Best undergraduate major for law school.

glennnat
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:26:58 +0000

This is the grand paradox. If you go to an easy undergraduate program and get an A average (poli sci) then the world is your oyster given that you put a little bit of effort and get that a average. However if you go major into finance or engineering or life sciences, then your program will be difficult and you will in all likelihood not get an a average. The result is that those who go to easy programs like poli sci get the As and get into law school/grad school. Whereas those who go to the hard program might get A, but if they do then there is little reason for them to go to grad school anyways, as a finance major with an A could get into a way higher paying job than any grad school Likewise for engineers and similar for life science if they are willing to go into banking or consulting or something no life sciencey. The problem is most people who go into finance majors don’t get As and when they dont get As they don’t get the high paying jobs, and their grades are too low (B- to B+) to get into the top grad schools which want an A-. Thus be careful how you choose your program