<p>First, take a deep breath; a lot of people get into law school after having started college as you have.
Second, now is a time to assess things-why do you want to go to law school? And why Yale? You’ve picked one of the toughest school to be accepted at; if it’s Yale or nothing, then yes, unless you’ve got some kind of major hook, you’ll need to do exceptionally well the rest of the way out-and get a monster LSAT score.
But why law? You need to get a sense of what the market is-go to websites like Law Transparency to see what law school costs, and what job opportunities are-and yes, YLS is at the very top of the pyramid.
Regarding your major, criminology(as opposed to criminal justice) is a well-respected discipline within sociology, and some law schools(e.g. Georgetown) have criminology professors who teach at the law school. And it’s not very practical-but neither are history, poli sci, or any of the non-science liberal arts degrees these days. But no law school prefers poli sci over criminology(again NOT criminal justice, which is a major to be avoided).
It’s first semester break; take time to assess why you want to be a lawyer and why it has to be Yale. If it’s Yale or nothing, the reality is you will need to do exceptionally well from this point forward-which is very possible.</p>