GPA and law school question

crnchycereal
Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:51:45 +0000

There are two ways to approach this question. If you are absolutely, 100% dead-set on going to law school, then GPA maximization should take precedence over double-majoring. So if you think one major will give you an advantage over two majors, then don’t double-major. HOWEVER, I would stress that you still have four years to figure this out. You have yet to experience college, and many things can change for you and your outlook. I personally feel it would be a mistake to tailor your college experience to getting into law school.

The other approach, then, would be to take the courses you want. If you study what you enjoy, then you’ll probably put more effort into it and earn strong grades anyway.

As an aside, I would stress that choosing Chinese as a second major would probably not have any impact on your application. There are tons of Chinese majors out there, so admissions officers aren’t going to be particularly awed by it. Really, this is true for virtually any major. Admissions care about the LSAT and the GPA. Everything else is secondary (not to say other things don’t matter, but the numbers account for probably a good 75% of the application, if not more).