<p>I am a college sophomore at one of the Seven Sisters. I am very interesting in attending law school after graduation, and am looking into some of the most rigorous, such as Harvard, Yale, etc. I am not at all concerned about LSAT scores, and my GPA will be strong as well, but I have one (multiple-part) question:</p>
<p>Do law schools such as Harvard and Yale spend a good deal of time examining the types and levels of courses you have taken? Or is the cumulative GPA really what makes/breaks it? For example, I know departments like Gender Studies are often looked down upon by admissions departments. While Gender Studies is not my major, would taking an Intro to Gender Studies (or something comparable) seriously hurt my chances of admissions a few years down the line? Along the same line of thought, does taking several introductory courses over time hurt the chances? I don't take intro courses because they are easy, rather, I take them as prerequisites and to increase my breadth of knowledge.</p>
<p>Sorry, that was long-winded, but I don't want to waste any time in planning ahead.</p>
<p>Any advice would be helpful. Thanks for reading. :)</p>
<p>Thanks. Also, in my original post, I obviously meant “I am very interested,” not “very interesting,” even though I do think I’m very interesting… :P</p>
<p>I am a lawyer. It is my opinion that for law school, it really doesn’t matter what you major in. Now if you took a bunch of courses that were obviously silly courses, that would not look good, but taking into courses in psychology, sociology, etc. is perfectly fine.</p>
<p>You will simply be viewed as a Seven Sisters graduate, with a good gpa and good SAT score.</p>
<p>But for your own benefit, and to make law school a little easier, I would take at least some courses in political science, american history, and writing.</p>
<p>I don’t think a law school would have a problem with gender studies. They might even like that. </p>
<p>If you want to be a business lawyer, I would recommend that you at least take introductory accounting.</p>
<p>Be forewarned however. There is a VAST oversupply of lawyers. If you can get into a top law school, then it MIGHT be worth it to go to law school, but even then, you will notice that I said the word MIGHT.</p>
<p>Yale apps are read by profs. For Yale, which courses you take matters. That doesn’t mean it’s bad to take intro courses in subjects of interest to you. It just means that Yale profs seem to reward taking tough courses.</p>