Emory vs. Umich

<p>History is fairly easy if you don’t mind writing really, really long papers that may be graded on a very subjective level. In other words, some professors are dicks.</p>

<p>Poly-Sci isn’t hard, but same thing as history – some profs make a point of screwing you on minutiae. </p>

<p>Psychology is a harder because there are a lot of data-driven courses in that major, some of which you need to graduate. A lot of students use psych as their PreMed major. </p>

<p>I’d stay away from poly-sci/history just because that’ll be everyone who applies to law school and you may get shafted in one subjective class, thus ruining your perfect law school GPA.</p>

<p>If you want something different, check out the “Classical Civilizations” degree offered by the Classics dept. Both easy and interesting.</p>

<p>But like I said, you really need to think about the price if you’re not rich. If you really want to go to law school and you’re a Mich resident, I’d go to Mich in a heartbeat. Even if you’re not a Mich resident, honestly. You can just apply for residency after a year and minimize your loans. Your debt burden will become very important when you’re choosing law schools. What’s your home-state?</p>

<p>EDIT: Also, when I say “easy” major, I mean easy in terms of subject matter. There’ll always be some easy major classes where there’ll be a ton of reading or the professor is really picky, etc. You’re going to need to stay on top of all that, starting your first semester. Gun hard for the A in every easy class. If you’re doing a fluff law-school major, there’s no excuse for your GPA not being 3.8-4.0 by the time you finish. A lot of people pick an easy major and then coast because they just suck like that or because they’re indecisive or have pipe dreams about being an artist when they have no real talent. You? Don’t do that. Stay on top of the reading every day, avoid too much partying, blah blah blah.</p>