Hi everyone!! I’m interested in becoming a lawyer, but don’t want to major in anything too law-related in case I decide not to be one. Does a double major in computer science and political science seem feasible? I’d love to go to UCB or Stanford, but most likely will settle for OSU/Michigan/other UCs. Any tips as well? What high school courses should I take to prepare myself?
If this is something that you really want to do, look at different schools that offer a double major in these. You could also always minor in one. If you want to major in these, you could get involved in computer science classes and robotics club or debate club for political science. Class for poli sci would probably be government or something like that.
Yes, sure, that sounds feasible.
There’s really not any specific preparation you need to do in high school for either of these majors - your average college prep curriculum should work fine. You would advantage yourself a bit in computer science if you take calculus in high school, if you’re on track to. Learning to program a bit in high school would also be good - take a class or look to online resources, like Khan Academy, Coursera or Codeacademy.com. In political science, just do well in your classes and learn to write well. If your school offers an AP Statistics course that might be good to take, too.
Also, where do you live? Since you can’t be a resident of three states, at least two of those public options is out of state for you and unlikely to offer you much financial aid.
@juillet : I live in Ohio!
@Dancer14 : thank you! i was wondering about taking gov but i think i will 
Oh great! Well, you’ve got some great public universities to choose from. Ohio has Ohio State and Miami University, along with Ohio University and Kent State. If you want to go to a large state university, OSU and Miami are both really likely to be much better deals, financially, than Michigan or the other UCs. (Also, you don’t really “settle” for Michigan or other UCs, especially as a non-resident student. They’re still difficult to gain admission to.)
If you did go to Ohio State, for example, as a large flagship university there are a lot of different majors. There are three different CS-related majors (computer and information science, computer science and engineering, and information systems) as well as a data analytics major. And in addition to political science, there’s international studies, world politics, and public management, leadership and policy. So there are a lot of areas that you can explore once you choose your university.
If I’m reading your prior posts correctly, you’re a sophomore in high school? You have a lot of time. The best classes in high school are the ones that you’re interested in; focus on building a good well-rounded foundation for your undergrad studies.
One thing to consider is how supportive the school is to double majors. All will say you can do it, but when you press them they may tell you it really isn’t practical for various reasons (often class conflicts).
Big state schools like Ohio State tend to make it more difficult. They are a conglomerate of colleges each doing its own thing. Forging a double major/degree while not impossible just tends to be more difficult.
Smaller dchools like Miami OH tend to support this more. Miami in particular supports double majors/degrees. But you still need to check about conflicts. My S attends Miami and was going to double degree but found that there were some unavoidable conflicts (music performing groups and science labs). He switched to a minor. Just somethimg to consider.