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<p>Guys I have a quick question. I would appreciate if the posts remain factual and does not go off topic. What major is good for preparing for law school? I am interested in these subjects: Economics, History, Political Science, and I would also be interested in minoring in something like Spanish or Psych..Thanks for your help in advance.</p>

<p>Regards</p>

<p>Sam</p>

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<p>Check out any of these threads posted within the last month or so for an answer, or go to the "text only" version of the law school forum and find, maybe 100s, of threads discussing ug majors in relation to law school.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235967%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235967&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=239777%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=239777&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=167209%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=167209&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=218169%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=218169&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235497%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235497&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=233958%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=233958&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I still think we should just have a pinned thread addressing this, the countless "what grades does LSAC count?" questions and other things that keep coming up.</p>

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<p>One suggestion: When I was in law school (a long time ago) I found that many who did well were students who had some journalism background (either as a major, or working on school papers etc.) This is because law school exams consist of, for the most part, essay-type questions and the ability to write well, fast and in an organized way (hit the big points and then fill in and explain) are real assets.Newspaper-type writing seems to be a good training ground for this. Of course you have to be smart and analytical, but if you've made it to law school you probabaly are. ----there's also the theory that married students do better because they take it more seriously, but I don't recommend getting married for that reason.</p>

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<p>I asked this question on this board a few weeks ago. Short summary of the answers people offered: Anything. You can major in Art History or Math and get into a good law school, along with history, English, poli sci and biology etc. </p>

<p>From several sources, not all on CC, I've seen people recommend Classics (Civ and Language). I forgot why exactly, but probably mostly to do with the amount of rigor and analytical skills it requires.</p>

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<p>Classics and philosophy. Probably the best prep.</p>

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<p>"there's also the theory that married students do better because they take it more seriously, but I don't recommend getting married for that reason."</p>

<p>Now THIS should be stickied. :)</p>