovering between 3.35-3.40.)</p>

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“Another surprising fact is that philosophy is among the departments where getting an ‘A’ is still a very difficult feat,” Mancosu added. He cites 2008-2010 data showing that, on average, only 36 percent of students received an ‘A’ in a philosophy class, compared to 34 percent in the mathematical and physical sciences, 47 percent in social sciences, 62 percent in biological sciences and 63 percent in the arts and humanities as a whole, of which philosophy is part.

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<p>[For</a> the love of wisdom, philosophy majors grow in number at UC Berkeley](<a href=“Berkeley News | Berkeley”>Berkeley News | Berkeley)</p>