Best Major for Law School

College Majors
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Hello everyone,

I am currently an economics major (freshman) at University at Buffalo. I have aspirations to go to law school following my undergraduate education.
With that being said, I was thinking of switching majors to Political Science. I was thinking of doing this to avoid having to take a second, higher level math class that I must take for my economics degree. I am currently in one this semester and feel as if it may deflate my GPA.
Seeing as though I want to get into a T-14 law school, my GPA is very important. If I were to switch my major to Political Science, I could dodge these upper level math courses that I would have to take to fulfill my major.
What are your thoughts?

Thank you in advance.

2

GPA [and LSAT score] will matter more to law schools than your major will.

3

So it would be wise to chose an easier major in order to achieve a higher GPA?

4

That depends on whether you actually get into law school in the end.

5

OP, I think it is a reasonable strategy, but I would encourage you to major in something you are actually interested in rather than simply to aim for a high GPA.

6

Yeah, it doesn’t matter what you major in, but I agree with AboutTheSame. You want to balance trying to achieve a high GPA with majoring in something in which you are actually interested.

7

You also have to consider that there are something like 4 times the number of poli sci majors vs econ majors applying to law school. So you’d better be prepared to stand out from the masses if you want poli sci. I’m not sure a marginally higher gpa in the go-to major for law school would be preferable to applying from a far less popular, more analytically rigorous major.

8

The LSAT has a logic puzzle section. Perhaps that is why math, physics, and philosophy majors do well on it. So try not to be afraid of math courses and others that help you practice your logical thinking.

9

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/application-prep/choosing-your-major-for-prelaw may be helpful.

10

Pick a major that interests you (as others have mentioned) and try to take a nice broad range of classes, as most schools’ distribution requirements require.