I’ve lurked on here before but never posted, so forgive me if this is the wrong thread to ask this.
I’m trying to get a really rough plan down for what I want to do once I graduate community college with my Paralegal degree (Spring '17). I want to go on to a law school (ideas I have are Harvard, UPenn and OhioU but I’m still figuring that out) so I’m going to enroll in a local 4 year college to get my Pre-Law bachelors degree. I want to work mainly with the poor/immigrants/refugees. I’m volunteering at Legal Aid right now and that’s been really motivating, so I’m thinking of staying on with them if possible, but I also want to get into the political sphere.
So with all that out of the way, my actual question is, should I double major? With the Pre-Law I know I can tailor most of the classes to my legal interests, but I’ve read Pre-Law is one of the majors that isn’t as impressive to law schools as, say, Poli Sci or Philosophy. I’m fairly certain I could handle a double major if I had to, since I’ve been handling a more-than-full-time load at CC along with two part-time jobs (work study and Legal Aid.) I do want to minor in interactive media design as a hobby, or maybe one or two foreign languages (I’m working on Spanish and French by myself and would like to learn more) but obviously my priorities lie with my major.
Why do you feel the need to double major with pre-law? Pre-law is a useless major and can hurt your chance of law school admission. It also leaves you with a useless degree/major should you end up choosing not to apply to law school. Choose a normal academic major. You should also read the law school sub-forum for more advice/information.
^^ Agree 100%. Pre-law is useless. Major in something that involves critical thinking, analysis, and WRITING. Law school will require you to forget the junk you learned in pre-law. Get a proper undergraduate degree.
Seems like your interests are in the social sciences, such as economics, sociology, and political science. Ethnic and cultural studies, and languages used by immigrants and refugees, may also be useful to you. That would be in addition to any courses which help your reading, writing, and logical thinking skills.