<p>So I was thinking about pre-med, but now i think i'm leading more towards pre-law, cause well, I'm not really a huge fan of sciences, but I love econ/poli sci and I think it would be really awesome to be a sports agent or something, but from what i understand law school admissions are ~90% GPA and LSAT, and I don't want to be at a disadvantage going to Berkeley and getting a not so hot GPA over going to a school like Syracuse and pulling a probably better GPA</p>
<p>i don't think there's much of a curve for social science classes, maybe econ, but usually it's graded on how good your papers and assignments are, not just numbers and what not. there's different grade distributions for different classes though.</p>
<p>usually classes aren't as impacted/demanded in the social sciences, so often there is no need for a harsh curve.</p>
<p>As far as I know, there is often either no or very little curve (and if there is, it is typically beneficial- no reverse curves!).</p>
<p>However, this does not mean you can screw around in these kinds of classes. To get an A, you better know the material, and present the information in a way to impress the GSI (such as: in History 7B, class I am in currently, only three out of 20 odd something students or more got an A on their midterm essays.)</p>
<p>And I'm pretty sure grad schools know Cal is a harsh grader, so it'll take that into consideration...</p>
<p>Well, grad schools do know that Cal is typically harsh at grading, but it won't help you at all in admissions. See the previous threads regarding this.</p>
<p>"Grad schools" is too generalized a term to really be meaningful. Admission to a PhD program in political science is very different from getting an MBA, which is fairly different from getting into a good law school.</p>
<p>Grades have varying value at different levels, and different schools have differing philosophies regarding Cal's "grade deflation."</p>
<p>UCLAri, could you please elaborate on how a law school (UCLA Law School or Boalt) would handle Berkeley's grade deflation, pretty please?</p>
<p>First of all, Berkeley is still slightly grade-inflated compared to the national average. It's just deflated compared to the really inflated schools. Also, most of Berkeley's grade deflation tend to occur in the sciences/engineering classes. Still, many social science classes are no walk in the park. Unfortunately, law schools generally do not take Berkeley's "grade deflation" into consideration. They look at your GPA and your LSATs. It doesn't even matter what major you choose or what classes you take, so find the easy classes and inflate your GPA. That's generally a good strategy for law school.</p>