<p>Im currently finishing up my General Ed at a CC, what is the best route from here to major in law? </p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>you want to choose a major that interests you, so you can get a good gpa...</p>
<p>then do well on the LSAT</p>
<p>and apply! = )</p>
<p>So Do I choose a major that will go hand in hand with law? like business administration? Or choose an easy major to boost my gpa?</p>
<p>Law school admissions are pretty much about numbers. There isn't really an undergrad program that will prepare you for law school, so you might as well major in what you like.</p>
<p>So far my overall GPA for general ed is a 3.2, but im still finishing up about one more semester of General Ed. Mind that I have been working since the age 15, and have been working full time for the past 2 years while attending CC. I currently have came to a cross road in my life to focus on school for the next 5 years, so no more going out late, no more distractions</p>
<p>illicitx,</p>
<p>I was "pre-law" for a long time as an undergrad, and I have a few recommendations.</p>
<p>Don't be "pre-law" in your mindset. Be "pre-whatever major I want to have." If you end up molding yourself just to meet the needs of law schools, you'll never enjoy undergrad. Having a major that interests you will benefit you a good deal more than majoring in something you perceive to be good for getting into law schools.</p>
<p>After further reading on this website about law school and etc... I came to a conclusion, and please correct me if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>I'm not in a position, nor do i think i will be in a position where I can just go to school and not work. Law School does not allow you to work more than 20 hours a week, how in the hell does that provide you with enough money for food and bills</p>
<p>Easy route... taking poli sci. But if you decide later that law isn't for you, your screwed.</p>
<p>Econ works the best. If you decide not to get into law, you can do something else, like accounting or something in the business sector.</p>
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Easy route... taking poli sci. But if you decide later that law isn't for you, your screwed.
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<p>I dunno. I majored in poli sci, and I have some interesting career options ahead of me.</p>
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Econ works the best. If you decide not to get into law, you can do something else, like accounting or something in the business sector.
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<p>Who says you can't just take an accounting minor on the side? ;)</p>
<p>Besides, you're assuming that a poli sci grad can't get a job.</p>
<p>He's just saying that its safer to major in Econ rather than Poli sci because its a more flexible major. You can find more jobs out there with an Econ degree than a Poli sci degree.</p>
<p>Colin387,</p>
<p>Yes, that is probably true. However, you're ignoring the absolute firmness of his statement:</p>
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But if you decide later that law isn't for you, your screwed.
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<p>This is fallacious and deserves some qualification. I'm not arguing that econ majors don't oftentimes have better opportunities, but the idea that poli sci BAs are all "screwed" is a fallacy.</p>
<p>What about the work situation? Am i suppose to live off of a student loan? Start saving money now while im in CC?</p>
<p>illicitx,</p>
<p>I lived off fin aid for years, and I currently live off a mixture of fin aid and a TAship. It can be done if you're willing to give up the "adult lifestyle".</p>
<p>well you want to major in something that you love, to get a high gpa (and grow as a student, yada yada). there is no ideal major...although many may think its polisci, or legal studies or something.</p>
<p>but it comes down to your LSAT and GPA.</p>
<p>pshh econ may seem more secure than polisci, but economists are starving compared to where the big money is (finance, mbas, etc)</p>
<p>so if you compare it like that...it becomes this shallow food chain and i guess business degrees and science degrees are at the top laughing at the rest of us.</p>
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pshh econ may seem more secure than polisci, but economists are starving compared to where the big money is (finance, mbas, etc)
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<p>Thanks for the evidence.</p>
<p>OH WAIT! You didn't give any...</p>
<p>a large percentage of top school grads are econ majors...they seem to be doing fine.</p>
<p>"This is fallacious and deserves some qualification. I'm not arguing that econ majors don't oftentimes have better opportunities, but the idea that poli sci BAs are all "screwed" is a fallacy."</p>
<p>It really depends on the person than anything. If someone is going to college so they can get a job and make money (not everyone), then econ would be a better choice since it is more flexible. I mean flexible as in being able to go to several different types of graduate school if he chooses. (ie. Law, Business/MBA, Accounting, even Medical School) The major also offers more job opportunity if he/she decides not to go to graduate school.</p>
<p>Political science isn't AS flexible. The majority, but I am certainly not saying all of Poli Sci majors either end up in law school, do research for politicians (40k a year), or do some sort of consulting work. This is only from experiences from several friends and family who have majored in Poli Sci. Of course there are other people's have success stories, but I haven't many.</p>
<p>IMO, econ is a SAFER and more flexible major to be in, if he ever changes his mind and doesn't want to go to law school. Poli Sci however doesn't offer the same security.</p>
<p>I really wanted to major in Political Science, but I didn't because it different offer me the security I wanted. I also do think its easier major than econ or bio. If I wanted to enjoy college and didn't have to worry about financial security, I would have majored in Poli Sci in a heart beat.</p>
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"This is fallacious and deserves some qualification. I'm not arguing that econ majors don't oftentimes have better opportunities, but the idea that poli sci BAs are all "screwed" is a fallacy."
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<p>That's not fallacious. It might be incorrect, but it is not fallacious.</p>
<p>Well...it is kinda fallacious (I'm using the dictionary meaning, not the hard-line logic meaning.) There is some truth to the idea that poli sci BAs don't have as much opportunity as people with an econ or similarly quantitative degree. Most of the most successful poli sci BAs I've met took some econ, accounting, or stats on the side in order to make their portfolio a little more appealing to employers.</p>
<p>So to the end that it's a "a mistaken belief, esp. one based on unsound argument," yeah it's kind of a fallacy (the unsound argument being that ALL of them are screwed.)</p>