Academic intersted + career goal = ?

<p>Transferable GPA: 2.966 / 58 units / IGETC is done for CSU & UC.</p>

<p>I plan to become a human rights attorney / HRA.</p>

<p>I am the VP and COO of my business club. I enjoy learning about the potentially complex models of anything monetary related.</p>

<p>I was shooting for Criminology/Law/Society @ UCI, however after doing some research, it became apparent that some people thought that it would be of more benefit to an individual if they majored in a major related to economics. Is this because economics structures your mind to think dynamically and certain areas of law are considered very dynamic? I’ve always wondered.</p>

<p>I do not want to be constrained to practicing law only in the US - I want to travel the world, I want my knowledge to be internationally exercised. I truly do have a passion for helping the “less fortunate” - I have been around these people all my life, this is not something that will change.</p>

<p>The middle east is my focus. I see much opportunity there for a HRA, as well as business. I am fluent in Farsi (to the point where I can carry some of the more vocabulary-demanding political conversations) and I am learning Arabic. I see these languages as being to my advantage as a HRA.</p>

<p>I want my major to be help me with law school admission/law school itself/my career.</p>

<p>I was thinking of transferring to:</p>

<p>SDSU: </p>

<p>International Business/Emphasis in Africa/Middle East or Economics/Emphasis in International Economics.</p>

<p>OR</p>

<p>International Security And Conflict Resolution - Global Systems - BA ( [SDSU</a> International Security and Conflict Resolution Program](<a href=“http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/admissions/ab/iscor.htm]SDSU”>Academic Programs | San Diego State University) ) - seems like it encompasses a majority of my academic/career goals.</p>

<p>CSULB:</p>

<p>International Business.</p>

<p>In all honesty, depending of my final choice of major, I would like to major in Poli Sci as well. Economics is, after all, political. I PS as an advantage to an increased ability of forecasting economic scenarios. Needless to say, forecasting plays a major role in economics.</p>

<p>So…</p>

<p>1) Do these majors make sense when you pair academic/career goals?</p>

<p>2) Which schools (any you can think of as well) is worth shooting for? </p>

<p>3) What other activities do you suggest for law and/or major?</p>

<p>Any thoughts are welcomed.</p>

<p>Thanks for you time.</p>

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<li><p>Yeah it makes sense. Econ/ political science makes sense to me, I think these are good majors to choose. Not too sure about business so no comment there. </p></li>
<li><p>Undergrad, I dont think matters as much and I’m not familiar with any of the schools you listed so I can’t give you advice there. But for law school, I think you would want to enroll in the top 14 (US rankings) if not somewhere around there.</p></li>
<li><p>Interning at an office or something law oriented. Probably join some clubs like Amnesty that relates to human rights and etc.</p></li>
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<p>Also raise your gpa, because competition for law school is tough and you’ll have trouble getting in with a low 3.0/ high 2.0 gpa.</p>