What Does Your Major Matter? Forum

[VTOrange19]

I have been looking around the TLS Stats and have become quite perplexed. Some of the people attending law school have studied the following things in their undergraduate careers (these are all from the Top 50 or so):

- Theatre
- Worship Ministry
- Visual Arts
- Japanese (or any foreign language)
- Dance Performance

Before I continue, I must confess I did not look up every requisite course for a degree in said fields and that I am biased for having a major that includes reading and writing (History). These sound absolutely ridiculous. So, how do law schools view majors? Would a 3.8 in Dance Performance be viewed better than a 3.5 in History? Would an AdCom choose the 4.0 Theater major over the 3.6 Political Science student? If a 4.0 is simply a 4.0, I wish I would've known to major in Cooking or Elementary Education with a concentration in Fingerpainting.

[fatduck]

Would an AdCom choose the 4.0 Theater major over the 3.6 Political Science student?

yes

[rman1201]

Engineering/Hard Science > Finance > everything else

[hipstermafia]

If a 4.0 is simply a 4.0, I wish I would've known to major in Cooking or Elementary Education with a concentration in Fingerpainting.

Same, but this is the game.

[kalvano]

Engineering/Hard Science > Finance > everything else

L-O-L.

[rinkrat19]

I have been looking around the TLS Stats and have become quite perplexed. Some of the people attending law school have studied the following things in their undergraduate careers (these are all from the Top 50 or so):

- Theatre
- Worship Ministry
- Visual Arts
- Japanese (or any foreign language)
- Dance Performance

Before I continue, I must confess I did not look up every requisite course for a degree in said fields and that I am biased for having a major that includes reading and writing (History). These sound absolutely ridiculous. So, how do law schools view majors? Would a 3.8 in Dance Performance be viewed better than a 3.5 in History? Would an AdCom choose the 4.0 Theater major over the 3.6 Political Science student? If a 4.0 is simply a 4.0, I wish I would've known to major in Cooking or Elementary Education with a concentration in Fingerpainting.

Well, the engineers think your history major's pretty weak, so...

[dr123]

I doubt Theatres that much easier than Poli Sci

[Ignatius Reilly]

once you are in a quartile it should not matter. A 3.9 mathematician at Princeton > 4.0 woman's studies major at shit state school

[r6_philly]

once you are in a quartile it should not matter. A 3.9 mathematician at Princeton > 4.0 woman's studies major at shit state school

No. Remember these are law schools. A 3.9 mathematician could be very, very unsuitable to study law. It depends on the person. 4.0 is also not a good indicator to compare because the 4.0 student may not be anywhere near the upper bound of his/her potential.

3.8 Princeton math > 3.9 state BFA I will give you.

[2L2011]

A 4.0 from an accredited clown college majoring in pietossing will do better than a 2.9 in Prelaw from Harvard when applying to ANY lawschool(even Harvards own).

[MrPapagiorgio]

A 4.0 from an accredited clown college majoring in pietossing will do better than a 2.9 in Prelaw from Harvard when applying to ANY lawschool(even Harvards own).

lolwut (btw, there is no pre-law major )

[Ignatius Reilly]

once you are in a quartile it should not matter. A 3.9 mathematician at Princeton > 4.0 woman's studies major at shit state school

No. Remember these are law schools. A 3.9 mathematician could be very, very unsuitable to study law. It depends on the person. 4.0 is also not a good indicator to compare because the 4.0 student may not be anywhere near the upper bound of his/her potential.

3.8 Princeton math > 3.9 state BFA I will give you.

With an appropriate LSAT and a well written PS, princeton math has shown that he can most likely out think 4.0 from shitty state school.

[r6_philly]

A 4.0 from an accredited clown college majoring in pietossing will do better than a 2.9 in Prelaw from Harvard when applying to ANY lawschool(even Harvards own).

There will be a school far down the food chain that would want a Harvard grad on their student body more than a clown college student. 1 student is only 1 data point, it may not even move the median.

