metalhedd165

I want to go the CCC-transfer to UCB or UCLA route, what major should I go with if I have aspirations of attending Law grad school? My forte has been history and English (in HS).

UCSCplease

I'm majoring in psychology and plan to minor in philosophy.

CCstudent88

Personally, I feel that Philosophy would be the best candidate for an undergraduate major (my tastes have also been in history and English).

KGZotU

You might not be of the bent, but mathematics is a good analytical training, and from what I've heard good preparation for law school. Aside from that, philosophy with a focus on logic will be your best preparation.

I lot of people don't specifically prepare for law school with their undergrad degree and do fine; it just depends on your goals.

I do happen to have a familiarity with law school admissions, BTW. (;

TheCaliforniaLife

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/admissio...s/profile.html

Most Common Undergraduate Majors:
Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science

I hope that helps.

I am a political science major with the intent of attending a top 5 law school. My current major is political science.

What many counselors tell people is that you should get your major in whatever you like. To me this is fluffed talk. To be honest, I would pick a major that would help you with whatever carrier path with law you plan on pursuing after law school. If you want to go into politics after law school, major in political science or public policy. If you want to be an environmental lawyer, major in environment science. If you want to be a business lawyer, major in economics.

All my personal advice is what I have personally thought over for my carrier path. I enjoy political science and I plan on eventually pursuing a carrier in politics after a while of either practicing or teaching law.

anda2greg

Hard science (likes of Physics), Math (applied math is not as good) philosophy, and History have been the most successful in terms of number game. But then again, wouldnt it be easier to boost your gpa up if you sticked with what you enjoy studying?

Guyy

it all depends what you want to do. if you want tech IP, then prob. something like EE. If you want financial law, then something like econ. i would not do poli sci or english since everyone is like that.

hotelmoscow

"I am a political science major with the intent of attending a top 5 law school. My current major is political science."

lol yay for redundancy

TheCaliforniaLife

hotelmoscow,

Whatever an aspiring law student says is never redundant!

I was simply displaying my circumstances to let him know that I also have high expectations of attending law school as well. So whatever my advice I display is not just that of a laymen, but of someone who can understand the poster. It is something that I have, personally, done quite a bit of research on.

wlfkfrkrls

A : pure math or physics
B : history or philosophy

choose one frome each group A and B. make your plate and go for double major! those combinations are most ideal ones if you can ever handle it.

alansda

UCSCplease, I plan to do the same thing!

dekscholar

Don't pick your major based on the typical pre-law school majors. Pick your major because you genuinely love the discipline. Many people will tell you to major in philosophy or economics because they teach you logic and analytical thinking. True: you should take some courses in philosophy and economics because they will help you develop analytical skills, but those majors may not be your passion. I'm a business major and I plan on applying to T14 law schools. Business is an easy major according to most, but I've challenged myself by taking courses from other disciplines. I've applied to UCB (Haas) and UCLA (Business Econ). Haas grads from the last several years have gone to virtually every law school - including Harvard, Columbia and University of Chicago. Pick a major that you like and then challenge yourself beyond the major' requirements. In the end GPA and LSAT scores matter alot though. Keep your GPA high, plan on taking a month-long LSAT prep course and score over 170 on it and you can get into just about every law school.

Guyy

isnt boalt hall #1 in IP?

NoMoreWait

I plan on attending law school for my post-grad....I'm an English major. My cousin who just got into quite a few law schools is a Business major....From what I've heard, all that matters is a high GPA and doing well on the LSAT.

Malishka31

GPA + LSAT is truly all that matters for getting in to most schools, you will need other factors to truly set you apart for Yale and the like.

However, regardless of the major you should probably minor in poli sci or take all the pre law courses you can, that will make your first year MUCH easier . My husband is in law school and during his first year a lot of things were much easier because they were review and many cases he already was familiar with along with the format of writing briefs and doing IRACs.