<p>^ My point exactly. Because of the way American society and culture are constructed, people will ALWAYS need lawyers. Always. And lots of them.</p>
<p>Anyway, this is probably way too off-topic haha.</p>
<p>I actually am a bit concerned about my GPA taking a hit in college, especially since I’m in Duke’s most rigorous freshman program (on the humanities side, anyway), but I do think the whole “weed-out” thing is pretty much a pre-med problem. As someone said earlier, pre-law kids can major in just about anything that develops writing and critical thinking skills: Philosophy, PoliSci, English, etc. Those majors don’t tend to have extremely difficult weed-out courses or lengthy requirements. In terms of class hours, I can already see the difference. My pre-med friends have around 20 hours of class per week, counting labs, etc. I have 12.</p>
<p>Also (and this is just the vibe I’ve gotten so far, certainly not an experienced opinion), I feel like pre-med kids are way more competitive and less collaborative than pre-law, pre-business, or pre-ANYTHING kids. They just seem more self-focused, whereas most other college students (depending on the school environment, of course) don’t mind helping each other out.</p>