<p>Which is better? To enter a tough university honors program and graduate with a average/low gpa or take regular classes and have a high gpa? Do law schools take into account harder or more challenging classes? Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>As far as getting into law school, it's probably generally better to have the high GPA.</p>
<p>In terms of being a well-rounded, well-educated individual, it's probably better to do the honors program. </p>
<p>Law schools may take harder courses/majors into account, but this won't always outweigh the sheer numerical advantage of a high GPA.</p>
<p>Ditto to what Cardozo said.</p>
<p>I'm not even sure if law schools get a transcript of what classes you took, and, if they did, might not know which ones are hard and which ones are easy. On the average, someone will spend about 10 minutes reading your application, and, for most schools, that is the beginning and end of the decision. </p>
<p>Now, if you want to have your cake and eat it too, you can. My guess is that a "tough university honours programme" is a state school, like UVA or UMich. Let me know if I'm wrong. Anyway, if that's the case, think about spending 4.5 or five years going through. Take summer classes (esp. the hard courses), which will let you get the rough stuff out of the way without ruining a semester's worth of other grades. Consider taking a few classes that you'll certainly get a good grade in (but, of course, ones that you will like). In short, if you go the hard route, give yourself the opportunity to succeed. </p>
<p>Finally, we are just familiar with conventional wisdom. Give the school a call and ask for law school stats on honours and non-honours kids.</p>