What Major & What Universities?

snooker1
Tue, 08 May 2007 11:26:15 +0000

A strong liberal arts education is generally the best preparation for law school.
How does Penn’s Wharton fit in with the rest of your options? You’re applying to like 20 liberal arts schools and one business school. Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences is a better option if you are considering law school, and places phenomenally well (57 into Harvard Law last year. http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php) Wharton students tend to go into i-banking/consulting etc. and a very small no. go to law/med school.
Your list is fine, but look more closely at what you want out of school. Will you be equally happy at Penn/Columbia and at Amherst/Dartmouth? These schools are worlds apart–large/big cities and very small/rural…