<p>Well after doing some research, it has become apparent that besides the LSAT the college GPA is arguably the second most important factor in Law School admissions with Undergrad college factored in of course. Now since your GPA is largely influenced by the courses, majors, minors, studies, whatever path you pursue, does it come down to taking the easiest courses and attaining the highest GPA? I find this morally wrong against the principle of a fine education but if this is what must be done to attend our dream Law Schools then should this be our focus? What are generally some of the easier majors and classes offered at most Universities?</p>
<p>Varies from school to school and depends on your individual talent set. Impossible to answer generally. At elite schools, grade distributions in the humanities are said to have a "B vortex," in which it is hard to do either very well or very poorly. Sciences tend to distribute their grades more broadly -- slightly more A's and a lot, lot more C's and D's.</p>
<p>But that's a general statement which will find a lot of exceptions.</p>
<p>_____ Studies.</p>
<p>Communications.</p>
<p>You know, you can do a hard major and spend most of your electives on introductory-level classes in a bunch of different fields to give your major a boost, and you might even enjoy exploring different things.</p>
<p>"_____ Studies"</p>
<p>Is this generally true? At my current school, we have an American Studies program that you have to apply and be admitted to, and they turn down students with GPA's above 3.7. I'm thinking about transferring and maybe majoring in Urban Studies or Urban Studies and something else, and am curious to know if this is regarded as a "pushover" major.</p>
<p>Are studies really the somewhat easier curriculum classes? This past summer I took an Introductory International Relations course at UCLA and I found it very difficult. You basically had to read every single chapter in the textbook that was assigned or else you would be very lost and the grade distribution was 30% Mid term and 70% Final. Is there any pattern between courses that are grades oriented and courses that have more factors in grades. I do miserably in classes where it is all grade oriented.</p>
<p>On the contrary I took a Management in Business course where the grades were based on attendance and ONE assignment the whole semester. I basically received a 4.0 for attending class and completing a assignment. It would really help everybody out if people knew what classes to take to help boost GPAs for Law School. I know I many may disagree with me on this but I think people can have some control of their GPAs if based on course selection.</p>
<p>Varies from school to school and depends on your individual talent set. Impossible to answer generally.</p>
<p>"I do miserably in classes where it is all grade oriented."</p>
<p>That's not good... all of my college classes so far (except a foreign language class) have been grade oriented.</p>
<p>Two midterms and a final is all that will compose your grade for a lot of classes. In my intro History and poli sci classes it's usually more like midterm, paper or two, and final.</p>
<p>And don't forget that in law school, one final exam will determine 100% of your grade.</p>
<p>RE: Post #7</p>
<p>Um, duh? Of course you have a degree of control over your GPA. If you decide to waste your four years by taking only the easiest classes in order to achieve the very narrow and very changeable goal of getting into law school, that's your prerogative. I, for one, am of the opinion that you should take the classes that you genuinely enjoy and will give you the broadest scope of knowledge possible. As for the GPA...what ever happened to trying hard? Don't **** away four of the best years of your lives, kids.</p>
<p>At my school, the "easy" majors are probably Mass Communications, the "Studies," Psychology, maybe Political Science.</p>
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Is there any pattern between courses that are grades oriented and courses that have more factors in grades. I do miserably in classes where it is all grade oriented.
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All the classes I have taken have been grade-oriented. With the exception of writing-intensive classes the grades have been largely determined by 2 midterms and 1 final. The final is usually worth over 40% of the grade.</p>
<p>Well I will have to get used to college then because in my high school, test grades do not determine our final grades much.</p>
<p>If you stick to easy classes, you won't gain the skills that will get you the good LSAT scores and good grades in law school. You're shooting yourself in the foot if you simply choose the easiest thing you can.</p>
<p>Nonsense kelseyg. If you have the brain power to do well on the LSAT, than if you study for it enough the analytical skills one gains from undergrad do not matter. My advice is to take an easy major, and use all that extra time to study for the LSAT. I am just going to be a soph, and I already got a 175. I am transferring but my current undergrad is a joke, so I studied for the LSAT in my spare time, and still got a 4.0 gpa. All I have to do is maintain my GPA in an easy major (in my case Individualized Studies), and bam I get to go to Harvard Law School.</p>
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If you stick to easy classes, you won't gain the skills that will get you the good LSAT scores and good grades in law school. You're shooting yourself in the foot if you simply choose the easiest thing you can.
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<p>I don't think you necessarily shoot yourself in the foot by majoring in the easiest thing in regards to getting to law school. However, if that person drops out of law school/hates it/doesn't practice law then maybe. I read somewhere that a significant percentage of people who finish law school don't even want to practice law and never use their law degree. (And this is excluding the fact that a significant percentage don't pass the bar exam (nation wide statistic.))</p>
<p>This is why having a semi-marketable undergraduate degree helps--in case you actually need a job outside of the legal realm.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I agree with you that your major helps a lot in law school. An easy major may get you to law school but when you are competing with people who majored in tough subjects, they tend to fare better. For example I know an EECS major who went to law school and said that he studied LESS in graduate school than he did as an undergrad. On the other hand people who major in something easy have a harder time with the workload. I know many people who say law school is insanely hard, especially since they never really had to do any work in college.</p>
<p>"My advice is to take an easy major, and use all that extra time to study for the LSAT."</p>
<p>I really agree with this. I want to get a chance to go to great law school ( YSH )and this will atleast give me the chance.<br>
I am attending stanford undergrad coming sept. and Im ready to search for an easy major that I will also have some interest in. I am interested in either econ or psychology. Which do you think will be easier to get As in? thanks</p>
<p>Psych will generally be considered the easier major... but it also depends on you. If it turns out that you're really good at econ, econ may be the easier major for you...</p>
<p>Psychology is generally considered one of the easiest majors in college.</p>
<p>Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities!</p>