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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never met a bright student who majors in Criminology. You need to be bright to get into a top law school.[/quote]

According to stats compiled by the folks who administer the LSAT, criminal justice majors score the lowest among all majors on the LSAT.

2022-2023 average LSAT scores by major from highest to lowest:

1) Economics--161.71
2) Philosophy--159.47
3) History--158.95
4) English--157.30
5) Finance--157.22
6) Other Arts & Humanities--156.64
7) Political Science--156.03
8) Psychology--155.07
9) Communications--154.17
10) Sociology--153.91
11) Business Administration--153.35
12) Any Area Not Listed--151.35
13) Criminal Justice--148.82

Criminology is probably included in group #12 above. But, forensic based (chemistry) criminology may fare better on the LSAT than one from a typical criminology course of study.[/quote]
Never ever seen economics as the number 1 major. I've seen Math/Physics/Philosophy but econ? really?[/quote]

I don’t find that surprising at all. I would have guessed philosophy at the top — the logic is a huge help. But there is plenty of rigorous analysis learned in the study of econ. I majored in theater — which I assume is Other Arts & Humanities, and I scored 99th percentile. I do think that to a large extent I just automatically think in the way that the LSAT tests, but I do attribute some of my success to the philosophy classes that I took that we were having on logic. And I suppose that reading a lot of Shakespeare and doing deep character analysis with scripts certainly doesn’t hurt with your reading comprehension skills.[/quote]

*that were heavy on logic*[/quote]

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