<p>Psychology is a topic I am quite interested in. I have also heard that it involves a lot of writing. However I am not sure whether or not it is writing and logic intensive enough to be advantageous for an application to one of the top 20 law schools. So in theory if the same GPA in psychology and philosophy is achieved along with identical LSAT scores and EC, which one would be more beneficial for a law school application</p>
<p>law schools won’t care. Any liberal arts major is as good as any other. Just earn A’s.</p>
<p>Whether or not it’s writing intensive will depend on your college. I went to a college where the psychology major was very writing-intensive - every class required a 10-15 page research paper of some kind, and some of them had smaller writing assignments as well. But other colleges don’t require very much writing at all.</p>
<p>Whether or not it’s logic and reasoning intensive also depends on the school, but generally speaking psychology is not the kind of major that prepares you to do well on the LSAT. You would do well to take some philosophy or higher math courses to prepare you for that kind of logic.</p>
<p>But with identical LSAT scores and GPA, it won’t matter which one you majored in.</p>
<p>It makes ZERO difference what major you choose in regards to LS. Your LSAT score will be dependent on the study time you put into it. There are some stats that point to some majors being better than others, but it’s marginal at best. Pick the major you’re excited about and the one that will get you a 4.0, as the GPA and LSAT is all that matters. Study hard for the LSAT and you’re all set.</p>
<p>As the posters above state: law schools won’t care, but philosophy sounds like a good major to me if it has a lot of reading and writing and logical thinking involved, since that kind of background will serve you well in law school and law practice.</p>
<p>Philosophy will help you more as a lawyer than psychology, but it will be irrelevant for your law school application. Law schools accept applicants based on a formula - school x GPA x LSAT. You should be able to check this out at your college’s career services center. Philosophy may be more impressive to law firms seeking to hire students, but your law school GPA will matter far more in that regard.</p>
<p>Knowing psychology, in general, is helpful with some areas of legal practice.</p>
<p>However, it really doesn’t help or hurt with respect to law school itself.</p>
<p>psychology is the biggest joke of a major that there is. Don’t do it. study something legit while in college, or you will be very sorry come graduation time. </p>
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They are exactly the same. Aside from GPA and LSAT, the other factors matter only a little, and then only at the margins.</p>
<p>For example, the electrical engineer will get a second look that the psychology major will not, and basket weaving might raise a few eyebrows, but unless your major is either ridiculously hard or ridiculously easy, admissions officers do not care.</p>
<p>The same is true of extracurriculars - it might matter if you are a diving champion or won the national debate tournament, but anything else is just irrelevant. </p>
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<p>100% correct.</p>
<p>BS in pysch worked for me. </p>
<p>It’s a “good” major for law school because grading tends to be easier than STEM majors. Law schools care about GPA instead of major.</p>
<p>However, in the REAL world, psychology is not a good major because chances are it will guaranteed you EBT food stamps. With the way the market is now, I’d rather opt for a harder (but more employable) undergrad major such as engineering/computer science and take my chances of getting into law school… than opt for a easier major and double down on my bet with law school knowing that if it doesn’t work out, I’m more or less totally screwed.</p>
<p>That is the problem with law school admissions.</p>
<p>As everyone is saying, psychology is a perfectly fine major to choose if you’re interested in it but if you’re just choosing it to prepare you for law school. There are far better choices and I would advise taking some LSAT practice tests and figuring out where you struggle the most; logic games or logic reasoning issues then choose a math/science major, reading comprehension and essay (harder to access but if you can’t just write non-stop, it might be your struggle) issues then choose an english/history/philosophy major.</p>
<p>Also worth mentioning, that if you have any interest in IP/Patent law then you need a STEM major or tax/bankruptcy law then you need a business major (typically accounting, finance, or economics). Additionally, if you end up not wanting to go to LS or taking a job before LS then a major like philosophy, psychology, or etc isn’t going to help you whatsoever.</p>