What Major & What Universities?

Alexandre
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:13:28 +0000

There is no such thing as a “pre-Law” major. Actually, to be more specific, almost every major you can think of from Biology or Mathematics to Economics or Sociology can qualify as “pre-Law”. You can also major in Engineering (although not recommended because grade-deflation inherent to the major generally hurts law-school applicants given Law schools’ numbers-driven admissions process) or Business. In short, you can go to any university on your list and major in almost any subject and you would be fine as long as you have a high GPA (over 3.5) and a do well on the LSAT (over 160). If you want to shoot for a top Law school, then a 3.7+ GPA and a 170ish (give or take a couple points) LSAT score is in order. Of course, the most common major for Law school applicants are in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but like I sai, it really doesn’t matter what you major in.

I hope this answers your question.