I am a Business Economics Major , and I am now debating adding a math minor or a psychology minor . I want to go to law school and get into civil rights , corporate , and some other form of law. I plan to create my own organization and nonprofit and maybe work within the private sector for the federal government to get my name around a little more so I can really help people. I take the math route and go to law school I would like to know my options, and I take the psychology route and go to law school I would like to know my options. I was looking at a JD& Phd Neuroscience program and that what interested me in psychology but that about it. I have always enjoyed math though, I made my frist C in math last semester in Cal 1. and that honestly because I missed to many days , and wasn’t that invested compared to my other courses, as well situations occurring where I didn’t focus on my work . My biggest fear with math is not doing well enough to get into a good law school , but I don’t wanna end my education in math . Any help and advice would really be appreciated .
Your options likely won’t be very dependent upon the minor you choose, particularly if you do go to law school. If you intend to be a civil rights lawyer or a corporate lawyer, the fact that you minored in math in college (or psychology) won’t really matter for getting jobs or advancing in your career or anything like that.
So pick your minor on the basis of what you enjoy more. It sounds like you really like math and want to continue taking classes in math. Have you explored the option of taking your math classes pass/fail so they aren’t factored into your GPA? (That might mean you can’t minor in math - you might just have to take them as electives. But that’s okay. Really, most employers and graduate schools don’t really care what your minor is or even whether you had one unless it’s directly relevant to what you’re planning to study.)
Also…only do a JD/PhD if you are legitimately interested in being a scholar/researcher in some kind of area. Like for a JD/PhD program in neuroscience, maybe you’d be interested in the neuroscience of jury deliberation or the effect of memory in witness testimony or something in some way that would necessitate both doctoral study in neuroscience (to do the research) and a JD (to understand the legal implications of the research). Even then, you probably don’t really even need the JD. Otherwise…you don’t need to spend the time.