<p>What do students who major in literature as an undergrad do after college, in terms of careers? Do most become novelists? Professors?</p>
<p>Also--what happens in terms of grad school? Do any go to med/law schools?</p>
<p>med school-doubtful at best
law school-yes</p>
<p>You can major in whatever you want undergrad and still go to med school. You do have to take certain courses for premed, such as chem, org chem, bio, physics, but they can be squeezed in. Both my husband and I were music majors.</p>
<p>Journalism...</p>
<p>Mostly lawyers, but I never see people who become lawyers because they majored in literature, but I do see literature majors because they want to become lawyers. </p>
<p>Why do you want to major in literature? If you love literature so much then the best thing for you to do is to become a writer or a literature professor afterwards. Otherwise, i do not see your reasoning in majoring in literature if you want to have a lucrative career later, except the lawyer route.</p>
<p>Math and/or business are great majors for law school. They see far too many poly sci majors.</p>
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Otherwise, i do not see your reasoning in majoring in literature if you want to have a lucrative career later, except the lawyer route.
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Some people want to have a well-rounded education, including studying a subject they enjoy. If you're going to be studying science in medical school, why not pick a different subject for undergrad? There's a reason medicine and law aren't offered at the undergrad level. </p>
<p>Last time I checked, a BS degree in biology wasn't exactly lucrative either.</p>