<p>This fall I will be attending a prestigious LAC that has a 3-3 Law program with Columbia, the idea being that you study three years at the LAC then 3 at Columbia Law graduating after 6 years with both your BA and JD. Does anyone have any experience with a program like this? or have the ability to state some of the pros and cons of such a program?</p>
<p>Which “prestigious LAC” is this? This sounds like an awesome program and congratulations! 
Best wishes!</p>
<p>Sorry, I obviously don’t know anything about this, but you’re in an excellent program.</p>
<p>CLS offers the 3+3 program to a variety of schools, however I’ve heard from a past applicant that this program essentially only exists on paper. It is beyond selective, and most years there are zero acceptances from any given college.</p>
<p>^^Bump
Hamilton</p>
<p>Personally, I would go wherever you wanted to for undergrad, take enough classes to graduate in three years (if that’s what you really want to do) and apply normally. There really isn’t any difference.</p>
<p>I am in the same program (AILE) with another college. From what I hear this program is quite small and hardly anyone has success with it. A minimum of a 3.9 GPA and a 170 is usually expected and most of the time the individuals with these stats still get passed over. It is supposed to be more competitive and less used way of getting into Columbia Law. I know this is not what you wanted to hear. I didn’t want to hear this either. Let’s just say I am still angry about some information presented to me in a highly deceptive way by certain individuals. Don’t let this discourage you. I am going to be in year 3 of this program, and I am planning to pursue it to the best of my ability by taking the LSAT this September or December. If it doesn’t work out, I can try to finish 1 semester early from my undergrad. At least I will have an enjoyable senior year by getting all this law school stuff done early.</p>
<p>ok thanks. obviously I’m not going to Hamilton for that program it just seemed kinda interesting. I agree if hardly anybody can do it they shouldn’t put it out there like they do. I just talked to a professor and he said if you have good enough stats to do the CLS 3-3 you might as well wait a year and apply to HYS.</p>