<p>Do any of you know someone who never took a math or science class, had two concentrations, study abroad, and had a moderately successful life afterwards? Or got into law school?</p>
<p>That’s what I’m planning to do… but I’m thinking no science/math is not a wise choice.</p>
<p>Definitely not a wise choice. The more perspectives on the world you can get, the better. I would say there’s no reason to take a lot of higher math if you don’t really need it, but it’s definitely important to take science.</p>
<p>Are you considering a social sciences concentration? You’ll probably have to take Econ and/or Statistics.</p>
<p>I didn’t take a single math or science class at Brown. Upon graduation I was awarded an Arnold Fellowship (the original Watson) and was admitted to Columbia Law School, my top choice, despite lsat scores FAR below the average at Columbia. As I stated in a reply to another post, the essence of what I do now as a lawyer (appellate law for political asylum cases) I learned at Brown. Of course I would like to have taken about twice as many courses there, like Neuroscience or some Cognitive Science classes, but unfortunately there were only four years.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a bad choice if there are things that take priority over the math and science. (as in, you have other classes you really want to take, not that you’re just too lazy and want to spend 4 years taking gut classes.) However you want to be educated is your decision, and if you want to have a lot of depth in a subject area instead of the breadth of a liberal arts education, you can do that, and you’ll probably do fine. Grad schools probably won’t care about courses unrelated to your major anyway (except as they count in your GPA). Keep an open mind about math/science courses, though. Shop a few.</p>
<p>I am dying to do both Linguistics and MCM. I don’t want to pick just one, but my mind might change.</p>
<p>I’m also planning to take four years’ worth of German.</p>
<p>The thing is… I like physics and although math is easy for me, I’m indifferent towards it.</p>
<p>you’re probably doing yourself a disservice by not taking any science or math in college because despite your ivy league degree, you will be illiterate in those areas. a much better way to use the open curriculum, is to take fewer science/math courses and only take those that are truly fascinating to you (since you can take any class you want at any level you want)</p>
<p>I think the most horrifying aspect of it all is that I’ll get a beautiful course book in the mail…</p>
<p>… and they’ll only let me choose four.</p>
<p>What’s your HS record? Science and math in HS in some cases compare well to minimum requirements for breadth in math and science that other colleges require.</p>
<p>I’d study scientists and mathematicians rather than science and math in order to get my breadth. </p>
<p>College level statistics is mathematical philosophy, if taught well. This might be an area to study if you do decide that you do want to do some math. Plato’s shadows on the cave wall with numbers.</p>
<p>Remember C/NC</p>
<p>And heed my warning (I learned the hard way): 4 humanities classes at once can easily be ~3,000 pgs of reading per week and four monster papers due the same week.</p>
<p>You will need to take a science, math, language, or econ class in self defense!</p>