Good SLAC for "pre" law?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

Yes. And in law, most people only care where you went to law school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any of them will be fine. One thing to consider is if the kid has any clue what kind of law your DC wants to do. Most you can pick up in law school and practice, but if your DC wants to do IP law, he/she would be well-served to get a science degree (especially an engineering degree) so that he/she can join the patent bar and have a lot more options available.

Concur with this suggestion...I focused on tax ..(ugh...yep)....so took business courses in undergrad. My only suggestion would be to try to get into state flagships if at all possible....but if you are unsuccessful, then other advise is sound-best grades possible + kill the LSAT!

[Anonymous]

Look up the employment stats for lawyers, then tell you kid to pick another career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, please list the best SLAC for pre-law. Our DD is looking at SLACs, and we will be sure to cross that school off the list!

Huh?

+1 WTF?

Boring lawyers clearly are to serious (or self-absorbed) to have a sense of humor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

What's "HLS"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

What's "HLS"?

Harvard Law School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look up the employment stats for lawyers, then tell you kid to pick another career.

Well today possibly.....but the market 7 years from now will change....several of the "old" lawyers will be retired....someone needs to take up these spots...! I wouldn't let today's market dictate the future that far down the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

What's "HLS"?

Harvard Law School.

I think most people have never heard of that abbreviation.

[Anonymous]

Of course the law school counts more, but I don't agree the undergrad isn't important. Law school is a numbers game, yes, and that high LSAT with the high GPA is important, but I believe there is a waiting. I think the 4.00 kid from Md with a good, not great, LSAT will not do as well as the 4.0 kid from Princeton with the same LSAT. While we all know people from small LACs who got into HLS or YLS, keep in mind those are usually only one person from each of those schools. By contrast, I understand that HLS used to reserve something like 25% of its slots for Harvard undergrads -- probably less today, but you get the point.

Then there are other factors. I attended a state flagship school for undergrad in another part of the country. Very few of my classmates moved out of the state. Had I stayed there, I would have had a good network of local contacts that eventually would help with a legal practice. Odds are much better if you go to a top 20 university or LAC that you will make friends with more future movers and shakers if you want a national legal practice in DC, NY, etc. If you plan to work for the government, public interest, etc. it doesn't matter as much, but even in government the contacts from undergrad can help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, please list the best SLAC for pre-law. Our DD is looking at SLACs, and we will be sure to cross that school off the list!

Huh?

+1 WTF?

Boring lawyers clearly are to serious (or self-absorbed) to have a sense of humor.

Yes, but a joke needs to be funny. Try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

What's "HLS"?

Harvard Law School.

I think most people have never heard of that abbreviation.

Lawyers and law students are well aware of this abbreviation, I can assure you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

What's "HLS"?

Harvard Law School.

I think most people have never heard of that abbreviation.

Lawyers and law students are well aware of this abbreviation, I can assure you.

They are, but most don't use it. Most would have instead said HYS, for Harvard, Yale, Stanford (i.e., top three law schools).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

Unless you are URM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

What's "HLS"?

Harvard Law School.

I think most people have never heard of that abbreviation.

Not sure you're right about that. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere with grade inflation so she can get a high gpa

this.

you want a place that has easy grading and where your kid will be happy so they can get the best gpa possible.

then the kid needs to kill lsat's.

it doesn't matter where said kid goes to undergrad.

he/she can go to chico state, but a 3.8, 177 lsat will get him/her into a top 6 law school at the very least, if not HLS

Unless you are URM.

if you are URM, a 3.8/177 would get you into YLS with money regardless of what UG you went to or what your major was.