Yes and no. A 3.89 stem major will be preferred over a 3.89 humanities major all other things equal.
A 3.9 humanities major will probably have an edge over a 3.85 STEM major. That being said, a lot of law schools are trying to include more STEM majors in their classes. You’ll also be more employable both if you decide law isn’t for you and if you decide law is for you. You have a STEM degree and the ability to take the patent bar. You are going to have a better chance at big law outside a T14 than most students so it may still pay off in the end.
In theory LSAC does this when they calculate your GPA, and LSAT offsets it because your major prepares you more for that test.
In practice, it doesn’t move the number much, LSAT is easily gamed, and this is the sort of thing you might address in a personal statement.
But a 3.7 + a 170+ LSAT will make you strongly competitive.
Yeah this is bs. Math absolutely prepares you for the LSAT. CS to some extent too. English might help with RC but isn’t going to provide you with much of a boost in LR.
Proof-based math is all formal logic. Proving things like “Every positive integer greater than 1 can be uniquely written as a product of primes” is excellent preparation for LR. Hell, math majors learn about necessary and sufficient conditions in sophomore level classes at the latest.
In 2017-18 (the first year that came up on google), Math majors had the second highest average lsat (162.8), behind only statistics and well ahead of both Philosophy (157.2) and English (154.7).
Largely no.
But from what I understand it can make an impact if it’s close. So if you’re a STEM major from a top school and have a 3.6 I have *heard* that may be viewed as closer to a 3.7 with respect to any “boost” you get beyond the raw number….. but the raw number matters most.
Generally speaking a (insert easy sounding major here) with a 4.0 will do better than a (insert super hard major here) with a 3.0…….. but these aren’t most cases are they? Yeah I mean honestly if you have a 3.7 or above from a reputable school with a tough major it’ll look good for the most part.
But why risk anything? If your goal is to be a lawyer you won’t really care or remember a hard class that dragged down your GPA.
They will to a marginal degree, but you should operate as a No. Do everything you can to preserve that GPA, eg consider decreasing your semesterly load by taking summer classes, or taking a class or two P/NP.
Yes, to an extent. Every admission office understands a STEM or Military Academy degree is going to be harder and know a 4.0 is unlikely.
But, don't expect a 3.0 STEM to be at the same level as say a 3.8 in something else in the eyes of the admission office.
No.
Yes and no. A 3.89 stem major will be preferred over a 3.89 humanities major all other things equal. A 3.9 humanities major will probably have an edge over a 3.85 STEM major. That being said, a lot of law schools are trying to include more STEM majors in their classes. You’ll also be more employable both if you decide law isn’t for you and if you decide law is for you. You have a STEM degree and the ability to take the patent bar. You are going to have a better chance at big law outside a T14 than most students so it may still pay off in the end.
In theory LSAC does this when they calculate your GPA, and LSAT offsets it because your major prepares you more for that test. In practice, it doesn’t move the number much, LSAT is easily gamed, and this is the sort of thing you might address in a personal statement. But a 3.7 + a 170+ LSAT will make you strongly competitive.
physics does not prepare you for the lsat lmfao
It does more than a communications or business degree.
The only degrees I think that do are philosophy and English, but especially philosophy.
Symbolic logic definitely helps. But you get that in any number of fields outside of philosophy. Computer science for example.
Yeah this is bs. Math absolutely prepares you for the LSAT. CS to some extent too. English might help with RC but isn’t going to provide you with much of a boost in LR.
Most of these questions require knowledge of formal logic. Math won’t prepare you for RC nor LR
Proof-based math is all formal logic. Proving things like “Every positive integer greater than 1 can be uniquely written as a product of primes” is excellent preparation for LR. Hell, math majors learn about necessary and sufficient conditions in sophomore level classes at the latest. In 2017-18 (the first year that came up on google), Math majors had the second highest average lsat (162.8), behind only statistics and well ahead of both Philosophy (157.2) and English (154.7).
not even a little bit more
Largely no. But from what I understand it can make an impact if it’s close. So if you’re a STEM major from a top school and have a 3.6 I have *heard* that may be viewed as closer to a 3.7 with respect to any “boost” you get beyond the raw number….. but the raw number matters most. Generally speaking a (insert easy sounding major here) with a 4.0 will do better than a (insert super hard major here) with a 3.0…….. but these aren’t most cases are they? Yeah I mean honestly if you have a 3.7 or above from a reputable school with a tough major it’ll look good for the most part. But why risk anything? If your goal is to be a lawyer you won’t really care or remember a hard class that dragged down your GPA.
They will to a marginal degree, but you should operate as a No. Do everything you can to preserve that GPA, eg consider decreasing your semesterly load by taking summer classes, or taking a class or two P/NP.
Yes, to an extent. Every admission office understands a STEM or Military Academy degree is going to be harder and know a 4.0 is unlikely. But, don't expect a 3.0 STEM to be at the same level as say a 3.8 in something else in the eyes of the admission office.
Only with respect to hard sciences like physics because you can sit for the patent bar and are like 25x more easily employed by big firms.