<p>How strong are the International Relations, Psychology, and Philosophy programs at Bucknell? Additionally, what are my prospects for getting into a top law school? Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>i dont know about the 3 majors you asked about, but i can tell you a bit about law school. most bucknell people seem to work straightaway but:</p>
<p>For the class of 2005, 39 people went to law school; 37 from the college of Arts & Sciences and 2 from the college of engineering. these are the schools they went to:</p>
<p>Albany law school - 1, American University - 2, Boston University - 1,
Brooklyn law school - 1, Case Western -1, Cleveland State University -1,
Columbia University -1, DePaul University -1, Duquesne University - 1,
Florida Coastal school of law -1, Fordham University - 1, Franklin Pierce law center -2, George Washington University - 1, Hofstra University - 2,
Indiana University - 1, NYU -1, Northeastern University - 2, Penn state - 2,
Pittsburgh University - 1, Rutgers - 1, Santa Clara school of law -1, Seton hall University - 1, Syracuse University - 2, Temple University - 1, University of Baltimore -1, UMich -1, Vanderbilt University - 1, Wake Forest -1, WAshington and lee- 1, Widener university -2, Unknown -2. </p>
<p>that adds up to 39.</p>
<p>LAw school information for the class of 2004: 42 people went to law school; 39 from the college of A&Sciences , and 3 from engineering. </p>
<p>Law schools:</p>
<p>American University - 2, Boston college -1, Boston University -2,
Brooklyn school of law -1, Catholic University of America -1, Depaul University -1, Duquesne University -2, Franklin Pierce law center -1,
George Washington University -1, Loyola University -1, New England school of law-1, Rutgers -2, Seton hall University -2, Syracuse University -1,
Thomas jefferson school of law -1, University of Baltimore -3,
UMich -1, University of New Mexico-1, University of Pittsburgh-5,
University of Richmond-1, Villanova University -4, Widener University -2,<br>
Penn state-3, Unknown -2. </p>
<p>that’s 42.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! This info really helps, although it saddens me to see that almost all of these schools are ranked very low.</p>
<p>rath500-</p>
<p>getting into law school, much like getting into med school, is almost entirely a numbers-based process. if you have great grades and do really well on the lsat, youll get in somewhere great… whether youre a student at bloomsburg, penn state, bucknell or penn. of course, getting great grades and doing really well on the lsat isnt easy–otherwise everyone would do it–and thats why you see bucknell grads at all kinds of law schools.</p>
<p>on the departments in question, i only have extensive personal experience with international relations. its not a big department, as international relations hasnt been an available major for very long, but the faculty is fantastic (emek ucarer is one of my favorite people on campus) and multi-disciplinary in nature (most hold dual appointments with political science or economics). one of my best friends is graduating this year in psychology and found the program very good, though a common complaint around campus is the difficulty for freshman and first-semester sophomores to get the exact psych classes they want. philosophy is also a small department, but i know almost all of the faculty… and all of them are great (jeffrey turner is a favorite here).</p>
<p>My son is a poli sci/philo double. He loves his philosophy courses, that’s why he decided to add the second major. He’s currently in Brazil this semester.</p>