<p>This is an old thread, but what majors best prepare for law school is still an important question. </p>
<p>@dntw8up I appreciate you posting a link to those statistics. But it is wrong to extrapolate from the association between philosophy and high LSAT scores that studying philosophy will achieve higher LSAT scores than pursuing other majors. There are many viable alternative explanations for this correlation. For one, those taking the LSAT who studied philosophy might tend to be especially devoted to pursuing law, so they study harder, and are more apt to achieve high scores on the LSAT. This is born out by significantly smaller number of students applying from Philisophy, then say Psychology or Political Science (15,000 to 2,000). These higher scores could also be potentially explained by Philosophy’s tendency to be a choice of more intellectual students, whereas Psychology is a much more widely pursued subjects. Thus, the scores of Psychology and Political Science portray the capabilities of the general population, while Philosophy high scores stem from a smarter, more intellectual sample size. It’s just the old correlation vs. causation.</p>
<p>Although nothing is for certain, I find the last explanation to be most viable. As such, I encourage the study philosophy because this suggests genuine intellectual vitality. That’s what’s most important.</p>