<p>Is the major Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, in relevance to a business major, oh, say, accounting??</p>
<p>I'm stuck in the loop between doing a lliberal art (I'm reallly interested in philosophy) and doing a business (which goes hand-in hand w/ law, my intended career; and my parents are pushing for business) and I've got no idea which one to choose. I was thinking that I needed a "semi-easy" major, or a major that wasn't impossible to get a 3.8-4.0 especially since Law School Admissions are so heavily numbers based.</p>
<p>I really would like to do philosophy and learn more about it, but frankly, I'm just not that convinced since I know so little about the subject. Business seems like the best route to a law school, especially since it coincides with Law, and it gives me a great backup.</p>
<p>With that being said, back to my original question. How hard is philosophy, and what do you think I should major in, considering GPA as one of my higher priorities. Also which major would help me more in law school?</p>
<p>Go with philosophy. It's freaking tough. It is by no means an "easy," let alone "semi-easy" major, but every source I've encountered said it will prepare you much better for law school than business. It is almost universally more intellectually rigorous. In philosophy, you greatly utilize logic and analytic thinking skills, as well as writing skills and argument analysis. These are essential for law school. Philospohy majors tend to do very well on the LSAT, seemingly in part because of their preparation through philosophy courses. I do not know how hard the grading is at UT Austin, but I imagine philosophy grade in a more difficult manner than business.</p>
<p>Another good major is economics which will prepare you very well for law and the lsat too, which is also very related to business and is a good backup major. Try to take econ classes that require you to write essays and whatnot and you will be very prepared for law school too.</p>
<p>I believe the most popular majors in law school are economics and poli sci.</p>
<p>You could do accounting and minor in PHL, or double. You'd mainly have to add a foreign language and the PHL courses, you'll have gotten rid of the basics with business anyway (science for non science major, math credits, etc)</p>