<p>Guys so I've heard a great deal about majors, minors, and double majors. I am a bit confused on the concept and how it all works. So I want to be a lawyer and go to law school but am debating my major. I'm thinking about majoring in either poli/sci, finance, economics, or sociology. I'm planning on going with finance as my major and polisci as my minor or just double major. What do you guys think? Will it be really difficult with a double major or minor? I'm having difficulties in deciding. Any insights or thoughts would be great </p>
<p>Try each out and see if you like it. Law schools don’t care what your major was, only what your final GPA is. Pick whatever major or majors that you like and can do well in. I generally caution prospective law students to at least minor in something that can provide job skills (finance should do that). Getting into a decent law school is hard and doesn’t work out for most people. Neither does law school itself. With a good undergrad major/minor you can set yourself up for a decent backup plan.</p>
<p>People usually double major with Economics and polisci would it matter if I did finance and minor in polisci? And how difficult would the two together be?</p>
<p>finance is usually quantitative, which for may pre-law types, can be a challenge. OTOH, if you are strong in math, go for it.</p>
<p>A major+minor is not difficult, if you have a strong interest in both fields. But a demo noted, it matters not for LS. Only double or major-minor if you have an interest in the subjects.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d suggest you consider a major+senior honors thesis instead of a minor. Go deep into one subject instead of broadly into two. But just another pov.</p>
<p>fwiw: my D ignored my advice, and doubled with an honors thesis. But then she had no life during senior year. :)</p>
<p>@bluebayou: I haven’t seen any stats indicating that completing an honors thesis makes college grads more employable. I’d be interested if that were true.</p>
<p>demo – never suggested it did.</p>
<p>I was suggesting a thesis for its academic value in and of itself (instead of a double major, or major+minor). </p>