<p>I was wondering if anyone else is planning to apply/has already applied to the LSJ major? If so, are there any thoughts on the competitive nature of the program, and the chances of being accepted into the major? Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>stats on who got in for 2010 as well as admission requirements:</p>
<p><a href=“http://admit.washington.edu/files/PDFs/LSJ.pdf[/url]”>http://admit.washington.edu/files/PDFs/LSJ.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thank you very much, travelgirl!</p>
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<p>Why would someone want that degree? Serious question.</p>
<p>Some of my LSJ friends are also majoring in something else, but ultimately want to go to law school.</p>
<p>But pre-law majors tend to score inferior compared to others in their LSAT cohort.</p>
<p>I have a friend who is in LSJ and she said she just wants to be a lawyer so she’s taking the easiest major on campus. Is that seriously the only answer?</p>
<p>To some, maybe LSJ is the easiest major. For others, perhaps the upper division courses really excite them and they’re really interested.</p>
<p>Maybe someone just wants to work at a law firm (but is not the head lawyer). I’m sure everyone has their own reasons.</p>
<p>A friend of mine said she was told to score at least a 3.9 in her prereq classes (while taking 24 credits that included cse and calc, ogodwhy) to even be ‘very competitive’ to get into the major…</p>
<p>I think that LSJ is a great major, especially for students who want to go to law school. I was considering double majoring in LSJ and Political Science, with a minor in Human Rights. I am unsure though. Any thoughts you guys?</p>
<p>Do what interests you! What are you passionate about? What do you want to spend your college life studying? </p>
<p>As long as you meet requirements for law school and score well on the LSAT, there shouldn’t really be anything that holds you back. :)</p>
<p>Reallyconfused12: I also want to double major in political science and LSJ. Becoming a lawyer is one of my dreams right now!</p>
<p>jiieun: I want to become a lawyer as well! The only reason I am skeptical about double majoring in LSJ and Political Science is that maybe the two majors are a bit TOO similar. I know that law schools want to see diversity among the majors of their applicants, and I don’t know if double majoring in LSJ and political science will set me apart from other applicants. Maybe just the fact that we will have two majors will make us competitive applicants for law school? That combined with some good LSAT scores (hopefully!!). Does anyone know if UW allows credits to overlap between LSJ major requirements and Political Science major requirements. Like, can you double dip? Thanks</p>
<p>reallyconfused12: Awesome! And yes, I definitely see what you mean there. I’ve heard that political science is one of the most common majors for students considering pre-law. I believe that the double major might help us, and I’ve heard that we are allowed to double dip (but that could be wrong! don’t quote me on that, haha). I’m thinking that even though they’re pretty similar classes, it’s important to pursue something that you’re pretty passionate about. A couple months back, I was considering majoring in bio and political science, but then decided that bio wasn’t really something that I wanted to pursue in-depth.</p>
<p>Yes, you can ‘double dip’, which is how some people pull of double or even triple majors in 4 years.</p>
<p>Good luck with prelaw! :)</p>
<p>Thank you for the help, speedsolver!</p>
<p>Something that was taught to me by a professor here is that there are many different things which are viewed differently by a number of disciplines. So, for example, the sociologist, anthropologist, political scientist, economist and psychologist may each have a similar research interest with brilliant insights that the others may have missed because of their perspective.</p>
<p>I read the department description for the major and maybe it’s just me but it seems like it’s a different name for a Criminal Justice degree.</p>
<p>Just a comment on that generally, the better the law school, the more they look at the LSAT score than GPA.</p>
<p>z1627384950: Thanks for the insight! I’ll keep that in mind.</p>