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I’m currently in a pretty solid undergraduate program with co-op opportunities. Since the employment rate is high, it’s a great backup plan.

However, after taking some political science courses, I’ve become much more interested in that field. More importantly, I feel that I could earn a higher GPA if I studied political science.

Since having a strong GPA is much more advantageous for law school admissions, this matters a lot.

But if I switch to political science and then don’t get into law school, I would probably be in a much worse position than if I had stayed in my current program.

In other words, I would be giving up my backup plan and choosing one route that I feel more confident about.

For those who majored in something like political science before law school, especially a major with very few obvious backup plans, how were you able to make that decision? Realistically speaking, was it because your parents were very well-off, so failure would not have caused serious financial problems?

Please give me some advice.

Also, please give me the courage to take a bold step and go all in on the path where I believe I have a better chance of succeeding.

I’m currently in a pretty solid undergraduate program with co-op opportunities. Since the employment rate is high, it’s a great backup plan.

However, after taking some political science courses, I’ve become much more interested in that field. More importantly, I feel that I could earn a higher GPA if I studied political science.

Since having a strong GPA is much more advantageous for law school admissions, this matters a lot.

But if I switch to political science and then don’t get into law school, I would probably be in a much worse position than if I had stayed in my current program.

In other words, I would be giving up my backup plan and choosing one route that I feel more confident about.

For those who majored in something like political science before law school, especially a major with very few obvious backup plans, how were you able to make that decision? Realistically speaking, was it because your parents were very well-off, so failure would not have caused serious financial problems?

Please give me some advice.

Also, please give me the courage to take a bold step and go all in on the path where I believe I have a better chance of succeeding.

I’m currently in a pretty solid undergraduate program with co-op opportunities. Since the employment rate is high, it’s a great backup plan.

However, after taking some political science courses, I’ve become much more interested in that field. More importantly, I feel that I could earn a higher GPA if I studied political science.

Since having a strong GPA is much more advantageous for law school admissions, this matters a lot.

But if I switch to political science and then don’t get into law school, I would probably be in a much worse position than if I had stayed in my current program.

In other words, I would be giving up my backup plan and choosing one route that I feel more confident about.

For those who majored in something like political science before law school, especially a major with very few obvious backup plans, how were you able to make that decision? Realistically speaking, was it because your parents were very well-off, so failure would not have caused serious financial problems?

Please give me some advice.

Also, please give me the courage to take a bold step and go all in on the path where I believe I have a better chance of succeeding.

I’m currently majoring in accounting at a Canadian undergraduate program.

But I want to transfer into political science because I’m thinking about law school later on.

The more I study accounting, the more I feel like it’s not a good fit for me. I also don’t really vibe with how extremely risk averse the industry culture feels. Accounting feels like a field where you cap your upside in exchange for a safer floor.

Also, I felt that accounting is extremely principle-based and tends to dislike change or creativity. In law, on the other hand, there is room for a lawyer’s discretion.

With financial statements, you have to make everything balance, and if even one thing is wrong, the whole thing is wrong. I found that level of strictness frustrating. I also started feeling skeptical because, compared to the amount of energy it requires, it didn’t feel as meaningful or important as I expected.

I want to move into a field that feels more front-office-oriented, where I’m more directly contributing to generating revenue for an organization.

Some people might say, “If you switch to political science and don’t get into law school, won’t you have no backup plan?” But that’s exactly the kind of mindset I dislike. I don’t like the idea of designing my life around insurance policies and backup plans in case something doesn’t work out.

Given this personality and mindset, transferring programs would probably be the right move for me, right?