Lynsie Mumphrey started college with a clear focus: admission into medical school.According to the kinesiology sophomore, she has bounced between a basic sciences major and a kinesiology major. But she wishes she had spent her college years working on a degree in direct preparation for medical school — a pre-medical degree.”It would’ve provided you with a wide range of subjects to help in medical school,” Mumphrey said. “You don’t just need science.”The Graduating Student Survey, which was submitted by 83.6 percent of the fall 2008 graduating class, indicated about 20 percent of respondents intended to pursue a professional degree, whether part-time or full-time, according to an e-mail from Sara Crow, Career Services spokeswoman.However, the University does not offer pre-law, pre-med or pre-dentistry programs. Students are “advised to graduate with a degree in a related field,” according to undergraduate admissions.Stacia Haynie, vice provost of Academic Affairs, said students planning on attending professional school should set their primary focus on excelling in the degree of their choice.”LSU, like many universities, provides a variety of curricular options for students which will provide the essential foundation for post-baccalaureate studies,” Haynie said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille. “It is important that students major in an area for which they have a strong intellectual curiosity … GPAs tend to reflect not just a student’s intellectual capacity but their passion as well.”Data from the Graduating Students Survey indicates 19 graduates intend to attend the LSU Health Sciences Center while an additional three students are an intent to pursue a post-undergraduate degree from Our Lady of the Lake. Three students showed interest in the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.Kathy Stuckey, admissions coordinator for the LSU New Orleans Medical School, said the majority of the incoming fall 2008 class was comprised of science majors.”The more science background you have, the easier the [Medical College Admission Test] would be,” Stuckey said. “Other than that, they have to have 32 hours of science.”Stuckey said other incoming students previously majored in foreign languages, business, psychology, English and kinesiology. Ginger Guttner, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine spokesperson, said 86 students comprise the fall 2008 incoming class.”Obviously, most of those [degrees] are science related,” Guttner said. According to data on the incoming class, among the 86 students, 48 of them were animal science majors and 15 were biological sciences majors.Thirteen respondents to the Graduating Students Survey indicated an intent to attend LSU Law Center while 14 respondents expressed intent to attend other law schools. Beth Loup, Paul M. Hebert Law Center interim director of admissions, said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille the Law Center does not recommend any specific majors for undergraduate students.As per guidelines outlined in the LSU Law catalog, students are advised not to enroll in undergraduate-level law courses.Loup said there are currently 108 political science graduates, 51 history graduates, 51 English graduates and 32 mass communication graduates enrolled at the Law Center. Other graduates include finance, accounting and management. —-Contact Lindsey Meaux at [email protected]