Is it worth double majoring in Economics and Philosophy?

Graduate School Law School
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@Demosthenes49, the only things that law school admissions committees have to go on in deciding whether or not to admit someone is the application itself: GPA, LSAT, recommendations, work history and essays, plus perhaps interviews or follow-ups by applicants showing interest. I will concede that timing of applications might help for schools with rolling admissions.

I wouldn’t insult law school admissions committees by calling their members liars; that’s an outrageous thing to say. If GPA/LSAT were all that mattered, and statements to the contrary were false, an admissions committee member could surely publish a book stating that, and their members could get into the study aid and test prep business and do fine.

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As a freshman and a current econ major, it seems like the question to consider is the one at the margin. Should you take a class in Philosophy next semester, not should I decide as a freshman to double major.

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Also, @Demosthenes49, there is variation in who is admitted not only “at the margins” of certain GPA/LSAT cutoffs, but far above and below them. If you look at your own “scattergrams”, there are more than just a few people who are waitlisted or rejected who have solid GPA/LSAT numbers and are surrounded on those charts by admitted people.

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I don’t know about law school, but it could put you in the running for world’s most interesting man!

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I agree with ClassicRockerDad. If you like the subjects, go for it.