<p>I dont want to post this in the majors thread b/c college search is twice as popular. Anyway, what type of jobs are philosophy majors involved in?</p>
<p>They tend to become philosophy professors, although I found an interesting site that said philosophy is a good pre-law major...</p>
<p>Philosophy prepares you for law school very well. The ave. LSAT score by a philosophy major is 159! Some Philosophy majors go onto get an MBA.</p>
<p>You become a philosopher...lol</p>
<p>BLY, you beat me to that post.</p>
<p>You talk a lot, best place to go for philosophy, Emory University</p>
<p>you get a bunch of white hair...but yeah like it's been said before, they do well on LSATs</p>
<p>Emory is very good for continental philosophy, but Pitt and UMich are both superior (for philosophy in general, pitt and UM are mainly analytic, I believe)</p>
<p>Emory is good for everything, and even better at somethings, but forget other schools, pick emory.</p>
<p>Not many become philosophy professors. There are very few tenured positions available. I think most go to law school or some graduate school.</p>
<p>I suggest doing an internet search for "What can I do with a major in philosophy." You'll find more hits than you can read. Philosophy, like math, tends to be a very adaptable major.</p>
<p>Im double majoring in philosophy and business management. I hope that my philosophy education, which focuses on creative thinking, writing well, and breaking down abstract concepts will compliment my business degree very nicely.</p>
<p>I once read that some of the best private investigators have philosophy degrees because they were taught how to think logically. Apparently some investment companies like to see minors or concentrations in philosophy as well as economics or something, because philosophy students tend to pick things up faster and think better, in the ways that the person above me said.</p>
<p>But yeah. Law school, mostly.</p>
<p>Columbia University's career counseling site is quite good for those kind of questions. The philosophy major advising site is here: <a href="http://www.college.columbia.edu/advising/index.php?tab=MajorAdvising&subTab=Default&PHPSESSID=ffd61b1ae7ba801e0b265cd1c627db27&programCode=CCPHIL%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.columbia.edu/advising/index.php?tab=MajorAdvising&subTab=Default&PHPSESSID=ffd61b1ae7ba801e0b265cd1c627db27&programCode=CCPHIL</a> .
If you ignore the questions about what classes to take/who to talk to about research, there are some useful answers about having a philosophy degree itself.</p>
<p>Most go to law school. Two supreme court justices were philosophy majors.</p>
<p>Anything they want.</p>
<p>Many go to law school, many business, some get advanced degrees in various fields from science to social sciences but most commonly humanities.</p>
<p>Philosophy majors do second best on LSAT and best on the MCAT on average.</p>
<p>DRab,
If philosophy majors do second best on the LSAT, who does first best?</p>
<p>^^
I think its Classics Majors.</p>
<p>average</a> lsat scores by major. ive seen some other numbers, too, these will give you a good idea.</p>
<p>Math/physics. Different people group the majors differently, but it's usually math or physics. Economics major tend to very well as well.</p>
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DRab,
If philosophy majors do second best on the LSAT, who does first best?
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<p>Physics majors</p>
<p>LSAT (Law School Admissions Test)</p>
<p>The following numbers are the average scores on the LSAT by field for those applying to Law School for entrance in the Fall of 1998 (the most recent available figures).
Source: Law School Ad. Council, Robert Carr</p>
<p>Physics 159.9
Philosophy 156.6
Economics 155.6
Anthropology 155.5
Chemistry-General 155.3
Art History 154.2
History 154.1
English 153.8
Biology-General 153
Psychology 151.8
Political Science 151.4
Education-General 148.7
Sociology 149.4
Criminal Justice 145</p>