Advice

Graduate School Law School
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Hello everyone,

I am currently a freshman at UC Berkeley, and my intended major is economics. I am not sure whether I should go to law school or business school, but I know for certain my future will be at one of these two. GPA is currently at 3.7

If I go to law school, I would like to go to any of the top 6 law schools (Yale, Stanford, Harvard, UChicago, Columbia, NYU). I had an opportunity to go to UChicago but due to financial reasons could not.

From research, I know the priorities are:

1.) GPA
2.) LSAT
3.) Everything else

For those of you currently in law school or who are preparing to go there, what advice do you have?

Thank you!

2

Do well, preserve your gap. Rock the LSAT, don’t do anything that may come up and bite you when it is time to apply for the bar.

3

sybble719 is correct. Also, plan to take a year off (or more) between college and law school and work in a cool job that fits your life’s passions, so get good summer internships.

With a 3.7 from Berkeley, you should be in good shape.

4

Thank you @sybbie719 and @HappyAlumnus.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what courses would help me- aside from generic writing courses?

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any courses in which you can earn an A.