<p>“I’m majoring in Finance and minor in either English or Environmental Science. Which do you think would be better?”</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter. Whichever one you’ll do better in. </p>
<p>“I’ve read English is better because of all the writing but it seems so boring. On the other hand, to me at least, Environmental Science is much more interesting.” </p>
<p>So, Environmental Science then. Just make sure you take a few classes where you do a lot of reading and writing.</p>
<p>“Also is CU Boulder considered a top law school?”</p>
<p>It’s ranked 32nd in the county (out of about 170 accredited law schools), so it’s a “Tier 1” school according to US News. But it’s not a “Top 14” school–there are 14 schools that are widely acknowleged to be the best in the country and have the most national reputation (ie, you can get a job in any city when you graduate)</p>
<p>“Meaning, will I get a top paying job after graduation? Or will I have to go out of state?”
First of all, most “top paying jobs” are in major cities. There may be a few places in Denver that pay $145,000 a year, but only a very few. For those, it’s a toss-up between doing extremely well (high class rank, position on a journal, etc.) at a local school or doing perhaps slightly less well at a Top 14 school and finding ways to demonstrate your commitment to Colorado. If you want to work someplace other than Colorado (which could increase your chances of getting a high-paying job) the conventional wisdom is to go to a T14 school, or the best-ranked school in the general area in which you want to practice.</p>
<p>“I’m interested in being an Estate Planning attorney but what other types of attorney are there that having a Finance Major would help. <Hmm that sentence sounds so wrong lol.”</p>
<p>Knowing about finance could help you with lots of things–white collar crime, real estate (where a lot of what you do is help developers borrow money), tax, bankruptcy, and general corporate all spring to mind. But you should know that you don’t have to work in an area of law that ties into your undergrad major.</p>
<p>“Also is there a lot of financial aid out there for a Chicano students who want to be lawyers? Or am I going to have tons of debt? As of now, I get everything payed for but I’m wondering if that will change once I begin law school.”</p>
<p>Due to being an underrepresented minority, you are probably more likely to get into certain law schools than non-URMs with similar grades and LSAT scores. You might also be more likely to get certain scholarships (there are many scholarship and summer internship programs for law students who are racial and ethnic minorities). It’s pretty unlikely that you will get a full-tuition merit scholarship since there aren’t many out there; you would have to be very overqualified for that particular school. Law schools also rarely give out much need-based aid; the assumption is that you should borrow money and your high-paying job after graduation will enable you to make the payments. Sometimes that works; other times (especially for people at lower-ranked schools, or those who want to do public interest work and their school doesn’t have a loan forgiveness program) it doesn’t.</p>