<p>Hey so I just got into the College of Arts and Sciences and I am wondering what courses/majors would be considered pre law. Also I am interested in attending Cornell law school so are my chances higher since I am going to Cornell undergrad?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>What courses/ major you pursue doesn’t matter for getting into a law school. Law schools only care about your LSAT score and GPA. </p>
<p>That being said, for employment purposes, what you choose to major absolutely matters a ton, and that is a much more important factor in shaping your future life than being accepted into a law school. Not only out of college immediately, but those with engineering backgrounds, for example, have much easier time getting top corporate law firm jobs out of law school. Something to keep in mind.</p>
<p>Lastly, Cornell Law won’t care that you went to Cornell for undergrad.</p>
<p>Major in Chinese, Japanese or Korean Language studies. Contract/patent lawyers who are bilingual with one of those? Snatched up like hotcakes.</p>
<p>Really anything can be pre-law. Something like 20% of Harvard Law’s students were Physics majors.</p>
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<p>Many people I know who are bi/tri-lingual in languages such as Chinese, Spanish, etc are out of a job now despite graduating from top 10 law schools.</p>
<p>Language capability matters very little as far as Biglaw employment goes. It’s all your law school rank + law school GPA that seals the deal. Students who have pre-law school corporate work experiences, engineering/ physics backgrounds, etc have huge advantage in getting hired.</p>
<p>I’d say that nobody should pick a major based on the easiness of that major, or being able to get into a top law school due to having picked that major. Law school, even the top 10 law schools, are huge financial gambles to attend now, and truth be told, if you can get a 60k/yr entry level job out of college, forget law school. Even Harvard Law.</p>
<p>I turned down a couple of good job offers senior year of college to go to law school. Looking back, that was the biggest career/ financial mistake of my life.</p>