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<p>Sure, though in some sense, I feel like I’m better prepared for the rigors of law school because of the rigor of my major. It made me feel less intimidated going in. </p>
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<p>It does depend on how much it hurts your GPA. A 3.0 in physics cannot really be forgiven that much, but a 3.5-3.6ish would get a little more benefit of the doubt. My personal rule of thumb is that if the GPA is just below or at the school’s 25th percentile, a good, hard major will give that GPA a substantive boost when the application is considered.</p>
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<p>1) All that matters is your overall GPA.
2) Double majors are fine; if anything, it’s more a positive than a negative, though nothing really to write home about.</p>
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<p>It’s definitely a weird admissions process that skews our system of incentives in a negative way. However, given the fact that law schools are flooded with thousands upon thousands of applications every year, it’s simply too much to give each application an individualized review while purporting to maintain a fair system. Though we all certainly wish the law school admissions process would better approximate the admissions process of a Ph.D program, the distinguishing factor between these two is that the latter tends to receive applications in the triple digits, whereas applications to law school come in the four digits, sometimes even five.</p>
<p>And certainly the existence of a highly influential ranking system that takes into account GPA and LSAT of students admitted doesn’t help much!</p>