UCLA: Most Political Science Graduates in U.S.

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>From College Search and Selection:

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<p>thats why poli sci classes are filled up so fast…i pity any freshmen who wantws to major in poli sci.</p>

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<p>what do all those numbers mean?</p>

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<p>The first number is the 75th-percentile SAT I score on the old 1600 system. (Take this with a heaping bowl of salt, as I’m sure that UCR does not have a 75th-percentile score of 1410.) The second number is the number of Bachelor’s degrees offered in 2005. The third number is the number of Political Science Bachelor’s degrees offered in 2005. The fourth number is the proportion of Bachelor’s degree recipients who majored in Political Science in 2005. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Oh wow…I have so many brethren.</p>

<p>So so so many…</p>

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<p>I find it moderately disappointing that UCLA churns out both the most pre-law and the most pre-med students in the country, but refuses to offer its own graduates either a BS/JD or a BS/MD guaranteed-admission program to its School of Law or School of Medicine. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Boo yah, freshman and I got into a PolSci40.</p>

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<p>flopsy…totally agree</p>

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<p>im a biz econ major with a 2.3 pre-major gpa…thinking about going polisci lol. My friend was talking about polisci during lunch and I found it interesting, since I like current events, foreign relations, government, etc. </p>

<p>Hmm I wonder if its unusual for students to change majors as late as their sophomore year?</p>

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<p>do upper div poli sci classes fill up quickly too?</p>

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<p>I’ve gotta say that I never had any problems getting my poli sci classes. But that was 2-5 years ago, so maybe times have gotten tougher. :p</p>

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<p>Why should it? The school of law is ranked #15 and with only a 16% admission rate, is one of the most selective law schools in the country. Also, there are only a limited number of seats for each entering class. There’s no way that UCLA could offer guaranteed admission to every UCLA student who wanted it; there wouldn’t be enough room. Besides this, it would prevent students from other undergrad institutions from applying to the UCLA school of law and with such an easy route to admission, it would drastically lower the law school’s ranking.</p>

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<p>He didn’t mean every UCLA student…that would be absurb</p>

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<p>Then which students should receive guaranteed admission?</p>

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<p>More along the lines of having a competitive program for a certain amount of students, e.g., Thomas Haider Program (<a href=“http://www.biomed.ucr.edu/[/url]”>http://www.biomed.ucr.edu/&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

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<p>The guaranteed-admission program I was speaking of was a form of ESAP (Exceptional Student Admission Program), which is definitely not for everyone as Bruin4life had suggested. UCSD and Cornell already practice this admissions policy with their cream-of-the-crop pre-med undergrads (>3.80 GPA). Also, the UCLA HSSEAS already offers guaranteed admission to undergraduate engineering majors who have achieved a >3.50 major GPA and want to pursue an M.S. in the same field.</p>

<p>It would be hilarious if UCLA offered guaranteed law/medical school admission to every intrepid undergrad, though. For a brief period, UCLA would become super-competitive at the undergraduate admissions level, as every high schooler who wants to someday get into its law/medical school would apply, but eventually the Law School and Medical School would be a laughingstock for a while. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Ok, I get it now. Thanks.</p>