UMD or William & Mary for pre-law?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Save your money for law school and go to whichever of these is in-state.

While think W&M is the stronger option of the two, this is very sound advice.

+1 W&M OOS is exorbitant. Really not worth it. UMD a little better. But with two good options, silly not to go in-state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Save your money for law school and go to whichever of these is in-state.

While think W&M is the stronger option of the two, this is very sound advice.

+1 W&M OOS is exorbitant. Really not worth it. UMD a little better. But with two good options, silly not to go in-state.

UMD is better at what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Save your money for law school and go to whichever of these is in-state.

While think W&M is the stronger option of the two, this is very sound advice.

+1 W&M OOS is exorbitant. Really not worth it. UMD a little better. But with two good options, silly not to go in-state.

Better in terms of OOS tuition. We don’t know which option is instate for OP.

UMD is better at what?

[Anonymous]

I suspect they might get more individual attention to hone their writing skills at W &M , but if you kid does not want to go there, don’t force it on then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W&M has a much stronger law school, however, which benefits its pre-law advising and a high Bar passage rate

There is no need for “pre-law advising” and I can’t imagine how anything in undergrad could possibly relate to bar passage rates.

You don't have a clue what you are talking about so I'd shut up. A good college pre-law advisor can make all the difference in the world. I work in law school admissions and can tell you this from daily experience. UMD has one of the top programs in the country and it absolutely makes a difference.

What do pre-law advisors do that's so helpful?

My (ivy) didn't have pre-law advisors and I didn't think I was going to law school until the very end, so I wouldn't have used them even if they had existed. It didn't make any difference.

[Anonymous]

The WSJ survey on public college salaries for graduates working in law has W&M graduates with higher salaries than UMD graduates and 2X the percentage of graduates working in law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:W&M has a much stronger law school, however, which benefits its pre-law advising and a high Bar passage rate

UMD does not have a law school. That is UMB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Save your money for law school and go to whichever of these is in-state.

While think W&M is the stronger option of the two, this is very sound advice.

+1 W&M OOS is exorbitant. Really not worth it. UMD a little better. But with two good options, silly not to go in-state.

Better in terms of OOS tuition. We don’t know which option is instate for OP.

UMD is better at what?

UMD is top 50. WM is below VT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W&M has a much stronger law school, however, which benefits its pre-law advising and a high Bar passage rate

There is no need for “pre-law advising” and I can’t imagine how anything in undergrad could possibly relate to bar passage rates.

You don't have a clue what you are talking about so I'd shut up. A good college pre-law advisor can make all the difference in the world. I work in law school admissions and can tell you this from daily experience. UMD has one of the top programs in the country and it absolutely makes a difference.

What do pre-law advisors do that's so helpful?

My (ivy) didn't have pre-law advisors and I didn't think I was going to law school until the very end, so I wouldn't have used them even if they had existed. It didn't make any difference.

This. A “pre-law” advisor has an inherent bias for such positions but no real clue or role these days. Great grades, great LSAT scores and a basic notion of where you want to practice is all it takes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:W&M has a much stronger law school, however, which benefits its pre-law advising and a high Bar passage rate

Isn't UMD ranked a lot higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Save your money for law school and go to whichever of these is in-state.

While think W&M is the stronger option of the two, this is very sound advice.

+1 W&M OOS is exorbitant. Really not worth it. UMD a little better. But with two good options, silly not to go in-state.

Better in terms of OOS tuition. We don’t know which option is instate for OP.

UMD is better at what?

Most anything useful: math, cs, economics, physics, criminology, even business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W&M has a much stronger law school, however, which benefits its pre-law advising and a high Bar passage rate

There is no need for “pre-law advising” and I can’t imagine how anything in undergrad could possibly relate to bar passage rates.

You don't have a clue what you are talking about so I'd shut up. A good college pre-law advisor can make all the difference in the world. I work in law school admissions and can tell you this from daily experience. UMD has one of the top programs in the country and it absolutely makes a difference.

I have a feeling you are the same law school admissions know-it-all who was posting in the other law school thread. I sincerely hope you don’t work directly with students. Your attitude and arrogance reflect poorly on you—lucky for you this is anonymous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W&M has a much stronger law school, however, which benefits its pre-law advising and a high Bar passage rate

Isn't UMD ranked a lot higher.

No??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W&M has a much stronger law school, however, which benefits its pre-law advising and a high Bar passage rate

UMD does not have a law school. That is UMB.

It is the University of Maryland law school, which is located on the Baltimore campus along with the med school, nursing school, etc. But no one calls it UMB.

[Anonymous]

Whichever one is less expensive. Truly.