<p>I go to Cal State Fullerton. Obviously, since it isn't a UC, I need to boost myself up in ways besides gpa and LSAT, correct?</p>
<p>I'm considering double majoring. My current major is English, and I'm thinking about adding on Political Science.</p>
<p>Thoughts, comments, critiques, all welcome. Do people respect a minor? Or is a double major the way to go? Also, anyone know how long that makes undergrad? 5 years? 6 years? </p>
<p>Would it be acceptable to go to a law school that late?</p>
<p>First, the college you attend has some impact on your law school chances, but not that much. So, you don’t need to do anything other than hit a homerun on the LSAT and get a sky high GPA to “make up” for your college. </p>
<p>Second, a double major and/or a minor–especially if it means more time in college–is NOT going to help. A double major helps a little–and only a little–if you major in wildly divergent subjects, e.g., creative writing and physics. English and poli sci aren’t different enough for a double major to help you in terms of impressing admissions officers. So, don’t do a double major unless there’s some other reason you want to do so. </p>
<p>How much extra time a double major requires depends upon the college you attend; I don’t know enough about yours to answer. I can tell you though that if you are going to spend an extra year in college for the sole sake of impressing admissions officers with a double major that plan is NOT going to work.</p>
<p>your undergrad is fine. GPA is what is important. it <em>may</em> be held against you at Yale or Stanford, which are known for holistic admissions and tend to favor fancy undergraduate institutions. Harvard is much more progressive in that regard, and usually has a huge number of institutions represented in their 1L class (although this may not be completely altruistic; Harvard does have a huge class size).</p>
<p>The rest of the law schools are very numbers-focused, so no concern, really. </p>
<p>I also saw you are talking about going to LS right after undergrad. That is actually less common than you think (only around 50% of LS students). Taking a year or two to work in another industry, teach in china, volunteer, etc. is not only acceptable but can be a nice plus to your application. </p>
<p>Summary: keep up your GPA and you will do fine.</p>
<p>thanks you guys. i should clarify that my dad suggested i double major because it will help in the work force a lot also. to be honest, i thought this was strange, since a Juris doctorate seems like more than enough.</p>
<p>thoughts?</p>
<p>for a law job, i don’t think the double-major will really add any value. the exception would be if the double major is in something like engineering or accounting, because then you would have a slight leg-up in those areas for patent law and tax law respectively. </p>
<p>english and political science won’t really help for your job prospects though in my opinion, so it would be better to focus on getting a high GPA with just one major than to potentially spread yourself thin with two majors. </p>
<p>if you decide on the double major, you could probably do it in four years by taking extra courses, or five years if you do the normal course-load.</p>
<p>thank you, your answer really helped me make my decision. </p>
<p>i decided against double majoring, i felt my grades would be sacrificed.</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>Double major would have very little, if any impact, on your admissions. If double majoring would pull down your GPA, even by 0.1 point, then don’t double.</p>