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The philosophy will help a ton with law school -- I don't know how much with getting in, but the skills you learn as a philosophy student are key for being a good law student. Plus, if you study a little Sartre or Nietzsche, you're really good at cocktail parties

As far as working for a few years, I don't see how philosophy could hurt. You learn critical thinking skills, and most employers like those sorts of things. Econ won't hurt you at all in either endeavor, and will probably help.

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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."

"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche