<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Please allow me to preface my question by letting you know that I will be a freshman this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I hope to go to law school afterwards (I know it's a very long time from now, but still). For pre-law you can pretty much major in anything, but that's not super helpful for me since I am interested in a lot of different majors (will probably double major as a result of this). Here's my main question:</p>
<p>So far my possible list of majors includes history, philosophy, and English. UW-Madison's history program is very highly ranked compared to its English and philosophy programs. Should this play a role in my decision? Right now I am leaning towards history and philosophy. Is that a good plan? I'd really like to go to a T-14 law school, if that makes any difference.</p>
<p>My recommendation is this:</p>
<p>Major in Sociology or Psychology (UW is top-20 in both) and take plenty of History, Phil and Lit classes too. </p>
<p>If you want to go into Law, you’ll also want to take a couple of Econ courses.</p>
<p>UW is great in so many areas, and law schools don’t really care what your undergrad major is… they want to see strong GPA and LSAT. </p>
<p>Major in whatever you like and can do well in, so that you can get a high GPA. You can always take classes in other areas of interest, even if you don’t major in them.</p>
<p>thanks so much for your feedback everyone! I will definitely keep all this in mind</p>
<p>Math and philosophy majors tend to score relatively highly on the LSAT compared to other majors. If you look at the sample LSAT questions, you will see a section of logic puzzles. Presumably, the math and philosophy majors are more likely to be good at logical thinking to begin with and/or get additional practice with logical thinking in their majors.</p>
<p>Philosophy may also help you understand positions and interpretations based on someone else’s point of view that you may not necessarily agree with.</p>