<p>If I wanted to go to a T14 straight out of undergrad, would majoring in Accounting be a poor choice? Is it considered a vocational major? Would majoring in Finance be better? If so, how much better? Thanks for your time.</p>
<p>Depends on what you do with it....my DH was an accounting/decision sciences major, went to a T14 and did just fine. He did work for several years first, which is something I recommend to anyone wanting to work in law these days.</p>
<p>Probably, yes, probably not.</p>
<p>Um, I would assume that accounting would be a perfectly fine major for someone interested in say tax law.</p>
<p>or litigation, corporate, IBanking, M&A, bankruptcy, real estate, trusts, administrative, regulatory....</p>
<p>The fact that something will be useful in the end does not necessarily make it a good idea for a major up front. Admissions and usefulness are not necessarily synonymous.</p>
<p>I am not an attorney but I am a practicing CPA. An accounting major is rigorous and lots of students change their majors from accounting to an easier flavor of business administration when they find that they aren't cutting it in their accounting classes. Law schools respect academic rigor, as compared with academic fluff.</p>
<p>I have to ask why you would want to get an accounting degree followed by a law degree. Accounting education requires a lot less money and time than a legal education when undergrad is factored in, and a large proportion of accounting grads find employment within the profession. If you make it into a top law school your accounting background will probably not distinguish you all that much when compared to your high-achieving classmates.</p>
<p>Also consider that when making plans that combine two very preparation-intensive professions that you may wind up hating one or both of them.</p>
<p>Accounting is fine. There are plenty of attorneys at top firms with degrees in accounting - not just tax lawyers.</p>
<p>Is Poli Sci considered a "fluff major" in the eyes of T14's?</p>
<p>Political Science if fine too -</p>
<p>Accounting is a perfectly fine major for law school. My best friend graduated with an accounting major, spent two years at a Big 4 firm after college, and was accepted to Columbia, UChicago, and a lot of other top law schools. If anything, she thinks the rigorous quantitative training she had in college prepared her well.</p>
<p>I will mention that DH didn't consider his accounting/CS degrees as "pre-law" majors. He went into the field fully expecting to do those things for the long haul. Law school came along later as he realized what he wanted to do leaned in that direction.</p>
<p>Accounting is considered a more rigorous major than finance, according to DH.</p>