Had I known that UW did not give a shit about Arts or Legal Studies, I would not have come to this school. Why offer a program to people in the first place if the school is not willing to support it and keep it around? WTF UW!!
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Why is a great way to make sure you don't get into law school? Legal studies is a great program and the fact that it's an interdisciplinary program makes it that much better, especially for getting into law schools because it shows that you can do well in a variety of different programs, such as political science, history, sociology, psychology, english, etc. rather than just one.
ReplyDeleteBesides, a program isn't going to stop you from getting into law school.. as long as your marks are good, you do well on your LSATS, and you have a well-developed non-academic profile (i.e. volunteering, being involved, etc.) you'll be fine.
Educate yourself a little before you post an ignorant comment.
omgosh you guys are hilarious
ReplyDeleteI hope OP isn't the girl who made the "slap in the face comment" at the meeting last night, because she was annoying.
ReplyDeleteClearly, OP, you don't understand the reasoning behind this merge - it is BENEFITING you and LS. The school is willing to support it because of its outstanding success so far, and thus the merge is happening because the way things are now, it is a 'program', NOT a 'department'. Your degree will not have anything to do with Sociology- it will say 'BA in Legal Studies'. If you get it. Seriously. Educate yourself.
@ # 1 - I'm in LS, and I'm doing an MA in Sociology next fall. It's what I want to do, and I chose LS over Sociology because it would give me that interdisciplinary experience that I wouldn't easily get with a Soc major.
Thank you #5
ReplyDeleteYDI, for being in Arts. Go to a liberal arts school if you want to be a lawyer. Srsly.
ReplyDeleteOP here and I am not that annoying girl from last night btw.
ReplyDeleteI understand that we are gaining better resources than what we have now, but it is the process of going about this whole thing that is upsetting.
Students and Legal Studies faculty were the last ones to know about this huge change and therefore we were unable to have any say in this matter. It could have been handled a lot better. If the university actually had real support for us, they would have taken this a little more seriously and put the time and money into giving this program a real chance. But I guess since we're not Engineering...
Who cares if you go to UW for LS and graduate from it. There are opportunities with any arts degree. Out of all my friends that have graduated from UW with an arts degree, none of them have done nothing with their degree. Everyone has acheived something beneficial from utilizing their degree.
ReplyDelete@ last poster, I REALLY needed to hear that, thank you. (seriously)
ReplyDeleteCould you elaborate any further?
Same poster here,
ReplyDeleteBasically it's just important to network with friends, businesses (through co-op opportunities), pursue internship positions, apply to a diverse field of jobs, pursue professional or graduate school, etc. People who sit around and say their degree is useless make their degree useless. A lot of people in arts just don't know what to do afterwards - often because I think they generally graduate young (some enter university at 17, out by the time they're 21/22 - too young to decide on a profession - end up working in retail, stick to it, recent graduates are more relevant than those who have just hung out for years)
#5 here. Glad to hear you're not 'annoying girl'.
ReplyDeleteI see what you're saying about wanting a say in the matter, but would you really have rejected what's happened? I think that the university HAS demonstrated its support for us by giving LS this chance to improve and flourish. I mean, haha you're right we're not engineering, but I think they still are treating us alright. It's not like anything BAD is happening, right?
So I think that even if we had been informed and had a chance to give our input, we would have accepted the proposed changes regardless.