Considerations of UG major in law school admission decision

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  Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  July 2016 11542 karma

  STEM majors tend to have an advantage when it comes to your GPA if I remember correctly from what @david.busis said in his webinar.
• YesSarah Alum Member

  July 2016 137 karma

  @montahar GPA isn't a concern at all. Just wondering if it's something I need to explain in my PS.
• Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  July 2016 11542 karma

  Why do you feel your major is something that is "needed" to be explained in the PS?
• YesSarah Alum Member

  July 2016 137 karma

  @montahar It's just such a drastic change of career paths. Not sure if they would look at my major and be like "why is she applying?"
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  blah170blah Alum Inactive ⭐

  July 2016 3545 karma

  Nope, not important. They will ascertain the "why is she applying" from your personal statement.
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  Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  July 2016 edited July 2016 11542 karma

  Law is so versatile, I can't see your major, especially engineering, posing a disadvantage to your application. No worries.
  
  Edit: there's quite a few people I know of that are in law school with an engineering degree. They tend to practice patent law.
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  Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  July 2016 8021 karma

  It's a feather on the scale and requires no explanation.
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  Ron Swanson Alum Member Inactive ⭐

  July 2016 edited July 2016 1650 karma

  Yeah, if anything it can make you more unique. I'll be one of the droves of Political Science majors entering law school *so different*
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  David Busis Member Moderator

  July 2016 7355 karma

  @YesSarah If you're journey to law is really interesting, go ahead and write about it. If you can write a better PS about something else, don't worry about explaining your decision to do law.
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  Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  July 2016 11542 karma

  @"Ron Swanson" ,Poli Sci ay? That'll get the adcomms head spinning. (Coming from a history major lol)
• Ron Swanson Alum Member Inactive ⭐

  July 2016 1650 karma

  @montahar hahah the struggle of those who can't do math
• BruiserWoods Member Inactive ⭐

  July 2016 1706 karma

  @"Ron Swanson" @montahar i realized i could do math in graduate school - woops. #ENGLmajor
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  Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  July 2016 11542 karma

  Yoo spot on hahhaha @"Ron Swanson". Math scares the hell out of me.
  
  @BruiserWoods awksss.