<p>I would appreciate everybody’s help in rating the following degrees on a dificulty scale of 1-10 w/ 10 being very hard (e.g. Physics, math, engineering, chemistry) and 1 being PE or something similar.</p>
<p>1) Economics
2) BA Finance
3) Social Science
4) Politics
5) Anthropology
6) Behavioral Science
7) Psychology
8) Humanities
9) Philosophy
10) Global Studies
11) English
12) History</p>
<p>I appreciate your help,
-David</p>
<p>It depends on you and your strengths and interests. And the department you go to, and the school, amongst other things.</p>
<p>None of these strike me as exceptionally hard. Finance is probably the hardest, and Global Studies the easiest.</p>
<p>It will be hard to major in something that you really dislike, regardless of how difficult that major may be perceived to be by others. Therefore, IMO, start out with a variety of introductory courses. Gravitate toward the field(s) that you enjoy; but, when choosing a major, take into account both how much you like the field as well as how difficult and time-consuming the course work is for you.</p>
<p>It really depends on the program itself. Some Finance programs must be cake, some global studies programs impossible.</p>
<p>I have to agree with adad and drab on this one. Pick something you like; make sure you know your school and its departments’ strengths.</p>
<p>Generally, it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>On the extreme ends, you may run into problems - such as a riduclously easy major that casts doubt on your ability to succeed in law school (think communications or kinestics) or a major that is so difficult and grade-deflated that you have a difficult time getting a solid GPA for law school (like engineering). </p>
<p>With everything in between, it just doesn’t matter. Most of your law school application is GPA and LSAT. Then, the “other” factors that might make up 20% of how you are viewed are:
*work experience (a lot of people come to law school later in life)
*major (to a certain extent - but I would be surprised if law schools cared about history v. poli sci; I think you’re only getting this to matter on the extremes, or if your major significantly relates to a specialized field of law that you are considering)
*Graduate work
*Letters of recommendation
*Essays
*Geography
*Quality of undergrad school</p>
<p>Four years is a long, long time to do something that you don’t absolutely love, just because you think it will look good. Trust me. I tried that for a semester (thought that extra math and the resulting minor would look good), and went through hell. Take what you like! Once you get to law school, you’re going to have only a handful (two to four, maybe) electives - once you’re done with required courses, courses that you should take for the bar and because all attorneys should take them, clinics or journals, and whatever you are taking for your specialty.</p>