<p>Law schools don’t really care about the rigor of my undergrad courseload, right?</p>
<p>So should I just take the least amount of courses, barely satisfying the college’s requirements, so that I can have more time to study and do other stuff?</p>
<p>If “other stuff” means always getting a full night’s rest, networking through extracurricular involvement, and improving your quality of life, then,sure.</p>
<p>It depends upon several factors as to whether or not you should undertake the least challanging path to law school. Two factors that come to mind are what are you doing with your extra time & to which law schools are you applying. If you need a light courseload to work a fulltime job, to care for a sick relative or to volunteer, then you may not harm your admissions chances to law schools. If you are only applying to third or fourth tier law schools, then all you need is a degree with a reasonably good GPA, a LSAT score showing basic competence & a boatload of tuition money.</p>
<p>I agree with the above. As long as you’re not in an extremist organization (and even then, if you do a really good essay about it it might actually be a hook!) then you could probably get into most law schools doing the absolute minimum to qualify as a college graduate. Just keep in mind that if you want to go to Yale Law School they have an almost undergrad-esque set of hoops that you might have to jump through.</p>
<p>I am not aiming for Yale law school. I am aiming for harvard law. So I guess I could theoretically take the least challenging courseload but maintain a sky-high GPA and LSAT and get in… right?</p>
<p>bump ^^^^^^^^</p>
<p>HIBT methinks</p>
<p>LOL@undergraduates aiming for HLS.</p>
<p>Almost as bad as 0Ls with “dream firms.” Almost.</p>
<p>r u guys just afraid to tell me that my plan is good, albeit ‘shallow’?</p>
<p>I know college is about learning, blah blah. but my plan can work right? (see below)</p>
<p>“So I guess I could theoretically take the least challenging courseload but maintain a sky-high GPA and LSAT and get in (HLS) right?”</p>
<p>yeah as people like flowerhead have mentioned before (in other threads), it’s a numbers game.</p>
<p>that is right crazi. GPA is what mostly counts in the end. the very top schools (YHS) might scoff at BLATANT laziness (sports pysch, etc every semester, every class) but everyone else will drool over a higher GPA from easier courses. </p>
<p>if i were you, i would strive more for “median” level of coursework/difficulty. don’t kill yourself w/ double majors and whatnot, but also don’t make it obvious you are padding your GPA. That can’t come across as a positive</p>
<p>^ at elite colleges and universities, Psych is a legitimate major that requires both critical thinking and analytical skills, and significant research experience.</p>
<p>kwu, i don’t think BostonEng meant it like that; he meant taking those courses when they’re NOT your major.</p>
<p>i didn’t mean to offend, sorry. I just thought that most courses with the title “Sports XXX” are usually less than rigorous.</p>
<p>Doing more than the bare minimum always looks good but just because you did the minimum isn’t an automatic rejection from Harvard.</p>
<p>I would advise you to apply to other less competitive law schools as your safety schools in case you don’t get into Harvard. Yale, Standford, and Santa Clara are all also excellent law schools.</p>
<p>If you end up doing extremely well on the LSAT or you have some kind of attractive characteristic to you then you might have a shot at it.</p>