What's the best major in prep for law school?

[aheadofthegame]

<p>Hey, everyone.</p>

<p>I wanted to go to Law school since 5th grade and right now I'm a senior in HS/college freshman (WA Running Start program) and still thinking about going down that route.
However, which major is best to prepare you for Law school?
Right now I'm taking all business classes, most of them are 200-level, and I thought majoring in something like International Business would be a great choice, since I can speak four languages :).
I originally thought about choosing a major like Communications, or even a BS in Oceanography, just because Comm is considered an "easy" major and I absolutely love to talk, but I'm not so sure anymore.
Would it be a bad idea to major in International Business?
What major would you suggest? </p>

<p>And thanks for all the advice :)</p>

[Childhood_Chores]

<p>There is no “best” major for law school; majors such as Political Science, Philosophy, International Business are all popular among law-school applicants. I think many would agree that a major requiring an extensive amount of writing, reading, and critical thinking would benefit you along the road, though.</p>

<p>Good luck :-)</p>

[aheadofthegame]

<p>Do you think majoring in International Business could not be a good idea then? I would get a minor in say English if it could help me. :)</p>

[ee33ee]

<p>you are aheadofthegame</p>

[aheadofthegame]

<p>haha thank you
I switched majors, so it doesn’t really matter anymore whether I’ll get a minor or not though.</p>

[Fly_The_Helo]

<p>You seem to be on track, 4 languages is a plus…I’ll tell you that alot of lawyers sort of look down their noses at business majors and business school grads…but I don’t have a good sense of how pervasive that it. All I know is that I have met and am related to some…</p>

<p>To quote myself:

It pans out in two ways, if you do no actual difficult work in college, don’t challenge yourself and only work to get grades by taking easy majors, 1) You will look bad for taking an easy major, and 2) you will fail to develop in certain areas. College is less about imparting specific knowledge these days and more about developing students as intelligent individuals who are able to represent themselves well, research well in whatever field they end up in and who have a mature outlook on the world. If you do nothing hard in college by taking easy majors, you may get into law school, but you will end up in many respects being more or less the high school student you are now. College is about, among other things, emotional development, and if you get into a decent full-time school, that is just as much a goal as anything else. I was always a good student, with decent study habits, I always interviewed well, wrote well, but my senior year of college was a game changer on many levels. When programs and projects you have worked hard on start to come together you start to look at things differently. Sacrifice that at your own peril.</p>

<p>I don’t know what your program is like and the caliber of your work products but you should consider something that is obviously, traditionally and outwardly challenging. . . Poli Sci, Communications etc etc are going to get you nowhere (Call them Level 3 Topics). . . English/Philosophy/History are questionable additions to Soci. too (Call then Level 2 Topics). What you need is something of the Level 1 variety, Math, Economics, Finance/Accounting, Bio, BioChem, Chem, Physics hardcore applied sciences are the best way to say, “Hey, I’m not slacking off,” a combination of wishy washy soft majors isn’t going to benefit you as much, in applications or in life.

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