Hi there!
My name is Jasmine and I am wondering if a double bachelor’s in Philosophy and Psychology would be good to get into an Ivy league school, specifically Harvard or Yale.
I’m aware that your major is not the most important and that your score on the LSAT and your GPA are, however I would like to set myself up as best as I can to make it into a good graduate college. I’m going to do either Philosophy, Psychology, or both… But I don’t know which one will be best!
Thank you in advance for your replies!
(Also I am aware that I didn’t write this completely grammatically-correct, please ignore that! It’s very late!)
Your major would make no difference at either school. Harvard doesn’t care, and Yale cares about other things.
A far more worthwhile goal is getting some legal experience while still in college. Intern with legal aid/DA/PD/private firm that takes interns. Find out what the practice of law is really like before you commit to it.
Law school doesn’t care about your major. I remember someone from NYU Law told me the only thing they hate is a prelaw major. And of course, philosophy and psychology will prep you well for JD but it’s also pretty hard to maintain your gpa with this two majors.
Majors don’t really matter: GPA/LSAT (for HY, then 171+), and if you really Yale, then, a mini-career that says you are world class, something like a Pulitzer, or concert pianist, or an ordained zen monk (true story, I know one).