Rickton, on Mar 13 2008, 06:44 PM, said:
What if you don't have a major?
Then you have to really worry about getting enough hard and diverse upper division credits (read: 400-levels) so that you'll be able to say on your grad school apps that you accomplished something despite not limiting yourself to a particular subject. If you get a university studies degree and only have one 400-level on your transcript, you're screwed if you want to go on to a quality program. If you're a triple major with four minors or something and have done the same, then you might be able to get away with it.
Mispeled, on Mar 13 2008, 06:56 PM, said:
After hearing about underwater basketweaving so many times as an example of the a ridiculous and farfetched subject, I'd actually be interested in trying it. I mean, wouldn't it be essentially the same as abovewater basketweaving?
Not really. Underwater basketweaving is basically just basketweaving with reeds that have previously been soaked. It can be done under water or just on your lap after taking the wet reeds from a bucket (you're not making baskets in scuba gear at the bottom of a pool or something). If you have any quality wicker baskets around, they most likely were either woven when the reeds were young and freshly cut, or when they were old and strong, but dry, and then woven "under water." It's really hard to do dry basket weaving without making thread, in which case it's not really the same thing as having a reed basket.
The thing I'd really be interested in is either Oxford or Cambridge offers a PhD in knot-tying. I imagine that it's fairly involved, but that is exactly the type of potentially bullcrap doctorate that would almost be worthwhile. If it wasn't a two year bit part time, I'd already have my massage license.
-Pufer
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