Grade 12 and SUPER CONFUSED. Forum

[Madiya]

hey guys,
I'm currently in grade 12, wanting to be a lawyer hopefully. I have 2 questions...

1) What should I take in university as my bachelors degree? I want to be enrolled in a program which will prepare me for my LSAT'S/ law school and will get me a job in a law related field right after my bachelors before my law school/ lsat's?

2) Also... this might be a really stupid question but can one do his/her LSAT'S after college? Basically I'm trying to ask if we have to go to university in order to do our LSAT'S or/and go to Law school?

Thank you so much in advance!

[kay2016]

You've already started one topic about this.. probably best not to keep reposting the same topic.


You're still (or just graduated) from college. Things may change and you may not want to be a lawyer in four years.

Find something you enjoy doing AND that you can make a career out of... The legal market isn't dong especially well right now & you may change your mind, so you need a fall back plan. Just in case.

Don't major in Pre-Law or anything like that.. it won't help you on the LSAT. The LSAT is something you will probably have to self-study for or take an additional prep course (kind of like the SAT/ACT in HS).

The best thing you can do for the first three years of your undergraduate is study and get great grades. Then after that, if you still want to be a lawyer... Worry about the LSAT. Those are the two things you need to worry about in order to get into law school.. Your major isn't going to particularly matter for admissions, but it will help if you decide to wait a while before going to law school (or if you decide not to go).

As for your second question, you can take the LSAT anytime. The score is good for 5? years, I think. You don't want to take it until AT LEAST the end of your junior year, that way you can have a good idea what your GPA will be and you can spend time studying for the test.. I took mine in October of my senior year. If your question is "Do I have to finish college before I can go to LS?" Then the answer is yes...

But seriously.. you've got a lot of time before you need to be worrying about this stuff. Go to college, have fun, get good grades... Come back in a few years if this is still what you wanna do!

[Nova]

I want to be enrolled in a program which will prepare me for my LSAT'S/ law school

No you dont. LSAT prep material is more than sufficient to prep for the LSAT.

Choose a major you enjoy, can get good grades in, and will lead to a fullfilling career if you dont end up practicing law

list majors that you would enjoy. Then eliminate ones that you wont get good grades in and wont lead to fulfilling careers.

[Madiya]

So you guys are basically saying that my bachelors won't help me at all in my LSAT'S or Law school. So I can do my bachelor in Nursing or accounting for example, something I can get a job in and prepare for my LSAT'S with it's own prep material.

Thank you thank you!!

[kalvano]

LSAT'S

Stop.

LSAT'S

STOP.

LSAT'S

STOP IT.

LSAT'S

GODDAMMIT, STOP.

LSAT'S

PLEASE STOP.

[mr.hands]

LSAT'S?

What, exactly, is the LSAT possessing?

[Bronte]

Major in something that gives you a good chance of employment if you don't go to law school. Business with an emphasis in finance or accounting is good. Engineering is good. And get good grades, meaning mostly As. This is all you should concern yourself with for now.

[jrsbaseball5]

So you guys are basically saying that my bachelors won't help me at all in my LSAT'S or Law school. So I can do my bachelor in Nursing or accounting for example, something I can get a job in and prepare for my LSAT'S with it's own prep material.

Thank you thank you!!

Yes, if you get a bachelor's degree in nursing or accounting you can absolutely go to law school. What I will tell you though is that if you are serious about law school then you should to your best to get top notch grades every semester (think mostly A's). The number one regret people have on here when it gets time to applying for law school is that they wish their GPA was higher so do your best to maintain as high of a GPA as possible.

Also, LSAT prep material is 1000x better than a bachelors or other course work is at preparing you for the LSAt.

[Madiya]

Oh my God, I'm so sorry!
My laptop's going crazy posting 'LSAT', trust me I'm not that obsessed. So sorry!! And thanks for your advices guys.
It's really helping and making me feel 1000 times better <3

[Bronte]

Oh my God, I'm so sorry!
My laptop's going crazy posting 'LSAT', trust me I'm not that obsessed. So sorry!!

Priceless. Kalvano, her laptop's going crazy posting "LSAT." Know anything about that?

[kalvano]

I know all the things.

