communication major as pre-law

sallyawp
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:03:53 +0000

That said, if a student’s GPA in your communication major is high enough that it clearly indicates that that student wasn’t merely trying to squeak through, then perhaps it’s less of an issue. Look, there is no question that there is an instantaneous level of respect for someone who graduates with an engineering or biochem degree, simply because those majors are perceived as difficult. However, when it comes down to students with high enough GPAs and high enough LSAT scores to even consider applying to top law schools, then I think that what a student majored in is much less of an issue (particularly if that student took courses in other disciplines and did well in those too). Law schools will take notice of what your major was, the same way that they will take notice of what college you attended, and make judgments based on those facts. No facts that I’ve ever seen, though, have led me to believe that the perception of the difficulty of your major in college is a make or break factor in law school admissions.