What's easier to get a 4.0 in? Art History or Philosophy?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Please and thanks :D</p>

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<p>Art History. Philosophy is one of the tougher (liberal arts and social science) majors.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Art History. Philosophy is one of the toughest liberal arts majors.</p>

<p>That said, it’s hard to get a 4.0 in any major.</p>

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<p>You’d think philosophy would be easy, but I know several majors who are struggling with it.</p>

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<p>Also, art history is one of those majors where you have to really care (which is basically true of any major). Like if you don’t give a rat’s bottom about it, you’re gonna have a hard time remembering the difference between Greek blah blah and Mesopotamia blah blah and then writing an essay comparing the two.</p>

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<p>I would be more concerned what would you do with an Art history major. A 4.0 does sound hot though lol…</p>

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<p>My friend literally spends all day and all of her weekends doing philosophy and that’s how she keeps her 4.0 in philosophy. She’s VERY dedicated, and absolutely loves it. But I guess that goes for any major right? If you love it and work hard at it, you can get a 4.0 or close. Depends on your habits and how much you care. But yes, philosophy is definitely one of the hardest majors here.</p>

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i don’t buy it, but i get what you’re trying to say.</p>

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<p>Only at Cal where the love for the subject and hard work are sometimes not enough, which is true and seen so many occasions including myself.</p>

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<p>It does not seem to be a popular pre-med or pre-law major (over the years, one graduate reported going to law school, and one reported going to dental school, but no graduate reported going to medical school).</p>

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<p>In all honesty it doesn’t matter what you major in for pre-med or pre-law. All you need to do is rock the MCAT/LSAT and you’re golden.</p>

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<p>^ and have a good undergrad and sGPA.</p>

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<p>Philosophy is one of the hardest majors at Berkeley, one of the hardest in L&S, and arguably the hardest humanities major (probably right up there with Rhetoric).</p>

<p>Art History isn’t exactly a walk in the park, either. But it’s probably a bit easier, comparably. Also, as another poster mentioned, getting a 4.0 is difficult in any major. Yes engineering and physics are super deflated, and humanities majors may hand out quite a few more B’s and A-'s than those majors, but A’s and A+'s are still hard to come by in any major.</p>