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| Megan Seto. (Nick Pearce Photo) |
She鈥檒l be the first in her family to pursue post-graduate studies, but Megan Seto feels 鈥渕ore than prepared鈥� by her background in arts.
鈥淚鈥檓 so proud of those two letters 鈥楤A,鈥欌�� says Ms. Seto, of Halifax.
Now with her arts degree in hand, she鈥檚 preparing to enter law school at the University of Ottawa.
鈥淚鈥檝e learned a lot from my major in history and from my unique聽 minor in law and society and I鈥檓 going to use it to pursue what I love 鈥� criminal law,鈥� she says. 鈥淭he minor offers a fantastic opportunity to see if law is the path for you. It鈥檚 one of the reasons I chose AV俱乐部.鈥�
The introductory course is taught by a law professor and numerous experts were invited as guest speakers.
鈥淭his university gave me a multidisciplinary experience in law as an undergraduate student. It was a different way of thinking: we read cases, took an analytical approach, and did the same type of homework expected from first-year law students.鈥�
For her language requirement, she opted for a relatively new course in Mandarin. 鈥淭he Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers so much choice for languages. What a collection 鈥撀� Italian, Russian, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish and now, Hebrew,鈥� she says. 鈥淭he language departments have so many community connections and they welcome you with open arms.鈥�
As the president of the Arts and Social Sciences student society (not to mention her own history department society) she had responsibility for representing 4,000 students.
鈥淚 love the sense of community from being involved in student life. My best friend is from classics and I would not have known her without the networking,鈥� she says.
Students helped get two major new initiatives off the ground, an undergraduate student academic conference and a mentorship program for first- year students to reduce attrition.
鈥淚 love student diplomacy 鈥� student apathy is overstated,鈥� she says. 鈥淚t takes one person to get started.鈥