<p>Does anyone know?
And does anyone have a link with the average GPA by major?</p>
<p>Nice username.</p>
<p>I strongly suggest that you don’t select your major like this (even if you’re premed). I don’t have a link but I imagine it’s what it is at every school - sociology, religion, anthropology, etc.</p>
<p>@aluminum_boat I’m not premed…I want to go to law school. I’m choosing between Umich and Emory.</p>
<p>I don’t believe Emory publishes GPA comparisons by major. I suspect that the hardest majors are going to be the typical subjects: math/comp sci joint major, physics, chemistry, maybe Chinese if you’ve taken less than two years of it before coming here. </p>
<p>At least at Oxford, anthro is considered a fairly difficult course of study, and it’s relatively difficult to get an A. Theatre Studies is probably the easiest though. Remember to get into law school, you need both a high GPA and LSAT scores, so don’t just take the easiest courses of study possible or you might not develop those logical reasoning skills.</p>
<p>I would say the hardest majors are the majors that are hard everywhere. Chemistry, math, science majors…pre-med usually isn’t a major FYI. You major in biology usually and just take pre-reqs for medical or dental school</p>
<p>The easiest major is probably art or film or whatever you would expect to be easy</p>
<p>Math majors don’t have a low GPA here. Neither to CS majors. Physics either tbh. Chem and Bio majors have lower GPAs comparatively.</p>
<p>Law School? Come to Emory. Law is our biggest strength. It’s honestly a gem that nobody seems to realize.</p>
<p>@aluminum_boat I can’t make my mind up…</p>
<p>Can anyone help me out?</p>
<p>I’m guessing aluminum_boat is in the law school…because only an Emory Law student would say law is Emory’s “biggest strength.” Sorry, but that’s objectively wrong.</p>
<p>Emory’s biggest strengths are PreMed (Bio, Chem, etc.), BBA, NBB, MBA, Public Health, and PolySci.</p>
<p>Emory’s law school is, as of the time of this writing, not worth the money unless you get a substantial scholarship. You’ll pay top dollar for a second-tier degree that may not even land you in Atlanta biglaw.</p>
<p>Except I’m talking about an undergrad degree.
So this person would be prelaw - an english/polysci major anyway… Which happens to be our biggest strength.</p>
<p>and premed is so overrated here, it’s not even worth my time arguing about it anymore. bba in itself is a joke of a degree (but I will concede that emory does a decent job with it).</p>
<p>@aluminum_boat you’re right sir. But I’m probably going for psychology.</p>
<p>So you say “law is our biggest strength” while referring to two separate non-law degrees? </p>
<p>Hah, okay. I’m guessing you’re one of those two majors and a little bitter about how much more shine BBA and PreMed get at Emory.</p>
<p>Yea, So much shine.
Must be from the 90% acceptance rate into law schools vs the 60% rate into med schools.
Maybe the numbers aren’t comparable head to head, but it’s pretty obvious that law is pretty damn good while med school acceptance is nothing special.</p>
<p>A BBA degree in itself is overrated in my eyes. From Emory or whatever school that gives it out other than Wharton and NYU.</p>
<p>And, alright. I meant to say" prelaw is our biggest strength. A hidden gem." Instead of " law is our biggest strength. A hidden gem."</p>
<p>And my major is irrelevant.</p>
<p>Med school acceptance rates as a whole are much lower than law school acceptance rates as a whole, which makes everything you said completely useless. Try looking at something useful instead. Like job placement of BBAs versus poly sci from Emory. Or salary 10 years after graduation. Guarantee you BBA wins. Emory poly sci has no reputation outside the school, with the exception of one or two professors like Abramowitz who make the news every once in a while. Emory English is a joke.</p>
<p>The fact that “your major is irrelevant” means I was right.</p>
<p>Now stop giving this kid wrong advice.</p>
<p>Really, Emory English is a joke? If it’s a joke, what English programs would you say pass your litmus test? We have one of the top creative writing programs in the nation (good enough that my mom who’s in the publishing field in California has heard about it and respects it), the Poet Laureate, top top professors, and a huge variety of classes. Additionally, when it comes to the humanities, to get a good education in a discussion based setting, it’s best to have a smart peer group. Are you really going to argue that the typical english student at Emory isn’t at least slightly intelligent?</p>
<p>Job placement and salary when comparing BBAs to PolySci?</p>
<p>I won’t bother arguing with you anymore.</p>
<p>I really hope Matisyahu doesn’t actually believe the stuff you’re saying.</p>
<p>I just want to find a major that will allow me to get a high gpa to get into law school.
