<p>I am an first-year at Barnard College, kind of vaguely considering law school. I have about a 3.65 GPA - is that considered "strong" for top law schools, or about average? Also, I have heard you don't have to be a polisci or pre-law major to go to law school, but would majoring in something like Film or Art History hurt your chances, given that you still took a lot of poli sci/history classes?</p>
<p>Depends on what you mean by “top” law schools.</p>
<p>Majoring in art, science, or anything else wouldn’t hurt you even if you took very few law related classes. Some may even argue that these majors would help you, since they would distinguish you from the ‘run of the mill’ history and poli sci majors that flood law schools with applications. </p>
<p>And yes, a 3.65 would get you into several T14s assuming your LSAT was sufficient. HYS and Boalt may not embrace you with open arms, but the rest will have no problem with a GPA in that range. It’s not especially strong, but it’s not weak either for most T14 schools.</p>
<p>I mean, there is a broad range of GPAs for which you are not-automatically-sunk at the T14, provided you get a nearly-perfect LSAT score. Is that the definition of “strong” that we’re working with?</p>
<p>The top 14 law schools all have median GPAs at or above 3.7, so while your 3.65 is not a strong one, it puts you in the acceptable range.</p>
<p>If you think a 3.7 GPA in something like Women’s Studies (or the like) trumps a 3.2 in any of the sciences you are deluding yourself.</p>
<p>In law school admissions, a 0.5 GPA difference would certainly be vastly more important than the discrepancy between any pair of majors.</p>
<p>A great GPA in art, history, music, even Women’s Studies will serve you better than a 3.2 in science. The major doesn’t matter - the GPA and LSAT score do.</p>
<p>I was just wondering if this was the right range and if majors really matter (I heard they dont, but wanted to check!) so you guys answered my questions - thanks!</p>