<p>It's something that I've been wondering. And I know it probably sounds silly, but I honestly don't know the answer to this and I've been looking for this and I can't find an answer to this online. Do Law Schools only care about the gpa you get or do they care about how many credits you're taking a semester (they would rather see a full course load)?</p>
<p>Grossly inappropriate courseloads (you won’t graduate on time, or you’re classified as a “part time” student) are a problem. Otherwise most law schools won’t care much.</p>
<p>Thank you for your answer. I was wondering because my school uses the unit system so that 1 unit is the equivalent of 3.5 credits. The normal here is to take 4 units per semester, and the maximum is around 5.5 units (19.25 credits) while the minimum is 3.5 units to be a full time student. Based on how many accepted units/credits I brought in (enough for the minimum required of a freshman year), and how many I did my first semester, and how many I need to graduate, I found out that I could actually do two majors and graduate with more units than I need by doing only 4 units each semester (and I can manage to graduate comfortably even if I do some semesters with 3.5 units, though I probably won’t since there are too many classes I want to explore.) Since I’m going through some health problems right now, I thought maybe I should drop one unit and do 3.5 units this semester. I’m going to school on a full ride so risking my scholarship wouldn’t be in my best interest, which is why I thought of it. Maybe I should be sacrificing my extracurricular activities, but my .5 unit is attached to my debate team involvement, and I truly love my other activities. I succesfully managed to do 4.5 last semester and ended up with a 4.0 GPA, but I’d hate to find out that changing to 3.5 units this semester would be detrimental to my application in the future… any advice? Should I just stick with the 4.5 units and see how it goes?</p>
<p>As long as you don’t make a habit of it, I’d assume that 3.5 won’t be a problem. Depends on how serious the health problems are, obviously.</p>