<p>Okay, so I'm going to GWU with about 45k in fa so money isn't a problem. Of these what do you think would be the best major and minor combination?</p>
<p>PlySci
Criminal Justice
Philosophy
Journalism and Mass Communication
Psych
Econ</p>
<p>I was thinking majoring in PlySci and minoring in CJ? Is that a good idea?</p>
<p>I'm aware that "any major is a major for law school" (from numerous lawyers)but I would appreciate something more substantive than that. Thanks</p>
<p>Whatever you can get the highest GPA in.</p>
<p>For personal skills:
Philosophy major, psych minor; teaches you how to think while you learn how people are the way they are</p>
<p>For knowledge related to law:
PolySci major, Criminal Justice minor; learn about how the government works while getting insight into some law</p>
<p>I second the GPA thing too.</p>
<p>NOT poly sci since too many law school wanabees do that. You need to stand out in whatever you choose. A recent NYTimes article suggested philosophy helps you better prepare for the LSAT's.</p>
<p>History is another option.</p>
<p>Classics, especially Latin and Ancient History,is yet another option</p>
<p>Thanks everybody, I appreciate it.</p>
<p>Criminal justice major, philosophy minor.</p>
<p>they hate seeing criminal justice majors</p>
<p>PlySci
Criminal Justice
or</p>
<p>Criminal Justice and History minor (I know history is not on your list)</p>
<p>With the exception of criminal justice, it doesn't matter. They don't like to see pre-law or vocational majors. Criminal justice could defiantly be perceived as the former.</p>
<p>I disagree with CJ, I don't think it benefits you in either law school admissions or the actual process of being in law school. Law school is reading, reading, more reading, writing about reading--and you want a major that will prepare you for dense language, and a lot of it. Classics or philosophy would be my recommendation, whichever you'd enjoy more and do better in, with some courses in econ or psychology (depending upon your preferences).</p>
<p>I would steer away from criminal justice (minor is fine) and journalism. Law schools want to see broad liberal arts majors, not preprofessional ones. And they absolutely <em>hate</em> criminal justice majors. Aside from that, choose whichever major you can get the highest GPA in.</p>
<p>Philosophy is the single best major for learning how to attack and defend positions--to argue. That being said, philosophy majors on average score highest on GRE verbal comprehension and Analytical writing sections. Wanna go to a top law school, philosophy is the major to best give you the skills to be worthy of acceptance.</p>
<p>Next to philosophy, ide say classics is a great thing to minor in. Political science is alright too, but as far as I believe, it won't equip you with the skill set needed for law school. Sure, you will know laws and court cases and such that a philosophy major will likely not know, but your writing/reasoning ability will likely not be near as good as if you were doing philosophy. </p>
<p>And as far as I have heard, if you are a political science major going into law school, you may think you have memorized a lot of cases, but in reality you havent memorized a thing in comparison to what they are going to throw at you. </p>
<p>And i can assure that memorizing a few extra cases is significantly easier than rechanging the way you think, debate, and persuade. That takes years to significantly change.</p>
<p>as for electives, there are many courses from different departments that have compliance with subject of law, at least my school does.</p>
<p>for example,
PSY - Psychology and Law
Phil - Philosophy and law
Phil - Philosophy - Crime and Punishment Theories
Bus - Legal Business practices</p>
<p>Major in whatever subject you like the best--period. I majored in Spanish and minored in literature in college and graduated 10th in my law school class.</p>
<p>Some of the highest paid, most successful lawyers I know (family friends, etc) were molecular biology majors, engineering majors, Classics majors...</p>
<p>Smart people get into good law schools. Smart people choose the major that interests them most, even if it has nothing to do with law.</p>