<p>I want to know which major would go well with philosophy. Im not very good at math. Since i plan on going to law school i want to know which major scores highest on the lsat. Thanks</p>
<p>There’s a positive correlation between certain majors and higher LSAT scores. That doesn’t mean those majors make people better at the LSAT. You can have any major for going into law school. My advice is generally to major in something you like and can do well in. For you, that may be philosophy. I also recommend double majoring or minoring in something that provides you skills in case law school falls through. It doesn’t have to be a math-based major so long as if you graduate you can find a job in it if you need to.</p>
<p>And nothing that will take more than 4 years to graduate. Law school cares little for major. Double major, ditto.</p>
<p>@TempeMom: It doesn’t matter to law schools how long you take to graduate, though for tuition purposes I agree the less time spent in school the better.</p>
<p>I was “all in” as a philosophy major… no minor… back up plan would have been to work at investment bank (yes, you can do that as a philosophy major from a liberal arts college*) or go to grad school for philosophy.</p>
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<li>c.f. Carl Icahn, George Soros, J. Paul Getty etc.</li>
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<p>if you like languages, you might minor in a language. While law schools won’t care, a foreign language may come in handy for your career.</p>
<p>fwiw: I’m a huge fan of philosophy, but for LS, it’s all about GPA+LSAT, so take the easiest major – for you – that you can. It maybe philosophy or something else.</p>
<p>A list of LSAT scores per major are here. However, this is correlation and not causation. It probably says as much about what types of students choose and succeed in the high scoring majors rather than just what they learned in those majors.
<a href=“Josh Blackman » Which undergraduate majors score the highest on LSAT?”>http://joshblackman.com/blog/2013/10/28/which-undergraduate-majors-score-the-highest-on-lsat/</a></p>
<p>A lot of the highest scoring majors involve math - physics, engineering, economics, chemistry.</p>
<p>If your rationale for double majoring is to help with law school admissions - don’t do it. A higher GPA will have more impact on admissions than a double major. However, if your rationale is to have an alternate option if you ultimately decided against law school, consider what type of work you would be interested in doing, rather than the possible impact on your LSAT score, when selecting a major.</p>
<p>Thats what i was thinking if i decide i dont want to go to law school i was thinking of doing something with communications/pr. But also i want to perfect my rhetoric and speech skills which i think would be good since i plan on going into criminal defense law. You know with all the trials i ill go to.</p>
<p>You don’t need to double major in anything. If you want to major in philosophy, you can just major in philosophy. In fact, I think that if you are at the point where you need to ask other folks, that means you’re not really interested enough in one another thing to double-major.</p>
<p>You could just take classes in other fields that interest you. You can take classes in communications, English, political science, whatever. Not having another major means you have more flexibility in selecting your classes.</p>
<p>You don’t need to major in anything, sure. But if you bomb the LSAT then you’re graduating with a degree in Philosophy. Selling that to employers is somewhat tricky. Contrary to most undergraduate thinking, employers are not impressed with how you’ve developed your critical thinking skills. They want skills they can turn around and sell to customers, and Philosophy just doesn’t provide that. The job market isn’t doing so well that just any college degree will do. </p>