<p>I'm currently considering law school with a major in English and a simultaneous degree in Environmental Science. Do you guys think the Env Sci major would make a difference to grad schools, or would it be a waste of effort?</p>
<p>Most law schools care mainly about LSAT and GPA, not major.</p>
<p>If you have an interest in applying law to a particular type of situation, you may want to consider a major or minor in that subject (e.g. environmental engineering or environmental science for environmental law).</p>
<p>You may also want to consider what academic and professional interests you have if you do not go to law school. Since law schools do not have any set course or major requirements, you have considerable latitude in making such choices.</p>
<p>You may be interested in a study about what majors do best on the LSAT:</p>
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<p>if you think it’s something that will interest and stimulate you, i say go for it. I doubt that the minor will make that big of a difference ultimately in grad. school though.</p>
<p>typically the people who do best on the LSAT are math majors or related hard science majors, and after that it’s phil. majors.</p>
<p>I majored in Pol Sci and I’m at NYU law (ranked #6, above UPenn, Berkeley, Duke, Cornell, Northwestern). Most of the people here majored in the social sciences and humanities, but there are few science majors and engineering majors. Anything that fits your boat.</p>
<p>Major doesn’t matter (except if you’re going into IP or Patent Law, which they want engineering/computer science majors). I’m going to go into corporate law. I majored in Pol Sci because I liked the subject, am very interested in politics, and I certainly don’t regret it.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what you major in unless you want to do patent type stuff with bio-chemical or bio-medical issues.</p>
<p>I majored in pol sci, my H in psych. I have friends who were art majors, eco majors, drama majors, English, education, etc. Unlike med school, law school does not really have prereqs you need to have taken. I did, however, find the biz and con law classes I took in college helpful.</p>
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<p>Self-selection effects must be kept in mind: relatively few physics and math majors are interested in law school, so those who take the LSAT would presumably form a highly select group. On the other hand, many mediocre poli-sci students will take the LSAT.</p>