<p>Huh? Who says that? If not LS, than what is the 'recommended' major? </p>
<p>All ABA accredited schools will accept any bacclaureate degree, regardless of major. It's your GPA/LSAT that's important. THe undergraduate major plays a minor role (if any at all) in selection. All the lawyers I know who knew they wanted to go to law school early on, chose majors that they thought would be easy for them to get good grades in (i.e. history, psych)--this is the optimal strategy for law school.</p>
<p>I chose poli sci cuz I thought it would be easy but got thwarted once I came to cal. Poli sci is hard here unfortunately. So with my mediocre UC GPA of 3.3, I might be stuck with Whittier college of law unless I can improve it in the three semesters i have left. But, oh well.</p>
Huh? Who says that? If not LS, than what is the 'recommended' major?
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<p>Just because LS is not recommended doesn't mean there must be a recommended major. LS isn't recommended because law schools want breadth and don't really want you to study too much about law before going, although typically students do just because they are interested in it. That leads to the conclusion that one should only do LS if they are so dedicated and interested in it that they must do it, but certainly should not sign up for it thinking it is better for law school.</p>
<p>I was thinking about majoring in LS, but I didn't want to concentrate too much on a law related major just in case in the future I would decide against going to law school. There is, of course, nothing wrong with majoring in LS, but if you are not 100% on going to law school then it is best to choose another major.</p>
<p>Nikkei--it's the opposite! If you are 100% on going to law school you should choose SOMETHING ELSE! You will have the opportunity to learn about law in law school!</p>
<p>You can talk to advisors at Cal, and they will probably tell you something similar to this. Legal studies is actually a good major for those who aren't planning on law school.</p>
<p>If it's something that you're interested in, you shouldn't have a problem getting a high GPA. It seems like an interesting major to me, and I've heard no complaints from the handful of Mass Comm majors I know. </p>
<p>Is that the major you were accepted into? Congrats if it is. Mass Comm, along with Psych, Econ, Social Welfare, and Comp. Sci are Letters & Science's most impacted here and really competetive for xfers. If you started here as a frosh, i don't think they even let you declare mass comm unless your uc gpa isn't at least 3.2</p>
<p>All I know about mass comm is that you usually have to do an internship at some point--though I'm sure you could work it so you didn't have to if you didn't want to. The thing that will help you get good grades in it as i see it is that the readings will likely be easy to understand and not in the foreign language of academia that many poli sci readings are. You'll be able to get through them quicker and show better understanding of the concepts on the tests. I've heard it's a fun major too with a good cross section of peeps. </p>
<p>I envy you and everyone else who just got accepted and are coming to Cal. I remember when I got in and how good it felt. THough it starts to fade about 2 months into your first semester when you're studying your arse off for your first midterms here. Nonetheless, you're gonna love it.</p>
<p><strong><em>this is from Harvard Law's FAQ on admissions</em></strong></p>
<p>What is the best "pre-law" curriculum? How does one prepare for law school?</p>
<p>The Harvard Law School faculty prescribes no fixed requirements with respect to the content of pre-legal education. The nature of candidates' college work, as well as the quality of academic performance, is taken into account in the selection process. As preparation for law school, a broad college education is usually preferable to one that is narrowly specialized. The Admissions Committee looks for a showing of thorough learning in a field of your choice, such as history, economics, government, philosophy, mathematics, science, literature or the classics, rather than a concentration in courses given primarily as vocational training. The Admissions Committee considers that those programs approaching their subjects on a more theoretical level, with attention to educational breadth, are better preparatory training for the legal profession than those emphasizing the practical.</p>
<p>***If you major in LS at Cal, you'll get exposure to the history, economics, government, philosophy, that they're talking about. And most if not all the LS classes are very theoretical, and tend not to be practical like say business or engineering. (I'm taking 'theories of justice' right now for example which is basically a philosophy course) Irrespective of this, LS like many liberal arts majors is a relatively low-unit major which will allow you the ability to get exposure to the broad array of disciplines Law and other grad/professional schools are looking for. Major in what will hold your interest so you'll get good grades and not want to drop out. If this is LS, than do it--it is doubtful that any Cal advisor would advise against this, but there are always outliers (if you took statistics, you know what that is). Look at the course descriptions of LS classes and see if they interest you. If you major in LS and end up not going to law school, than you are about as prepared to enter the workforce as any other liberal arts major is. It's only the engineering and hard sciences majors that have the real edge when it comes to earning power from their degrees. And if anything, you'll find out real quick if you want to spend three years of your life on lock-down in law school, and be $50k+ in debt when you get out, when really you would've rather done something else.</p>