<p>I wanted to go to law school but I received an unsatisfactory LSAT score so I think that option is off the table more or less. I'm graduating a year ahead of my class this summer from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Social Science (Cognates are History and Political Science) and my current GPA is 3.11. I don't think a social science degree will present the kind of lucrative opportunities I desire so I'm seriously considering going for a second degree, probably in finance. When I was looking at law schools I could see exactly how I stacked up and what my chances were at specific each school using one of the tools on LSAC.org. I want to apply to some T1 schools for the finance degree but I'm not too sure which ones I stand the best chance of getting into. I know I'll never get into places like Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford, but what about schools like Columbia, Emory, or Georgetown? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>(I posted the same thread twice because I'm not sure what forum it should be placed in.)</p>
<p>I guess I'll answer my own question. I've checked with Berkely, Georgetown, Emory, UNC, and UF, and so far not one of them allows students to persue a second bachelor's degree.</p>
<p>I wouldn't get another bachelor's degree.</p>
<p>Since you're interested in finance and business, take the GMAT and go for an MBA.</p>
<p>honestly, why do you really want a second bachelor's degree? Lsats didn't work out so now you have to figure out a new next step. Why not try to get a job in something you might be interested in before going to schoo again? It will give you real-life experience and they might pay (partially) for your second degree if you continue working for them.</p>
<p>Also, even if you were able to apply for admissions for a second bachelor's somewhere, as an admissions officer I would ask
a) why another bachelors and not just a masters?
b) why is he going from bachelor a to bachelor b with no break?</p>
<p>And part b would make me question your maturity because I would be thinking "is he just trying to delay life).</p>
<p>So just think about these questions and answer them for yourself before getting worked up over which school.</p>
<p>Sometimes I think a second bachelor's degree can be somewhat useful if you need to raise a prior undergraduate GPA earned for the first bachelors for an application to medical school (since med school places weight on overall UG GPA regardless if attained from the first, second, third BA, etc.) or you want to study in a completely different discipline in graduate schools where a prerequisite for entry in the program is an undergraduate degree or at least 30 undergraduate hours in that particular field. But I think LSAC (law school officials) only considers the GPA from the first undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>Anyway top schools like: George Washington, Johns Hopkins, Wake Forest, University of Rochester, Tulane, University of Michigan, Rutgers, Columbia U. School of General Studies, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California, Syracuse all accept applications for a second bachelors degree. Many other big state schools do as well.</p>
<p>In fact, I was admitted to Rochester, GWU, Rutgers and Syracuse for a 2nd BA last year. However, I decided to take a year off and will postpone my 2nd BA enrollment for the fall of this year.</p>