<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for the best B.A. degrees that would prepare me for law school? Thanks</p>
<p>This isn't meant to be blunt, but here's a thread that pertains to your question. </p>
<p>To make it easy for you, here are a few:</p>
<p>Anthropology
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Chinese
Classics
Economics
English
Engineering
French
German
History
International Relations
Japanese
Latin
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Sociology
Spanish</p>
<p>If you are passionate about the subject and do really well, anything will qualify, be it math, engineering, history, ect. Logically speaking, majors in which you write precisely and frequently (philosophy, english) might help one perform better when the time comes. I love philosophy, and i plan on taking many rhetoric and linguistics classes, and possibly minoring or double majoring. All three deal with language and two are known for rigorous writing and thought. I am not sure if law school is for me, but . . . i digress. Do what interests you.</p>
<p>Engineering grades are usually lower on average than those of other majors. So does that make engineering a bad pre-law?</p>
<p>In a word, yes. Most schools don't care that engineers get lower grades, and they compensate very little for deflated grades and increased workload. </p>
<p>Doesn't mean it isn't a fabulous education - IMO, better than liberal arts for really making you think and work - but it's still a lousy route to law school.</p>
<p>. . .unless you are interested in patent law</p>
<p>If you want patent law, you can go for chem or physics. There are fewer requirements, so you have fewer science courses dragging down your GPA and there is more room in your schedule for other things.</p>
<p>Music and studio arts or art history. You need something that will feed your soul.</p>
<p>I agree, but music, studio arts, and or art history will not necessarily feed every person's soul. To each his (or her) own. Also, many people don't care about soul and only are about money. These people will, in the end, die like the rest of us, but for now, they want to know which school and which major to get the right job to get the right ect ect.</p>
<p>My Intro to Philosophy Professor at Harvard SSP last year actually gave us handouts on the "value" of majoring in Philosophy. He gave us statistics specifically on Philosophy majors' performance on tests such as the LSAT.</p>
<p>Here are excerpts and links to his handouts: <a href="http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/%7Ephils4/lsat.html%5B/url%5D">http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~phils4/lsat.html</a></p>
<p>The performance of PHILOSOPHY MAJORS on all three tests was remarkable:</p>
<p>PHILOSOPHY MAJORS received higher scores on the LSAT, for instance, than students in all other humanities areas, and higher scores than all social and natural science majors except economics and mathematics, and higher scores than all applied majors. </p>
<p>Moreover, the differences are in most cases substantial: </p>
<p>PHILOSOPHY MAJORS scored 10% better than political science majors on the LSAT. </p>
<p>and a chart: <a href="http://www.philosophy.eku.edu/scores.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.philosophy.eku.edu/scores.htm</a></p>
<p>~Just thought it was interesting...he provided us all this info. on the first day of class! A little overwhelming, but interesting to look at.</p>
<p>It makes me feel all warm and tingly inside . . .</p>
<p>This was thirty-five years ago, but I recall talking to the admissions people at the law school I atended in the 70's. The one applicant they were really excited about had a Math degree. They were bored with all the Poli. Sci., Sociology, etc. majors applying...</p>
<p>Anything that gives you a high GPA, and anything you like</p>