<p>I applied for undecided major.
I researched a lot, but still cannot find the most famous or popular major in LSU.</p>
<p>Also how's the school life except for football game?</p>
<p>though I haven't seen any official numbers, </p>
<p>I would say Biology is probably the most popular with Psychology and various Business majors not too far behind. General Studies is pretty popular too.</p>
<p>Student life is what you make of it. Plenty of student orgs to join and greek if that's what you like. Plenty of good food and bars if you like bar hopping. New Orleans is less than an hour away (barring traffic). Other sports are fun besides football (plus they are free). Basketball, Baseball, Gymnastics, and Women's soccer have had or are having good seasons.</p>
<p>Anything in specific that you are looking for?</p>
<p>I would have to say Engineering would have to be the most popular. LSU is pretty well-known. Also their Journalism school is ranked in the top 20.</p>
<p>Yeah, I would say Engineering as a whole is pretty popular, but I doubt in specific engineering major is outright more popular than some other majors. </p>
<p>I found an article dated Oct. 2006 that stated that Biology (Biological Sciences), General studies, Psychology, Mass Communication, and Kinesiology were the 5 most popular majors at that time. I wouldn't think that it has changed much since then.</p>
<p>LSU</a> Today</p>
<p>EDIT:</p>
<p>More recent article, <a href="http://www.lsureveille.com/general_studies%252C_biology_among_most_popular_majors-1.1355306%5B/url%5D">http://www.lsureveille.com/general_studies%252C_biology_among_most_popular_majors-1.1355306</a> , says Biology, General studies, and mass communication are the most popular.</p>
<p>Generally it's considered that the brightest students on campus are in engineering, business, and mass communication. A lot of the "leaders" on campus are from the mass communication school.</p>
<p>If I were to pin down one major that LSU is "famous" for it would probably be Political Communication in the mass comm school. It's a fairly unique program that attracts a lot of bright out of state students. LSU has a history in turning out politicians and the route to go now is poli comm rather than poli science.</p>
<p>Still idk what major I should do
I just got a mail that register a orientation.
BTW, i am planning to go law school or medical school for Ivy league graduation school.
but i just want to enjoy four years thats why i chose LSU for undergraduate.
What major is suitablt??</p>
<p>Any major that you think you'd enjoy.</p>
<p>Law school is very numbers-oriented. So any major will do as long as you can maintain a high GPA and make a high LSAT score. Some have said Philosophy courses help with the LSAT, but majoring in it is not a necessity. Most of my friends who want to pursue a career in law are one of these majors: Political Science, Political Communication, History, and English. Though I've read that engineering and science majors tend to well on LSAT, but maintaining a high GPA may be more difficult. I'm not pursuing Law school, so I don't know any more specifics or what it takes to get into an Ivy- law school.</p>
<p>Medical school is a different beast. It is still very numbers-oriented. I want to say the average GPA is a 3.7 (though higher for Ivy school) and for the MCAT you'll need at least 36+ score. Most people at LSU who pursue entry into Medical school will be a science major (Biology, Chemistry, or Biochemistry). Though any major can get you into medical school. Whatever major you choose, you'll need to make sure you meet basic requirements for medical schools, which include 2 semesters of General Biology, 2 Semesters of General Chem, 2 Semesters of Organic chem, 2 Semesters of Physics, and 2 semester of Advanced Math (Calculus I is a must, others will take either Cal II or Experimental Stats). Though, these requirements can and may vary school to school. It's best to look at schools you are interested in and see their specific requirements. Case in point, I have a roommate who applied to Havard's MD/Phd program and needed to take Linear Algebra, which requires a pre-req of Cal II. So, if you are going to pursue this option, plan ahead and accordingly.</p>
<p>Medical School also has various unwritten extra-currics that'll you have to complete. You'll need to gain clinical experience either through shadowing or volunteering. Ivy schools tend to be research-oriented, so you'll need to do research while you spend time at LSU. Either on campus or some people do research at the Pennington Biomedical Research not too far from campus.</p>
<p>All this is not to say that pre-meds pursuing this don't have fun. I'm a pre-med (who actively researches as well) and while I may have not had as much time to party or the like as my friends who are different majors, I've still had enough time to take in various aspects of the college experience. i.e. football games/tailgating, other sporting events, bar hopping, clubs and organizations, etc. , just not to the extent that my non-pre-med friends have.</p>
<p>Anyway, you can check out the Medical school and Law school portions of this forum and see what information is available there. And as an aside, any particular reason you want to pursue an Ivy league professional school other than just to say you went to one?</p>
<p>I really appreciate for your suggestion.
Actually, i got in Georgetown already, but I really don't think i can handle four years before going to such a good graduate school for either law or medical school.
That's why I think LSU is suitable for having fun and achieving high GPA.
Based on your suggestion, i may do major in biology or political science.
Which one is better? and is there way to do double major?</p>
<p>Whichever one you are most interested in.</p>
<p>Poli Sci and Biology both have plenty of free electives, (29 and around 20 respectively), so if you choose you can use those free electives to take courses in the one you choose not to major in, i.e. major in Bio, use free electives to take courses in poli sci. You'll most likely be able to at least minor in one if you choose. </p>
<p>Double majoring is most likely possible, as they each have some overlap and they each have free electives. You should consult a advisor/counselor so they can crunch the numbers.</p>
<p>But if your point of coming to LSU is to have fun, relax, and have a high GPA, do you really want to take 17-19 hrs every semester? I've had an 18 and an 19 hour semester and while doable, it's not something I would like to do every semester for 4 years. Now you can lighten the load by taken courses during the summer semester, or intersession, if you wanted to go a double major route.</p>