Help me pick a major: Criminal justice?
March 10, 2010 by
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Hi, I’ll be a senior this fall and have always been interested in art. I was planning on majoring in it, and have all the classes, and schools ready in mind.
However, i was put into a forensic science class by accident in the middle of my junior year and i loved it. Now, after much debate, i finally decided i want to be a crime scene investigator.
I’m a little worried though. My GPA is a 95, but I’m not very good at sciences or math, and I haven’t taken most of those classes. I basically chose a lot of art related courses.
Can anyone recommend any good schools in the NY or NJ area? Do you think colleges will consider me, even if most of my classes pertain to art? What should I do now?
Thanks alot 
ill probably major in criminal justice and minor in art.
and its graphic designing/advertisement. so no ’starving artist’ k?
****oh and i meant my overall average is a 95
starving artist or CSI
I’m pretty sure you meant to put a 2 in front of that 95. Getting into a state school would not be impossible with that GPA assuming you can do decent on the SAT or ACT, but try to get it up to a 3.0. You can then pick your criminal justice major or art. One thing to seriously think about in this economy is what your chances are of landing a job in your chosen major. Would a criminal justice major or art major be more beneficial? I’m not saying to not follow your dreams, but college is a financial investment in your future and you have to be realistic in today’s world. You can always minor in art if you love it but can’t see yourself finding a job out of college in the field.
Artists often help sketching portraits of perpetrators. Why not talk to a few at an urban police center and see what’s involved.
Photographers are also a required part of a CSI team. Look into that.
There are two parts to the CSI equation. One group gathers the evidence, the other group analyzes it.
For the analysis part, you will definitely need laboratory sciences.
For the other, maybe not.
Why not talk to the people, or visit some related websites to see what really interests you.
The John Jay College of criminal justice is an amazing school in the NY NJ area.