<p>I have my sights set on law school in the future, and while USC claims that pre-law students get admissions help on getting in the best law schools and building the best application, I read on CC that pre-law is actually not recommended if you want to go to law school, and that I should do some other major instead, like econ.</p>
<p>Any thoughts guys??</p>
<p>Pre-law is not a major at USC. It’s a support program that you can join. Most students who want to go to law school end up majoring in economics or political science. But for law school you can really major in anything that you want. As long as you get a high GPA and a good LSAT score they typically don’t care what you major in.</p>
<p>But will it really help me in terms of assisting me in building a good profile for law schools and selecting the best schools, etc? Or will it take up time that I could have spent doing some thing more productive?</p>
<p>There’s no reason not to take advantage of pre-law advising; if it helps you make good choices, that’s time well spent. But true, it’s not a major. Take classes that force you to do a lot of analytic writing. Tough majors and hard, upper division classes are more impressive than perfect grades in easier classes. If you major in econ or biz or poli sci, it will help if you have outside activities or internships that relate to the major.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, all law schools care about are your GPA and your LSAT score. So don’t take tough majors, take easy ones. Or better, take ones you enjoy.</p>
<p>id rather not go to USC if i was gonna go to law school as well</p>
<p>$$$$$$$</p>
<p>“id rather not go to USC if i was gonna go to law school as well”</p>
<p>That’s a good point. If you are paying sticker price for undergrad, and you for sure, absolutely sure you will attend law school, I would pay attention to your finances.</p>
<p>Not trying to say USC isn’t a good school, but it is an expensive school if you are paying sticker price. 50k+ a year, times 4 years = $200,000 in debt. Then you have law school, which can be 40k-50K a year, times 3 years, adding up to another $150,000.</p>
<p>Overall you would be $350,000 in debt, which btw, is enormous. Lawyers aren’t like what they used to be and most of them aren’t making 6 figures, not starting salary at least.</p>
<p>if you get lucky (t14 school + top 1/3 class + luck) and get biglaw jobs you can start at $160k. most biglaw attorneys hate their lives though and if you don’t secure a biglaw job, you will make what undergrads make after graduating</p>
<p>and if you do decide to go through with LS, don’t major in pre-law. heres how on avg each major scores on the LSAT [Average</a> LSAT Scores for 29 Majors with over 400 Students Taking the Exam](<a href=“http://www.phil.ufl.edu/ugrad/whatis/LSATtable.html]Average”>http://www.phil.ufl.edu/ugrad/whatis/LSATtable.html)</p>
<p>auto admit.com no space</p>
<p>I am an international student though, who will probably not get fin aid or scholarships, and all of the colleges seem to be around $50,000 a year. So USC isn’t much more expensive compared to other schools in my case… i think.</p>