Math/Econ Major considering Law

<p>Background:
2nd year at UCSD with 3.5 gpa
Will graduate next year at either UCLA or UCSD with probably 3.55-3.60</p>

<p>I just took Kaplan's free online LSAT and scored a 165. I don't know how accurate Kaplan's test is. </p>

<p>I'm considering applying for a joint jd/mba program or even forgetting the mba (I am still considering doing just a masters in finance).</p>

<p>I have never even considered going the lawyer route as I have always been very strong/interested in math, and thought of the 2 (math and law) as very unrelated. It's also amazing how many times in the past 2-3 years people have told me I should be a lawyer (sometimes in a negative way for my tendency to not let illogical/false statements go unattacked).</p>

<p>I am not fascinated by a good amount of history (only of particular cultures/times). Does this mean I should not even consider law?</p>

<p>I know almost nothing about law, but I would be fascianted by the merging of finance and law. I guess that would entail me being a lawayer for a business? </p>

<p>Any suggestions and/or calirifications would be greatly appreciated. Also, with my stats, do I have a chance at any good law program (assuming the 165 is indicative of my true performance on the lsat)?</p>

<p>edit: got a 167 not 165</p>

<p>"It's also amazing how many times in the past 2-3 years people have told me I should be a lawyer (sometimes in a negative way for my tendency to not let illogical/false statements go unattacked)."</p>

<p>Anyone who says that generally doesn't even know what a lawyer does (except for a litigator), so I'd ignore them.</p>

<p>"I am not fascinated by a good amount of history (only of particular cultures/times). Does this mean I should not even consider law?"
I wouldn't say you need to be fascinated by history to be a lawyer, but you will have to know case/law history and precedents</p>

<p>"I know almost nothing about law, but I would be fascianted by the merging of finance and law. I guess that would entail me being a lawayer for a business?"
How could you be fascinated by something you know nothing about? The similarity between Math and Law is the logic... but that's about it.</p>

<p>Honestly, it's not worth the money to pay for law school (nor the time/stress while attending) if you don't really have an interest in the law. Even if you make it through LS w/o being interested in it, you'd hate coming to work to do something you don't enjoy.</p>

<p>I'd spend some time reading about the different careers your considering, and then take a step back and ask yourself which one you'd still enjoy doing 10 years from now. It may be law, it may be finance, it may be math... Just do it because it's what YOU want to do and not because someone else said it</p>

<p>i don't know what you do in grad school for law, but i loved taking the lsat. breaking down the arguments is fun to me. and obviously people who tell me i should be a lawyer mostly have no idea what that constitutes, but they are noticing my passion for analyzing an argument. </p>

<p>anyways, what you said is true, i should think about what i would enjoy doing in 10 years, but the hard part is knowing what that will be. </p>

<p>anyone comment on whether kaplan scores are inflated? i might be getting my hopes up prematurely here if i find out actual scores are typically severely lower than kaplan's.</p>