[JamMasterJ]

LOL -5Ls

[Bronck]

^ Very entertaining thread

[buddyt]

I'll post this list again:

• Computer science/engineering/systems engineering
  Electrical engineering
  Some other engineering majors (e.g. probably chemical, probably not civil)
  Math/statistics/informatics
  Computer information systems
  Nursing
  Accounting
  Supply chain management

There's a chance you might not want to be a lawyer at the end of undergrad. Even if you still do, there is no major that you could pick that would give you an advantage in any meaningful way in law school or in the practice of law. (An exception to this is if you pick from any of the top three in the list: you'll be eligible to prosecute patents, which is one of the few in-demand fields in law right now.)

Therefore, you should pick a major that helps you get a job after graduation. And if you pick a major that's not on that list, you will probably not get a job. You're welcome.

[stillwater]

I'll post this list again:

• Computer science/engineering/systems engineering
  Electrical engineering
  Some other engineering majors (e.g. probably chemical, probably not civil)
  Math/statistics/informatics
  Computer information systems
  Nursing
  Accounting
  Supply chain management

There's a chance you might not want to be a lawyer at the end of undergrad. Even if you still do, there is no major that you could pick that would give you an advantage in any meaningful way in law school or in the practice of law. (An exception to this is if you pick from any of the top three in the list: you'll be eligible to prosecute patents, which is one of the few in-demand fields in law right now.)

Therefore, you should pick a major that helps you get a job after graduation. And if you pick a major that's not on that list, you will probably not get a job. You're welcome.

you definitely don't know what you're talking about. HTH

[dixiecupdrinking]

I'll post this list again:

• Computer science/engineering/systems engineering
  Electrical engineering
  Some other engineering majors (e.g. probably chemical, probably not civil)
  Math/statistics/informatics
  Computer information systems
  Nursing
  Accounting
  Supply chain management

There's a chance you might not want to be a lawyer at the end of undergrad. Even if you still do, there is no major that you could pick that would give you an advantage in any meaningful way in law school or in the practice of law. (An exception to this is if you pick from any of the top three in the list: you'll be eligible to prosecute patents, which is one of the few in-demand fields in law right now.)

Therefore, you should pick a major that helps you get a job after graduation. And if you pick a major that's not on that list, you will probably not get a job. You're welcome.

you definitely don't know what you're talking about. HTH

Actually, it's good advice. HTH.

[stillwater]

I'll post this list again:

• Computer science/engineering/systems engineering
  Electrical engineering
  Some other engineering majors (e.g. probably chemical, probably not civil)
  Math/statistics/informatics
  Computer information systems
  Nursing
  Accounting
  Supply chain management

There's a chance you might not want to be a lawyer at the end of undergrad. Even if you still do, there is no major that you could pick that would give you an advantage in any meaningful way in law school or in the practice of law. (An exception to this is if you pick from any of the top three in the list: you'll be eligible to prosecute patents, which is one of the few in-demand fields in law right now.)

Therefore, you should pick a major that helps you get a job after graduation. And if you pick a major that's not on that list, you will probably not get a job. You're welcome.

you definitely don't know what you're talking about. HTH

Actually, it's good advice. HTH.

the list is hardly exhaustive. HTH

[Nova]

I agree with stillwater.

if you pick a major that's not on that list, you will probably not get a job.

Obviously this isnt true

Im going to assume you were not being serious when you said this

[dixiecupdrinking]

Fair enough but the overall message is sound. Don't go into undergrad thinking about what to major in to go to law school.

[hephaestus]

Fair enough but the overall message is sound. Don't go into undergrad thinking about what to major in to go to law school.

Yes. I think the broader message was to major in something that is a field you can work in, and not something that just sounds interesting/easy.

[RodneyRuxin]

SUPER CONFUSED AHHHHHH

[swc65]

Only go to law school if you want to become a super-douche and pick on a high schooler's apostrophe usage.


Sry, couldn't resist.

[mr.hands]

Only go to law school if you want to become a super-douche and pick on a high schooler's apostrophe usage.


Sry, couldn't resist.

Guilty as charged

[swc65]

Only go to law school if you want to become a super-douche and pick on a high schooler's apostrophe usage.


Sry, couldn't resist.

Guilty as charged

[buddyt]

The list may not be totally exhaustive, but it's pretty close.