I recently applied to the Science, Technology, & Society-Law B.S./J.D. accelerated program, however, there isn’t much information on it. If anyone has any knowledge on it, can you please provide some insight on it or answer some of my questions below?
I know for the MD / BS program, you do not have to take the MCAT, so if admitted, will I not have to take the LSAT?
Upon acceptance, would I have a guaranteed acceptance into Albany or Columbia Law School, or would I have to apply?
If I do have to reapply to said law schools, what is the purpose of the accelerated track? I read on one website that I have to be nominated for admittance into Columbia and Albany law schools so then how is this different than just applying to regular law school? What are it’s advantages?
Any knowledge shared would be greatly appreciated! Sorry for so many questions, I just can not find much information about it and don’t want to bug the admissions office
Hey! So… you don’t take the LSAT for guaranteed acceptance to Albany Law School, but you need to take it for other schools I believe if you want to apply. It’s really on a case by case basis but you definitely don’t for Albany (which happens to be a very good law school). You do need to maintain a decent GPA from what I’m aware though (at least a 3.0) since you do have to put an application in, but there’s never been anyone rejected from the dual law program under the contract with Albany.
It’s a bit confusing but basically the application is just to ask them to admit you, you’re not actually submitting LSAT scores or anything and they just check your GPA and recommendations and see if you’re a functional student. Nominated means basically being accepted to the program and maintaining a decent GPA from what I’m aware. The advantage is also that the acceptance rate is much higher… (again… everyone is admitted at least to Albany). If you try your chances normally the acceptance rate would be less than 10% in most cases…
Granted, this is also a highly desirable program and RPI gives a lot of money to students that get into it usually. From what I remember, less than 10% of students (or maybe even less) actually get admitted to the accelerated program and the stats are VERY high (like Ivy high). Don’t get discouraged though, apply for this program you still have a wayy better chance of getting in then waiting and going to college and applying to law school. So best of luck and I hope all goes well :)!
P.S. I wish I could share the stats, they are definitely somewhere online but I have no clue where. I’ve seen them somewhere before. If you contact the admissions office they can probably give you better information, but it’s probably not a good idea while they’re considering your app to ask about the acceptance rate since it’ll show you’re uncertain about yourself.
