brittanyandrea Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) What was your major in undergrad? Edited March 16, 2017 by brittanyandrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo93 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 BS in Economics and a major in Political Science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaseyleigh Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I was a journalism major and I have to say - I didn't love it at the time, but it was super helpful for both law school and grad school, where a huge part of my grades were dependent on essay/research paper writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallmpp2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Sociology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CakeTea Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) BA Economics with Modern Languages I wonder about non traditional majors. I met a MPP student who did BA philosophy Edited March 16, 2017 by CakeTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obecalp Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 BFA in Theatre. Oh, what a different life I imagined for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinpants12 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Double majored in Physics & Religious Ethics, lol I don't think it really matters all that much as long as you can show some basic quantitive chops. I have the impression that work experience seems much more important than the name of your major. I'm sure it helps, though, if you can weave your undergrad experience into a narrative about service and public policy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obecalp Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 8 minutes ago, tinpants12 said: Double majored in Physics & Religious Ethics, lol I don't think it really matters all that much as long as you can show some basic quantitive chops. I have the impression that work experience seems much more important than the name of your major. I'm sure it helps, though, if you can weave your undergrad experience into a narrative about service and public policy! I will attest to the fact that work experience and building a narrative are far more important than the name of your major. I certainly do not attribute my admissions to committees being thrilled to have a theatre major in their ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadfulbard Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Anthropology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedropabloerr Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Law (I'm a lawyer, I guess LLB would be the similar) brittanyandrea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolicyStud Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 B.S. in biology. Sorry I'm an odd-ball lol brittanyandrea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeplesswithcoffee Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Philosophy! Went down the CS minor route for a while before it got too dull + frustrating for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatecheesecake Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Ahem, I think this survey is somewhat flawed in design... ... but seriously, I think this reflects a common misconception that people who are interested in MPPs/ MPAs must have majored in something related to public policy in undergrad. Many people did something completely unrelated to public policy, and it was only after a few years of work experience that they became interested in grad school for this area. I met so many people in grad school who came from a different undergrad background, and we all felt like we were anomalies, until we talked to each other! That being said, I was a sociology major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brittanyandrea Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 5 hours ago, chocolatecheesecake said: Ahem, I think this survey is somewhat flawed in design... ... but seriously, I think this reflects a common misconception that people who are interested in MPPs/ MPAs must have majored in something related to public policy in undergrad. Many people did something completely unrelated to public policy, and it was only after a few years of work experience that they became interested in grad school for this area. I met so many people in grad school who came from a different undergrad background, and we all felt like we were anomalies, until we talked to each other! That being said, I was a sociology major. I made this as a away for those who KNOW they want to get a masters and have not yet gone to undergrad. This was the case with me a few years ago and I just kinda guessed. Thankfully, masters programs are super flexible about undergrad so it doesn't truly matter, I just thought it would be interesting to see. pedropabloerr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student007 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Asian Studies. I'm surprised that Regional Area Studies wasn't included as a choice since the majority of Language and Area Studies do end up in IR work. nuhanzi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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