Ed1 prelaw

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Anonymous wrote:There is no right choice. She can major in anything from English to Engineering and go to Law School. I went to U of Penn Law School and members of my class came from all over and majored in everything.

Yes. I remember at my law school orientation they went over how many states and countries we were from, and named all of our undergrad majors, to show us what a diverse class we were with regard to geographic background and majors.

THIS! I went to Stanford Law and laugh at these threads every time. Admissions is bored silly with the “prelaw” poly sci Ivy League-type undergrad. What a boring class it would be if everyone had followed that path. I was a foreign language major at a school no DCUM poster would find impressive. No hooks. Be interesting and genuinely passionate about your academics whereever you study. Don’t be a sheep.

And you probably attended decades ago. Law school admissions has changed significantly even in the last five years. Work experience matters greatly. There is lots of grade inflation now. The LSAT is easier than when you took it. Prestige of undergrad matters more for T14 now. You do need a hook besides your GPA and LSAT.

Oh, please. Work experience has always mattered to Stanford. And there are only 180 spots per class - do you really think they are going to fill them with prelaw majors from the same 14 schools? They work to build an eclectic, diverse, and interesting class. Your hook is to stand out and bring some unique perspective to that class — the GPA and LSAT merely demonstrate that you are capable of doing the work. This is nothing new.

Stanford does take students straight from college based on working directly with law applicants recently, which you have not.

Oh, unnecessary snark! Stanford has always taken applicants straight from college. They have also considered work experience—as they work to build an interesting and diverse class. Since you’re such an expert on law school admissions and have the insider track, I’m sure Faye Deal at Stanford will take your call. You can ask her about work experience, GPA, test scores. And she, as will anyone else in admissions, will tell you that they strive to admit applicants of high intellect who will bring a unique perspective within the 180 member class. With over 4000 applicants, your hook is to show them you have something interesting to contribute to the class—background, diversity, work experience, etc. I may be a dinosaur who attended law school a century ago (according to another poster) but I do keep in touch with my law school and I stand by what I said in my previous message.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no right choice. She can major in anything from English to Engineering and go to Law School. I went to U of Penn Law School and members of my class came from all over and majored in everything.

Yes. I remember at my law school orientation they went over how many states and countries we were from, and named all of our undergrad majors, to show us what a diverse class we were with regard to geographic background and majors.

THIS! I went to Stanford Law and laugh at these threads every time. Admissions is bored silly with the “prelaw” poly sci Ivy League-type undergrad. What a boring class it would be if everyone had followed that path. I was a foreign language major at a school no DCUM poster would find impressive. No hooks. Be interesting and genuinely passionate about your academics whereever you study. Don’t be a sheep.

And you probably attended decades ago. Law school admissions has changed significantly even in the last five years. Work experience matters greatly. There is lots of grade inflation now. The LSAT is easier than when you took it. Prestige of undergrad matters more for T14 now. You do need a hook besides your GPA and LSAT.

Oh, please. Work experience has always mattered to Stanford. And there are only 180 spots per class - do you really think they are going to fill them with prelaw majors from the same 14 schools? They work to build an eclectic, diverse, and interesting class. Your hook is to stand out and bring some unique perspective to that class — the GPA and LSAT merely demonstrate that you are capable of doing the work. This is nothing new.

Stanford does take students straight from college based on working directly with law applicants recently, which you have not.

Oh, unnecessary snark! Stanford has always taken applicants straight from college. They have also considered work experience—as they work to build an interesting and diverse class. Since you’re such an expert on law school admissions and have the insider track, I’m sure Faye Deal at Stanford will take your call. You can ask her about work experience, GPA, test scores. And she, as will anyone else in admissions, will tell you that they strive to admit applicants of high intellect who will bring a unique perspective within the 180 member class. With over 4000 applicants, your hook is to show them you have something interesting to contribute to the class—background, diversity, work experience, etc. I may be a dinosaur who attended law school a century ago (according to another poster) but I do keep in touch with my law school and I stand by what I said in my previous message.

Their office is extremely slow to get back to applicants and takes much longer than typical to make decisions. The way Stanford Law does their process is very different than most top law schools and frankly, an anomaly. She has been there for decades, and my guess is that office will have new leadership as she looks to retirement; they have added a lot of newer admissions staff recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like she has already made her choice. Let her do ED1 to the undergrad she likes.

Since you’ve already made up your mind, let us know what happens. I’m sure she’ll change her mind sometime between now and by the time she makes it to biglaw.