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Old 11-16-2001, 03:00 PM
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Just a little opinion from someone who is already in law school. Take what you enjoy in college, now what you think you "should." Law school admissions want to see that you are well balanced, not that you aced Con Law (which wouldn't be a bad thing.) But, don't make the mistake that i did in thinking that if I took every poli-sci and law oriented course I'd be better off, because it doesn't work like that. Law school is a different style of teaching and learning. Besides, what ya should be concentrating on is beating the hell out of the LSAT, because it is the type of thinking needed on that test that will prep you for the thinking you'll need to do in law school.

In hindsight, I took as many philosophy courses as I could and as many poli-sci courses as I could. If I could do it all over again, i would have been a music major or something that I enjoyed and was relevant to the type of law I'd want to go into. But, as far as general suggestions go, brush up on your english, writing and try to have some business sense if that's what you want to go into. Don't stress over what you need to know, becasue that is the stuff that you'll learn when in law school, not stuff you can learn at an undergrad institution.
good luck!
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