<p>^^ What if you’re like me and will have enough credits to graduate after 3 years but would like to spend a 4th year completing an additional major and taking more classes, enjoying what many believe to be the one of the greatest parts of our lives (our undergraduate college years)? </p>
<p>To me, I think it’s pretty narrowminded to group a majority of 4 year graduates in your three group system. </p>
<p>If you notice, in my own post I did not make any prejudgments regarding the 3 year graduates. However I did, like sallyawp, make references to the extrapolations that law school admissions boards could make and attempted to trace the rationale which against they made these judgments. </p>
<p>To reiterate, I never said graduating in 3 years had any sort of negative connotation. However, I do that a law school could look upon it unfavorably when taking into account why the student made that decision in the first place, and what were their priorities in making it. </p>
<p>To flip the argument, let’s say I was one of the “accomplished 3 year graduates”, compiling 120 credits by the end of my junior year, along with a stellear LSAT and well above average GPA. Now, if I take another year of college, I would have the exact same LSAT, let’s hypothetically say I maintained the exact same GPA, and with the extra year I was able to obtain higher leadership positions, more community service hours, and an internship slightly better then the one I had the previous. Due to the fact that I spent an extra year in college am I now a 4 year slow thinker, tuition sucker, or rich slacker? </p>
<p>Or, on the contrary, am I one year more experienced, one year more intelligent, one year more mature, one year better at managing a mixture of school and leadership roles, and overall one more better equipped to handle the intense mental obstacle course which is law school?</p>