CRAP. TYPED IN "Bachelor of Sci" instead of "Bachelor of Art Forum

[in_to_win]

On a majority of my apps that I've sent out, I had a brain fart and put "BS" instead of "BA" for my Poli Sci degree. I'm a double major in Psychology (BS) and Poli Sci (BA)--that's probably where the typo occurred.

Is it necessary to inform the Admissions Committee of this mistake? or will they realize on their own that this was an accident?

[paulinaporizkova]

oh LAWD. go take a shot of tequila

[in_to_win]

oh, ok.

[paulinaporizkova]

you're fine

[birdlaw117]

At least you didn't accidentally type in "Bachelor o farts"

[Mal Reynolds]

This is the only place for you now, bro. http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=103945

Just kidding you should be fine. Plenty of reports on here of pretty egregious typos and people still getting in.

[apollo2015]

Its an easy mistake to make. Political Science is a science. I always remind my friends that we are scientists.

[justinp]

Its an easy mistake to make. Political Science is a science. I always remind my friends that we are scientists.

About to graduate with a PoliSci degree here. DEFINITELY not a scientist.

[thederangedwang]

Its an easy mistake to make. Political Science is a science. I always remind my friends that we are scientists.

About to graduate with a PoliSci degree here. DEFINITELY not a scientist.

depends on the field and the school

obviously if you are political theory you are a phil major basically, but if you are IR, like I am, and go to a heavily qualitative school, like i do, it can be a science basically.

[apollo2015]

depends on the field and the school

obviously if you are political theory you are a phil major basically, but if you are IR, like I am, and go to a heavily qualitative school, like i do, it can be a science basically.

After taking years of what can best be described as "political math" classes, I must admit some jealousy of my peers who took the political theory emphasis instead. Though, I dunno. Maybe they found some way to have multivariate regression analyses fit into their philosophical studies. (Not that Philosophy itself is anything to scoff at in its pure Logic emphases of course.)

I wonder if Political Science is less sciency at the schools where they let professors express political opinions. At my undergrad virtually no professor ever hinted at their leanings. Professional norms to avoid allegations of partisanship in their research, perhaps.

[IAFG]

Its an easy mistake to make. Political Science is a science. I always remind my friends that we are scientists.

About to graduate with a PoliSci degree here. DEFINITELY not a scientist.

depends on the field and the school

obviously if you are political theory you are a phil major basically, but if you are IR, like I am, and go to a heavily qualitative school, like i do, it can be a science basically.

No, not it can't. You are a tool if you believe yourself to be a scientist. A tool among tools. The tooliest tool among law students.

[Hawkeye Pierce]

Its an easy mistake to make. Political Science is a science. I always remind my friends that we are scientists.

About to graduate with a PoliSci degree here. DEFINITELY not a scientist.

depends on the field and the school

obviously if you are political theory you are a phil major basically, but if you are IR, like I am, and go to a heavily qualitative school, like i do, it can be a science basically.

No, not it can't. You are a tool if you believe yourself to be a scientist. A tool among tools. The tooliest tool among law students.

[rayiner]

It's not a science just because you do a little bit of data analysis.

"Science" covers a lot of ground, but it means a specific thing. Unless the field rigorously uses the experimental method, it is not a science. Even in heavily quantitative fields, like economics, the methodology is best described as post-hoc rationalization, not science.

[Errzii]

Seems like a harmless mistake. I guess it couldn't hurt to let schools know but personally I wouldn't bother. Also, lol @ the guy arguing that poli sci is a science.

[yale2011]

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[birdlaw117]

It's not a science just because you do a little bit of data analysis.

"Science" covers a lot of ground, but it means a specific thing. Unless the field rigorously uses the experimental method, it is not a science. Even in heavily quantitative fields, like economics, the methodology is best described as post-hoc rationalization, not science.

It does.

No.

[yale2011]

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[flcath]

Its an easy mistake to make. Political Science is a science. I always remind my friends that we are scientists.

About to graduate with a PoliSci degree here. DEFINITELY not a scientist.

depends on the field and the school

obviously if you are political theory you are a phil major basically, but if you are IR, like I am, and go to a heavily qualitative school, like i do, it can be a science basically.

No, not it can't. You are a tool if you believe yourself to be a scientist. A tool among tools. The tooliest tool among law students.

I was about to make fun of justinp for not getting (what I assumed was) a joke.

I cannot believe a poli sci kid has the audacity to call himself a scientist.

[birdlaw117]

I was about to make fun of justinp for not getting (what I assumed was) a joke.

I cannot believe a poli sci kid has the audacity to call himself a scientist it a degree.

[in_to_win]

I was about to make fun of justinp for not getting (what I assumed was) a joke.

I cannot believe a poli sci kid has the audacity to call himself a scientist it a degree.

^lulz. WELL IT'S A GOOD THING I GOT A PSYCHOLOGY DOUBLE MAJOR. fml