<p>I'm deciding to change my major from a difficult nursing major which would ruin my GPA to something that is more law related. I know Political Science is definitely the "pre-law" major, but then I saw my school offered legal studies. I've always been told that a BS is more respected than a BA so I've actually been considering Legal Studies, and it looks a lot easier than most other majors. Is legal studies more of a vocational major? would it be assumed that those going into legal studies plan on becoming paralegals? I'm also worried that this major won't prepare me for the LSAT's. I thought going for something that I could become a paralegal in or going into a major that would allow me to get a real job after college would help me pay for law school, but I'm not so sure that I could even get into law school if I majored in something like this.</p>
<p>also, how do most people pay for law school? Thanks :D!</p>
<p>legal studies would be very much fround upon. there are multiple threads about majors</p>
<p>Majority of people take out loans. Some schools grant need based aid and other schools grant scholarships.</p>
<p>I don’t think people assume Legal Studies majors intend on being paralegals, as frankly, I doubt many people go to college with the specific intent of becoming paralegals. More importantly, I don’t think Legal Studies really prepares you for a job as a paralegal any better than most other majors. A few of my classmates are working as paralegals now (at very prominent law firms), and their majors were pretty diverse: Asian Studies, English, Psychology, Econ, etc… If nothing else, I would guess that a Legal Studies major would actually make you less marketable in the long run, especially if you wanted to pursue a career outside the field. </p>
<p>That said, I would recommend you go for a more traditional major. What matters is you study something that interests you and trains you how to think. Law schools honestly have no preference for specific types of majors, as long as you demonstrate intellectual rigor and excellence. </p>
<p>And the vast majority of people pay for law school through loans. Average private law school loan debt after graduation is something like $90K+ (and that’s the AVERAGE, so considering that some individuals get grant aid, scholarships, or pay tuition up front, the loan burden for people actually taking loans is often quite higher).</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with “Legal Studies” but please don’t feel obligated to take it in order to get into law school, because it won’t really help you any more than other majors. In fact, people with that major often get really low scores on the LSAT, which absolutely does NOT test you on your knowledge of the law or about legal principles at all. It’s more like a reasoning test, somewhat like the SAT, and its purpose is to see if you are ready to go to law school; no school expects you to have a background in law before going to law school.</p>