college and major advice needed

where do you want to work? if you want to work in London, and want to keep your options open between law and banking, it's a no brainer to enroll in the law program (bachelors degree) in LSE or UCL. Law in UK is done as an undergraduate degree (unlike in USA) and with a UK law degree, you can do EITHER law or investment banking after you graduate.

As for the choice between option (1) and (2), it depends on whether you want to do banking or law. No one can help you in that decision.

1) I personally don't like either option you've presented. What are your long term goals? Why do you want to goto law school? Do you really want to dedicate so many years to law and then start as an associate in IBD? Also, you won't be able to get into an MBA program straight away, work experience is required. More likely, you can jump directly into IBD/consulting for 2-5 years => MBA => back to IBD.

2) Finance, accounting, economics, financial engineering, financial mathematics. If you are set on IBD and get into a target, finance & accounting/econ may be your best bet. You'll find that having a solid accounting foundation will be extremely beneficial for IBD.

3) Finance is not a very rigorous major and the math requirements arent as extensive as economic theory (which at my school requires calc I,II,III and linear algebra while finance requires only calc I).

4) Mathematics classes shows your quantitative ability and if you are looking to get into S&T then its highly recommended that you take some mathematically challenging courses. It also just separates you from the herd because not everyone can handle higher level math

I would not worry about getting into law or IB at this point. You are not even in college. Focus on getting into undergraduate! When you start your freshman year join the pre law society and some sort of finance club. See where you fit, meet people in both fields and make a decision. You do not have to major in Finance to get a job in IB. Whatever you do get a high GPA and you will be fine.

You do realize you can work in IB after undergrad right? You're better off doing undergrad->IB->decide between MBA and JD, or try to do a joint MBA/JD.

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I would say that finance/accounting is definitely a little more limiting than econ/math in that the former is more obstinate in its courseload and ultimately i feel that finance in general is a less challenging major than its more quantitative counterparts like econ or even engineering and physics which could just as easily land u an IB job.

I'm also prettys ure that econ is the better route if you were considering law school. also, at least at my school, there is a distinction between economic policy and economic theory, the latter being more rigorous in its math requirements but of course you should look into that depending on the school.

Anyway, like other posters have mentioned, focus on getting into college first and seeing how your first couple of years go. Life away from home will broaden your perspectives and you'll have a much better idea of what you want and what will make you happy a a couple years down the road.

To the original poster: havent you ever heard of the phrase "counting the chickens before the eggs have hatched"?

It also seems that English is probably not your first language. You definitely really need to have a better grasp of written English before you can shoot for top law schools/firms.

"dure?" do you mean "dual?" priceress.

I think learning English would be a fairly decent idea. (You're using odd words in places which is a dead giveaway that English is your second language.)

I also think you've romanticized being a lawyer or a banker, and so you want to do both. This idea is fairly impractical and most people who do something like this are not planning to do it before they get to undergrad.