<p>What's to stop people from choosing a less challenging academic path to achieve a high GPA, studying their ass off for the LSAT and doing well, and applying to law school to get into a t5 or t14?</p>
<p>In other words, will and NYU harvard or a stanford say oh hey this 3.85 kid with a 172 took easy classes REJECT...</p>
<p>What's the case?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>that plan would work perfectly, believe it or not, within reason. they do “frown upon” some vocational type majors like dental hygeniest and some arts-based majors like music, but it is still possible. the optimal path is an easier subject of the liberal arts; adcomms won’t question that major and you should be able to get a great gpa.</p>
<p>I agree with the statement regarding vocational majors, but not at all with regards to the arts-based majors. There are quite a few music, theater, and art majors I know here at law school, and those are by no means easy majors in terms of getting a high GPA.</p>
<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>Would “Information Technology” count as vocational vs, say, Computer Science?</p>
<p>As a current information technology student interested in pursuing a law degree in the near future, I am also interested in this.</p>
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<p>Engineering is one of the few vocational degrees not looked down upon, mainly because it is highly academic and scientific, focuses very much on complicated problem solving and logic, and is extremely theoretical. I would say much of the same logic would apply to a subject such as computer science. </p>
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<p>Absolutely false. There are a large number of music majors in law school currently, and they are not looked down upon at all. Musical theory is a complicated science that requires complicated thought and logic, and higher levels of performance necessitate a level of mental precision and fast thinking that few can replicate. Note though, that there is a difference between a performance based music degree (which is more vocational) and a theory based degree (where you would find in an Arts and Sciences program that would also require to take a large number of none-music classes to fulfill the major). </p>
<p>I would however would not so easily include theatre and art in this category; unlike music participation, grades in this majors are largely based on talent and performance (if you are at a school such as Yale and are in the music program, little to none of your grade will depend on actual performance). As a result there’s more skill/talent involved and a lot less thinking/academic work involved.</p>
<p>but, back to the original question, if you major just in political science and take classes outside of major you KNOW you can get A’s in just to increase your GPA they aren’t going to be like NO, they’ll just see the GPA?</p>