Should I drop these classes? Forum

[SoapyIllusion]

Class #1:

Speech & Debate Team (1 unit)…Meets 3 times a week for an hour and forty-five minutes.
This "class" is very time consuming and I am signed up to take the LSAT this June. I am about half-way through the logic games bible and I am doing quite well. I believe that if I drop this class I will have more time to study but I do not know if it is worth getting rid of this "soft." Basically, should I keep this class and get an "A" as well as 1 unit, or should I drop it and just use the extra time to study for the LSAT.

Class #2:

French 201 (3 units)…My university requires foreign language proficiency of three semesters. This would be my final semester, however, I did not take french last semester so there is a significant gap and after just one class I am practically lost…I do know that LSAC does not take into account classes taken abroad into their GPA calculation so I am thinking about taking the course abroad in Paris over the summer. In this case, I would elect to take the class pass/no pass (if it is an option) or I would comfortably score a B (nothing lower than a C). Would this look bad or will it be the better route? I do not want my LSAC gpa to suffer because of a language course that many universities don't even require past high school!

If I do drop the french course, I will still have 16 units so I will still graduate on time, as it will be replaced with another course in which an "easy A" is highly probable.

TLDR:
1. Should I quit the speech team (1 unit, hour forty-five class, 3 times a week) to study for the LSAT that I am taking in June, or would having this "soft" be more beneficent?
2. Should I drop my last required french class to save my GPA and take it abroad over the summer so it will not factor into my LSAC calculation?


Advice is greatly appreciated!

[SoapyIllusion]

bump

[Fiero85]

My 0L advice:

Drop both. Softs* don't matter, numbers do. Pretty much anything hindering your LSAT and GPA that can be chucked, should be.

*Other than military service, competing in Sochi, winning a Nobel prize etc. Campus involvement type softs don't matter.

[malleus discentium]

Yes to both.

[scoobysnax]

Definitely drop debate.

I'm confused about the French class- if it's required for you to graduate, how can you graduate on time if you take it over the summer? Are you graduating this semester or next year?

[Quest4Knowledge]

Definitely drop debate.

I'm confused about the French class- if it's required for you to graduate, how can you graduate on time if you take it over the summer? Are you graduating this semester or next year?

I think OP is graduating next year.

IMO, I think dropping the Speech class depends on your GPA. If the A has the potential to help your cumulative GPA by a lot (offset poor grades earlier on), then I would keep the class. If you already have a great GPA and the marginal effect of the Speech class will be slight, I would drop it.

That being said, I would only recommend keeping the class if you are able to still devote a substantial amount of time to the LSAT. One extra grade is not worth a couple points on the LSAT.

[TheodoreKGB]

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[Nova]

Class for over 5hrs/wk for 1 credit?

Drop it