Law school major

@Jimmy2Times, history is a perfectly fine (and common) major for law school.

Despite the assertion above that majors don’t matter, majors certainly do matter. US News weights GPA only 0.10, but it weights placement double that: 0.20. “Placement” includes bar passage rates, and it’s much more likely that someone who’s sharp will pass the bar than someone who isn’t.

Someone with an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering or something hard is also a more viable candidate for employment than someone with an undergraduate degree in an impractical and fluff subject.

Law schools aren’t dumb; admitting someone whose undergraduate degree shows brains and employability and the ability to pass the bar is much better for US News rankings and otherwise than just letting in someone with the highest GPA.