<p>i heard ppl. who major in psych are those are aren't good at anything (aren't good at english, aren't good at math/science). any thoughts? also, any pros/cons to majoring in engineering and being pre-law?</p>
<p>I don't know about psychology majors. Those who say such things about it are probably insecure themselves and need to feel like they're superior to someone, so they denigrate someone else's course of study.</p>
<p>As far as engineering goes, it's kind of a two-edged sword---- I've seen statistics that show engineering majors <em>on average</em> do very well on the LSAT because of the rigorous, analytical mind it requires to succeed in that discipline, but then again many engineering majors have low-ish GPAs (below 3.5) because their courses are so difficult.</p>
<p>The moral of the story, though, is this---- don't be an engineering major just so you can get an edge (real or imagined) when applying to law school. Be an engineering major because you want to do engineering someday, and if you feel compelled to apply to law school instead, more power to you.</p>
<p>But I forgot to mention one thing about psychology. I know that at my college psychology majors have to do a certain amount of coursework in statistics, as do many social science majors. And I would think that graduate work in psychology would require competency in statistical analysis methods--- it's indispensable for research purposes. So, I highly doubt that <em>all</em> psychology majors are completely incompetent when it comes to math. They've got to be able to handle at least some amount of statistics, after all.</p>
<p>Now I'm waiting for a math major to tell me that stat isn't 'real' math....</p>
<p>.... and of course psychologists want to publish their research, so they should have a decent writing ability and good working knowledge of the English language, too. Whoever said that psych majors weren't good at anything either didn't know anything about the major or didn't care to find out, because that is an ignorant statement. Forget it was ever said....</p>
<p>And give this person some of Freud's writings, too--- some of the most literary descriptions of psychoses you'll ever find.</p>