<p>This past weekend, I attended an event at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas), and had a talk with one of the deans at the university’s engineering school. I ask her about students ‘padding’ their GPA with another minor or major to boost their profiles in law school admissions (which are mostly based strictly on numbers). I couldn’t believe how she responded.</p>
<p>First of all, I was told that engineering students typically have lower GPAs because of the difficulty of the curriculum and needed to take on another minor or major to boost their GPAs. However, she told me that SMU engineering students typically had some of the HIGHEST GPAs because of their dedication and love of their major.</p>
<p>What gives? Was she just lying to me as a ploy to get another student interested in the engineering program? Or was she right?</p>