I’m a transfer student, and I have 61 credits with a 4.0 currently.</p>
<p>Matisyahu,</p>
<p>For what it is worth, my son (Emory 2007) double majored in Middle Eastern Studies and Linguistics. My DIL (also Emory 200&) double majored in Middle Eastern Studies and Economics.</p>
<p>They both graduated summa cum laude. In other words, really high grades.</p>
<p>Just an idea that might be helpful to you:</p>
<p>For both Michigan and Emory, compare the curricula/required courses in majors you are interested in, and see if one or the other is more intriguing or off-putting to you. For example, if you are interested in Political Science, compare what you need at each school for Gen Eds, classes in your major, what electives are available etc.</p>
<p>See if one or the other excites you more.</p>
<p>Also, assuming the $$$ is fairly equal for your family–</p>
<p>What kind of school experience are you looking for? My kid did NOT want a big-state-flaghsip atmosphere, nor did he want a small and overly intimate (to him) LAC. What he wanted was a middle sized school, with a real campus, and a good variety of majors/classes that would be of interest to him, relatively small class sizes, and good access to professors. Emory was perfect for him.</p>
<p>His best friend (also a top student in high school) wanted Big 10, rah-rah, and really wanted the anonymity that comes in large lecture classes because he did not like being called on in class–seminar style classes are anxiety producing for him. He was accepted at Ohio State, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin, and chose Wisconsin because he liked it the best. He also did very well there.</p>
<p>What is it that you are looking for?</p>
<p>@aluminum_boat</p>
<p>So you’re the one who tried to compare med school acceptance to law school acceptance knowing that they’re incongruous, and now you’re blaming me for the same thing? Emory Poly Sci’s prestige depends on two professors; Abramowitz and Giles. Fact is, most Emory poly-sci kids do nothing with the degree. You just admitted they don’t beat BBAs for jobs, they don’t beat BBAs for salary, and comparing med to law school acceptances makes no sense because med school acceptances are naturally much lower. So what’s left? Grad schools? Yeah, okay. Let’s explore just how many PS majors from Emory take the leap into academia (hint: not many). I’m willing to bet more Emory BBA kids end up getting an MBA than Emory poly sci kids get a masters. Look kid, I don’t mind you being proud of your department and all. That’s really good. But trying to argue that Poly Sci is the best major at Emory while griping about how Emory’s actual, acknowledged strengths are overrated is just sour grapes. </p>
<p>@whenhen</p>
<p>Let’s not pretend like Tretheway is that involved with the department. She teaches seminar-style classes every now and again – ones which the majority of English students never have access too, and that’s pretty much it. Aside from lending her name of course. </p>
<p>As far as English departments go in terms of tenure track faculty produced, professional novelists/script-writers/poets/ produced Emory doesn’t crack top 20. I’d put them at 25th or 30th, which is probably enough for your mom to have heard of them as an industry insider, but hardly enough to call it a “strength” of Emory. There are definitely some cool teachers in the department, but most of them are just “express yourself however you want and then we talk about it.” Also, creative writing is one subset of English departments. Care to name some non-Tretheway non-writing related English achievements? There aren’t many. Don’t get me wrong, CW at Emory has grown by leaps and bounds but it’s not there yet. And it’s not representative of the whole English department.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for the easiest departments, the business school and the economics department grade on strict curves, so they’re probably good ones to avoid.</p>