<p>So everywhere I look, whenever somone asks what they should major in to get into law school, the typical response is to do what piques your interest and will allow you to get the best GPA possible. That presumes that what interests you will <em>also</em> allow you to get high grades.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm strange in this respect, but I seem to have a perverse interest in areas of study that don't come easily to me. I don't really have a gift for languages, but I'm majoring in Classics, which requires me to take considerable coursework in two ancient languages. I just found the idea of studying something so esoteric to be totally intoxicating. I'm not very good at it, but I do get a rush out of translating a passage from Greek. I can't imagine studying anything else, but it looks like my GPA will suffer because of it.</p>
<p>I could have done something 'easier' or more conventional, like History or English. I was pretty good at those subjects in high school, and there would be no foreign language component as an undergrad. But instead, I seem to have actually done myself a disservice, as far as law schoo admissions go, by 'following my dreams' and majoring in something that truly interests me more than anything else.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have experience with this kind of academic paradox? It looks like all I can do is admit that I've won a moral victory by studying what I want, but probably won't get into my first choice of law schools..... and I don't even know if it's worth the sacrifice anymore.</p>