<p>Hey parents, I'm looking for a little advice...</p>
<p>I'll be going to UCLA in the fall, and right now I'm going in as a poli sci major. After college I want to go to law school. I like politics, but I really love English, and it's something I'm naturally good at. I told my mom the other day that I wanted to switch my major to English, but she doesn't think I should; she thinks I'll end up living in a cardboard box. lol.</p>
<p>So basically I have two questions:
Would it be significantly harder to get into law school as an English major than as a poli sci major?
If I don't get into law school or decide I don't want more school, what can I do with an English major?</p>
<p>BA in English here. I went on for a master's degree in library science, became a librarian, and then went into publishing. I was an editor for several years, wrote books, and now review books.</p>
<p>I think an English major is fine for law school.</p>
<p>There are no prerequisites for law school--and a poli sci major and an English major and a math major are all on the same footing when it comes to applying. You do have to know how to write though.</p>
<p>Attorneys who write well will always be employed.</p>
<p>FWIW, Poli Sci would not be my choice for pre-law anyway. Within the liberal arts, I would suggest English/Journalism, Econ, Philosophy, History, ...</p>
<p>No prerequisite for law school. In fact, search CC--there are some lively discussions about law school that mention many different, successful pre-law majors. Physics, math, philosophy, econ, english...it doesn't matter as long as you learn to write and analyze. Tell that to your mother--and show her this.</p>
<p>I agree with the other posters. There's no problem with English majors going to law school (or any major, really).</p>
<p>With an English degree you can go in almost whatever direction you want to after graduation. Majors are mattering less and less to potential employers and graduate schools. You should, of course, try to get jobs and internships in related fields to whatever you want to do after graduation.</p>
<p>English majors are very adept at reading a ton of material quickly and being able to write about that material intelligently and succinctly. That sounds like good prep for law school to me. In fact, I once had a Constitutional law professor tell me that he thought English majors did the best in law school for that reason.</p>
<p>Media relations director of a metropolitan human rights agency; community college teacher; free-lance writer; publishing house founder, and marketing director; chair of a foundation board; ghost-writer; author of multiple books; senior planner for the state's board of health; Governor's Executive Fellow; senior state policy analyst on alcohol/drug issues; magazines (multiple) columnist; homeschooling lecturer; storyteller and story editor. </p>
<p>That's me. All because of Silas Marner. (My cardboard box is good enough for me. ;))</p>
<p>B.A. in English here. English majors are to the humanities what math majors are to the sciences...you get trained in the basics that allow you to excel in lots of fields. Everywhere I've been I've been called upon to write and edit to a level that even brilliant people from other backgrounds could not reach.</p>