<p>I was talking with my mom's friend and she told me that your undergrad does not really matter for your grad however, I thought it had some impact. So let's say I wanted to become a Vet/something regarding Animal Science. If I were to go an undergrad college and study english or something else that does not relate to science and then get into a grad school with my degree, my undergrad wouldn't really matter right? I am asking this just because you hear of english majors becoming doctors and so on and so forth. Would it matter? Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m going to be a freshman undergrad next fall and what I’ve heard is that what majors you take for bachelor does not prevent you from taking a completely different major for MBA. As long as you have a BA or BS, you are qualified to get an MBA but a relevant BA/BS will prepare you better for grad school.</p>
<p>It depends a lot on the field we are talking about. Law school, MBAs and Social Work are open to students from all undergraduate backgrounds. Medical school is open to all students who have completed the “pre-med requirements,” a sequence of introductory science classes that can be added on top of any major of your choice. Professional programs in general accept students from a variety of undergraduate and professional backgrounds.</p>
<p>The story is a bit different for academic graduate programs. A graduate math program would not accept a student without some undergraduate math training, period. Science majors occasionally pursue graduate degrees in engineering, but they usually need an extra year to catch up on the undergraduate engineering curriculum. There’s more permeability in the humanities and social sciences. You could be a philosophy major and then go to graduate school in comparative literature, provided that you can convince the admissions committee that you are sincerely interested in the field and not only applying on a whim.</p>
<p>I agree with the 2 posters above me. Basically what you major in as an undergrad doesn’t matter for the most part. As you admitted people go to Grad School and study something different all the time. LOL, you can get into Law School with just about any degree. It may however be harder to get through some Grad Programs if you didn’t study that program or at least take a few classes as an undergrad.</p>
<p>My brother had a couple of friends who were sociology majors enter medical school. They took the required courses for med school and of course the MCAT. Eldest sister received her MBA while focusing on the liberal arts; the most relative coursework she took concerning business was probably micro/macro econ. and a finance course, if I remember correctly.</p>
<p>Yes, that would be fine. If veterinary school admissions works like med school admissions does then you won’t even need a masters-as long as you can fit the pre-reqs into your undergrad major.</p>