<p>I know nothing about the application process except what I've read around here, so forgive me if I sound a bit ignorant. </p>
<p>For someone that's set on going to law school, wouldn't it be a good idea to go to a "lower-tier" university for undergrad, pick an "easier" major like gender studies to get a high GPA while spending all your off-time studying for the LSAT and trying to get a worthwhile internship (assuming you would have a lot of off-time considering your cushy major and school)? Rather than going into a more challenging major like nuclear physics and risk getting a lower GPA? I'm assuming the reason people don't do this is, because they want something to fall back on in case the whole law thing doesn't work out?</p>
<p>A college degree may not be the asset it once was, but it still represents 4 years of your life and many thousands of dollars. It seems impractical to leverage that against getting into law school, because even getting into a highly respected law school no longer means the guarantee of a secure, well-paying job.</p>
<p>College means distractions. Few 18 year-olds would be willing to spend all their off-time studying for the LSAT. And it’s not all that easy to get a worthwhile internship with an easier major from a lower tier university, is it?</p>
<p>I know that people love to roll their eyes over the notion of a major in gender studies but I imagine that more than a few of them are happily ensconced at Harvard, Stanford, and Yale Law.</p>
<p>… by which I mean that very bright people just may chose a gender studies major, not to game law school admissions, but because they’re genuinely interested in the subject. </p>
<p>^^they had better be. (‘Studies’ majors require one line of thinking to get A’s) :D</p>