<p>So, which one do you think is the best major to take before attending law school ?I am considering International Relations and Political science ?However, i ve heard that history or psychology is better ?</p>
<p>Pure and simple: It doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>For admissions, it does (a little). For actually doing well in law school, it does (though a major that doesn’t develop the skills can easily be supplemented with relevant electives).</p>
<p>For purposes of discussion in picking what a student should spend their time majoring in for four years, it does not matter in terms of admissions. </p>
<p>If a person wanted good preparation for law school, then that individual should take writing and analytic courses.</p>
<p>A major that includes writing. That’s about it.</p>
<p>SO, international relations and political science is perfectly fine ?</p>
<p>Law schools admit people from all sorts of majors. In terms of what you will learn in law school, there is almost nothing you learn in college that has all that much application, except in terms of skills such as writing and critical analysis.</p>
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<p>Does this merely apply to preparation, or does it extend to admissions as well? Can a physics major, for example, compensate for a lack of demonstrated writing experience with a strong LSAT score?</p>
<p>In 25 years of practicing law, I have had precisely one colleague who majored in physics.</p>
<p>He’s a first-rate patent lawyer, as far as I can tell.</p>
<p>Dude don’t “tailor your major” for law school, that is a pretty stupid thing to do, because your undergrad work can help you with other fields, and you may even change your mind about doing law school too unexpectedly, so what matters most holistically speaking is to do what you LIKE in undergrad, because that’s what matters. That’s why Med School has PRE-MED but Law school has no PRE-LAW. Law school accepts almost everyone from all majors and med school only and obviously accepts bio/pre-med majors.</p>
<p>Philosopher is right, in essence, it doesn’t matter crap jack what you major in before law school (obviously not music or culinary studies), but all the theoretical subjects generally offered in undergrad is what you need to HONE IN on, and have a natural “like” to do it. Like is the most important thing in undergrad…pick a subject you LIKE. I did Law & Society/Political Science and it was all interesting theory to me, helped me be a better and well-rounded thinker, aware of world/national affairs, draw parallels with other subjects (history; phil; engl; soc; crim; bus).</p>
<p>If you intend to major in philosophy for the sole purpose of using it as a “stepping-stone” or precursor to law school (unless you genuinely LIKE philosophy to work with it consistently), then you are doing yourself a huge disservice, both intellectually, academically and monetarily.</p>
<p>Major in what you LIKE…'nuff said. Law school takes anyone, unlike Med School. 2nd repetition of this statement.</p>
<p>I must add that even a bio major who took roughly all bio classes in undergrad that now wants to do law can EASILY do so…conversely, the non-bio/non-pre-med student from undergrad who now wants to do medicine, must forgo a “post-bac” program in medicine in order to enroll in the “pre-requisites” required of applicants before med-school. </p>
<p>So, that should illustrate to you how OPEN law school is to any background, and how TAILORED med school is (i.e., NOT open) to all.</p>
<p>But I understand the context of your post and it’s posing the question which major “potentially prepares you best” - and the answer, as others have alluded to, is taking classes that deal with a lot of reading and writing skills (english, political science, history, philosophy). There.</p>
<p>All right guys.Thank you very much for your help.
So, I am now certain that Political Science and International Relations is what I am going to take as an undergraduate.
I am international student from Bulgaria, and I am going to the American University in Bulgaria which regularly sends students to top Ivy League Business/Law/Med schools.
I had to decide between AUBG and some UK schools but I chose American University as it offers me 100% tuition scholarship for my SAT score (2000) and in addition to this it offers financial aid to students admitted to a top 20 grad school in the USA .
About my major - Political Science and International Relation, I think it is the best option for me because it not only requires me to do a lot of reading and writing, but also prepares me to some of the challenges I will face at law school.</p>
<p>Yes, Music as a major would have been acceptable, since it does involve a lot of art, and some spatial reasoning, so my mistake on that. But NOT Culinary Studies, we can agree on that, lol. In fact, I’m not sure if culinary studies is offered as an undergrad in big universities…but if someone were to major in it, I’m sure law schools wouldn’t mind that much, but still, you’re better off with an orthodox major like the aforementioned (social sciences, humanities, arts, etc) - as those will definitely boost your chances more and prepare you much more too.</p>
<p>Second, flower, you just furthered my point by taking the inverse of what I said by saying majoring in music is fine/liked by law schools. So that shows that in essence it doesn’t really matter.</p>
<p>How did Flower get to delete his posts after the 20-minute rule?</p>
<p>Maybe a moderator deleted them ?</p>
<p>With over 27 years as a lawyer, my opinion is that <em>any</em> college major is good enough to get you into a US law school, provided that your college grades are good and your LSAT is good. The better your grades and scores (and your college), the more “prestigous” the US law school that will accept you. To make a good lawyer, you need to be able to write well, but that skill is not necessary to get into law school.</p>
<p>I was a science major and now do patent law litigation work. A science degree <em>is</em> nesessary to do patent law, not merely a “great interest”, as I see in so many job applications.</p>
<p>This question has come up numerous times on this board. Do some searching. Everyone says the same thing. Maybe you should talk to someone in your college, too.</p>