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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

From the Law Society of the UK.

Here are some examples of friends who changed majors at US universities. If you assure me that each of these changes is possible at a UK university, I will stand down

Engineering to Math and Scandinavian Studies
Chemistry to English literature
Biochemistry to Biology
Biology to American History
Political Science to Economics
Physics to physics with an English literature minor
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The fact that you can switch from engineering to scandinavian studies tells you how shallow the US undergrad courses are. This is for dilettantes, not a serious education.

I studied history for my undergraduate degree. I became an economist, my friends who studied the subject became lawyers, journalists, producers, script writers, academics. I know people who studied medicine that now work in the City or media. So your statement that you need to choose a career path at 17 is simply incorrect. The purpose of your undergraduate degree is to give you a solid foundation in an area of study, to teach you how to research, to think, and to express your ideas. The subject is irrelevant in the vast majority of cases.[/quote]

+1. But PP will probably have a tough time understanding what you say.

It is amazing how people who pay so much lip service to critical thinking display so little of it.

(Courtesy, at least part of it, of the shallow US undergrad system)[/quote]

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