Majoring in Education

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I want to go to Law School. I want to be a Lawyer. That is currently my #1 aspiration so I want to make that clear. However, as a second option, I would love to be a teacher. Yeah, the pay isn't that great and maybe the job market isn't excellent, but I would still love to be a teacher. However, above of all that, I want to be a Lawyer. </p>

<p>I am thinking of switching my major to Education (currently Accounting) because honestly, I don't wanna be an Accountant. I chose that because the pay is pretty solid and the job market is decent, but I don't think I would enjoy being an Accountant. I am hesitant about majoring in Education however, as I heard it may hurt my chances of getting into top Law schools. Though everyone tells me Law schools dont care about your Major, I have also read somewhere that Education majors are looked down upon. I have heard they are compared to PE majors and things like that. Now while I love teaching and I would love to major in Education, I do NOT want to risk not getting into a top Law school. I currently have a 3.73 GPA after messing up in my first semester of College (should have had at least a 3.81) but I plan on working hard and achieving at least a 3.8 GPA. So hopefully my GPA will be up to par and I can do well on my LSATs. I just want to know, would majoring in Education hurt my chances of getting into Law school at all?</p>

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<p>top professional schools (incl. law) much prefer any liberal arts degree to a vocational degree. And unfortunately, both accounting and education are considered vocational degrees.</p>

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<p>I don’t think there is a law school in the country that would hold a degree in education against you. The only question I can imagine being raised is by a potential employer, who may be curious why you majored in education and then did not pursue a career in teaching.</p>

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<p>sybbie has posted several excellent sources for questions such as these, in post 10</p>

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<p>I disagree with Sally and think many law schools will hold an education degree against you. At most colleges, education is a gut. Now, that doesn’t mean you can’t get into LS with an ed major. You could spin it in terms of being interested in education law. But you definitely would need to take some rigorous, writing intensive courses outside your major and excel in them.</p>

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<p>I think it would hurt you to be a ed major (especially elementary/early childhood ed) and then apply directly to law school vs being a ed major, teach for a couple of years and then attend law school. At least if one plans on teaching middle school/high school they need to have a subject specialty (so one can major in English, Math, Science, History, etc.</p>

<p>I don’t think law schools hold teaching against law school applicants (as evidenced by the number of free fee waivers one gets for doing TFA). </p>

<p>However, with programs like TFA & NYC teaching fellows, one does not have to be an ed major to teach in the NYC public school system (they will eventually have to obtain a masters should they decide to stay).</p>

<p>Outside of being mandated reporters for children’s services, neglect, abuse, etc. working in education (outside of being an administrator), hardly ever crosses path with ed law.</p>