[r6_philly]

once you are in a quartile it should not matter. A 3.9 mathematician at Princeton > 4.0 woman's studies major at shit state school

No. Remember these are law schools. A 3.9 mathematician could be very, very unsuitable to study law. It depends on the person. 4.0 is also not a good indicator to compare because the 4.0 student may not be anywhere near the upper bound of his/her potential.

3.8 Princeton math > 3.9 state BFA I will give you.

With an appropriate LSAT and a well written PS, princeton math has shown that he can most likely out think 4.0 from shitty state school.

That was not in the hypo. Math skills != language skills.

ETA, the 3.9 could be due to Cs in the only TWO writing course he/she is required to take.

[2L2011]

Perhaps not at harvard, but plenty of other schools do have it.

My point is GPA and LSAT matter MORE than Major or school. Even a 4.0 at university of pheonix(in ANY major) trumps 3.9 from Duke in any other major.

A 4.0 from an accredited clown college majoring in pietossing will do better than a 2.9 in Prelaw from Harvard when applying to ANY lawschool(even Harvards own).

lolwut (btw, there is no pre-law major )

[r6_philly]

Perhaps not at harvard, but plenty of other schools do have it.

My point is GPA and LSAT matter MORE than Major or school. Even a 4.0 at university of pheonix(in ANY major) trumps 3.9 from Duke in any other major.

It does not at T6.

[Ignatius Reilly]

That was not in the hypo. Math skills != language skills.

C'est vrai. I knew a guy that pulled an 800 math and was in the 500s for verbal GRE.

Mathemtics and Physics are law schools favorite major, at least according to my advisor, which is a claim I cannot substantiate.

[r6_philly]

That was not in the hypo. Math skills != language skills.

C'est vrai. I knew a guy that pulled an 800 math and was in the 500s for verbal GRE.

Mathemtics and Physics are law schools favorite major, at least according to my advisor, which is a claim I cannot substantiate.

If I take the GRE, I would score around there right now. I took a diagnostic and got like 790 math and like 450 or something verbal. LS like them because it's diversity and no so many are good at reading/writing. Many top math/physics majors are international as well.

But I think in your hypo, Princeton >>> state, so it isn't even about the majors. No one cares about my major...

[Ignatius Reilly]

That was not in the hypo. Math skills != language skills.

C'est vrai. I knew a guy that pulled an 800 math and was in the 500s for verbal GRE.

Mathemtics and Physics are law schools favorite major, at least according to my advisor, which is a claim I cannot substantiate.

If I take the GRE, I would score around there right now. I took a diagnostic and got like 790 math and like 450 or something verbal. LS like them because it's diversity and no so many are good at reading/writing. Many top math/physics majors are international as well.

But I think in your hypo, Princeton >>> state, so it isn't even about the majors. No one cares about my major...

whats your major?

[2L2011]

GRE, really......really.........nah you can't be......yep B-school.
WTF?!?! Keep the sewage in the gutter where it belongs.

That was not in the hypo. Math skills != language skills.

C'est vrai. I knew a guy that pulled an 800 math and was in the 500s for verbal GRE.

Mathemtics and Physics are law schools favorite major, at least according to my advisor, which is a claim I cannot substantiate.

If I take the GRE, I would score around there right now. I took a diagnostic and got like 790 math and like 450 or something verbal. LS like them because it's diversity and no so many are good at reading/writing. Many top math/physics majors are international as well.

But I think in your hypo, Princeton >>> state, so it isn't even about the majors. No one cares about my major...

[r6_philly]

whats your major?

Computer Science

[r6_philly]

GRE, really......really.........nah you can't be......yep B-school.
WTF?!?! Keep the sewage in the gutter where it belongs.

GMAT = B school
GRE = grad school in sciences

[dr123]

You have to take the GRE for a lot of Lib Arts grad programs too.

[Ignatius Reilly]

whats your major?

Computer Science

thats credited.

[Ignatius Reilly]

GRE, really......really.........nah you can't be......yep B-school.
WTF?!?! Keep the sewage in the gutter where it belongs.

GMAT = B school
GRE = grad school in sciences

If I wasnt lazy as hell i wold totally have gone to grad school for phd