<p>DARE TO KNOW! etc.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say that philosophy is significantly harder, just harder, on average. You could probably piece together a poli major thats harder than an easy phil major. Plus, it matters what you are good at. For example, one of my friends who is a poli major took a railroads and american politics class and really enjoyed it (and did well), but i know that i wouldn't do very well because i know that i write my best essays when the author annoys the hell out of me. In that class i wouldn't really get a chance to write a scathing rebuttal (its just not the nature of the class) and thus write a stellar essay. Some (and i would bet most people) can write stellar essays on even report-like papers. </p>
<p>The classes aren't too difficult and an A is certainly achievable, depending on the class and the prof. If it is your only major you wont have too many classes to take at any one time so you can spend more time on each class (and probably get better grades). Study times can vary wildly depending on the class and prof so i really cant comment on this. (One time i had a poli class where i had about 100-150 pages a week, while one phil classes i had only 200-something for the entire quarter. It just depends. I would like to clarify that the 100-150/wk is not typical at all for a poli or phil class)</p>
<p>I would also like to point out that it could be that those who choose philosophy as their majors would also get good LSAT scores (i.e. that those who are philosophy majors would do well on the LSAT anyway, whether or not they where philosophy majors) rather than philosophy making good LSAT takers. But it is probably a bit of both, so don't weigh the LSAT prep too heavily.</p>
<p>Uh, kkiiji, let me guess, you have taken a phil 12, 13, 14, or 15 class. Those are very easy classes, and majors don't really take those courses. Kant and Nietzsche are classic examples of difficult philosophers and in many, if not most, times you will be reading their works.</p>
<p>I can say that for Kant, but I have almost all of Nietzsche's books, they're not extremely hard to understand if you have someone to discuss them with. I have not taken a class on Nietzsche, only minor lectures. Most of what I know about his philosophy is from personal readings and discussions. </p>
<p>Kant on the other hand, I do not dare read him, for I've heard too many horror stories about his writing. I've only scraped the surface on Kant, but from my understanding his ideas are not hard to understand, it's his horrible writing habits that are hard to understand.</p>
<p>Oh and your guess actually puts me in a decent light relative to reality, for I'm still in a community college.</p>