I had a conversation with the president of my college about law school, and one thing he told me was that he wished he had taken more math, because it would have helped him in preparing for law school.
I am interested to hear what other people have to say about this, I personally am majoring in English, as I am much better at it than mathematics and enjoy it much more. Should I consider taking more math to improve my critical thinking? I have considered minoring in physics because it’s something I enjoy, and with something to apply the math to, I might enjoy it more and get better at it.
take whatever you like. Earn A’s.
After that priority, anything that improves critical thinking and analytical skills is great. Math or, if you like English, perhaps philosophy, since reading a bunch of boring passages is good prep for the LSAT.
Lol philosophy was gonna be my original major actually, but I already had so much English under my belt so I went for that.
I didn’t think math was of any value but then, I tested out of all my math courses in undergrad. I wished I would have taken a business class or two. When I took Corporations, the people with a business background were far ahead of everyone else. I majored in political science. Of course, when it came to constitutional law, those business majors were struggling. I think the best thing to help with law school is any class that is reading and writing intensive. You do a tremendous amount of reading and writing in law school.
A logical mind is one of the important things for a good lawyer, so math is perfectly good for developing critical thinking skills. I always remember Larry Tribe, one of the premier constitutional law professors at Harvard, speaking to me that he majored in math in college and he encouraged prospective prelaw students to major in math and sciences because he finds that his best students have those backgrounds.
Take a look at the analytical reasoning and logical reasoning sample questions on the LSAT. Subjects like math and philosophy (logic) will give you practice in the modes of thinking that can help with those types of questions.
http://www.lsac.org/jd/lsat/prep/preparing-for-the-lsat