<p>This is from Harvard Law Admisisons FAQ:</p>
<p>"As preparation for law school, a broad college education is usually preferable to one that is narrowly specialized. The Admissions Committee looks for a showing of thorough learning in a field of your choice, such as history, economics, government, philosophy, mathematics, science, literature or the classics (and many others), rather than a concentration in courses given primarily as vocational training."</p>
<p>I'm not sure what they mean by "narrowly specialized." I'm on track for majoring in International Relations, which is based around a series of coursework in economics, government, some history, and 2 foreign languages. I might also do a double major with history. In this case, would IR be considered a "concentration in courses" because it draws from various subjects? And according to HLS, would a history degree be more favorable than an IR degree?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Narrowly specialized means something like “accounting” or “actuarial science” but even those people get accepted. They prefer to see more of a liberal arts education, which may or may not be included in the major.</p>
<p>“As preparation for law school”
doesn’t mean a requirement, so don’t worry about it</p>
<p>by the way another specialized major is something like design or architecture or nursing. basically majors that teach you TECHNICAL skills or majors that generally speaking lead to a career in your major.</p>
<p>engineering is a specialized major and they still take them at places like harvard law. what matters the most for law school admissions is gpa and lsat score. what matters for law school and being successful in law is WRITING SKILLS, reason why they mention broad college education becauase generally speaking those types of majors develop writing/thinking skills instead of learning how to do X if that make sense?</p>
<p>Don’t worry, I think you’re fine lol. </p>
<p>I think they’re referring to more vocational majors, and even then I hear of plenty of kids in majors such as business doing well in law school.</p>
<p>Agreed with everyone else. One thing to keep in mind is that Psychology and Philosophy majors tend to score the highest on the LSAT due to critical reasoning.</p>
<p>What about a journalism major (very technical) with a double major in political science, history, etc.?</p>
<p>If you have the double major in a liberal arts field, then its fine.</p>
<p>@PhDAnalyzeMe
Many data sets I’ve seen suggested Mathematics and Physics majors score the highest… Does anybody else have any info on this? Not that one should choose his/her major according to that, but I was just curious. Thanks.</p>