What are the odds?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I'm planning on going to lawschool after I get my BA, but it still seems like a lot can happen between then and now. As of now im at a JC planning to transfer come fall 2006. I have a currently have a 3.84 and am applying to all but 2 UC's, but I'm mainly hoping on Berkeley and UCLA. At Berkeley I'm applying as a Mass Communications BA, and at UCLA a Music History. WHAT IM WORRIED ABOUT is if lets say I only get into UCLA, graduate, and don't have the stats for lawschool. I know that lawschools like history majors, but if I ever wanted a job without going to law school I doubt that'd be possible with a Music History BA.</p>

<p>Has anyone else majoring in liberal arts had these reservations about majoring in a passion with the hopes on law school?</p>

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<p>It's not like law school is the only graduate school programme out there. Futhermore, a lot of very successful people did not have engineering, law, business, or medical degrees.</p>

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<p>but what can you do with a history degree besides teach?</p>

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<p>Depends on where you graduate from. I know people who went to Wall Street with history degrees.</p>

<p>In a lot of ways, though, that's the wrong approach to take. Unless you do engineering or business from a top school, what you do undergrad is NOT a professional degre and isn't meant to be. You could do a lot of jobs with a history degree - anything from things like working at the Smithsonian to things which don't require a specific degree, like sales or insurance - which can be quite lucrative. A B.A. or B.S. keeps your options open for grad school - that's when you can start to specialize. </p>

<p>Think of the people you know. The majority of degrees are not in professional areas, but people have jobs anyway. My parents & stepparents don't have professional degrees - their majors were things like economics and poli sci - but they all have fantastic jobs. It's a mistake to think that you need a law or medical degree to have a good living. IMO, try to work first before you say that there isn't anything out there for you.</p>