<p>I'm actually in a 3+3 program with them, and I might be attending Albany Law in Fall 2010. I know it's a third tier, but I heard the school has strong ties and connections with the alumni and corporations across the the whole state of NY. I could possibly also be going to Columbia, but getting 170+ will be a hard feat for me to accomplish. I haven't taken a practice LSAT or did any questions yet, but I am saying this mainly because I didn't do quite as well on the SAT as I would have liked to. I really want to keep my 3+3 program because saving 1 year of school is a lot of money saved. I guess I could ultimately transfer from Albany if it is not good. Transfer admissions for law schools must be incredibly difficult. Here is to me hoping I get 170+ haha.</p>
<p>There is a huge, massive, disgustingly large gap between Albany and Columbia. Like Columbia’s 25th percentile LSAT is 11 points above Albany’s 75th. Seriously, if you get in at Columbia leave Albany and don’t look back.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know that. The problem is I need at least a 170 on the LSAT. I am going to start studying during spring break, and then the whole summer. I’m a smart kid with a great GPA, but I did just good on the SAT. I didn’t do spectacular. Based on the SAT, I should be lucky to get like a 160 LSAT.</p>
<p>Albany is one of the schools where my kid was accepted. It has very good employment statistics (although as with any T3 or lower ranked school, employment may be regional), a good bar passage rate, and decent facilities. Its microform library is huge. The lowest 1/4 of the class has to take a legal reasoning class, defer criminal law to year 2 and have their 2L classes approved, which may be one of the reasons why it’s able to support those students-at-risk and to report a lower attrition rate than many other schools in its ranking. It doesn’t have a dorm or grad housing. It has a good professor to student ration (15/1), accepts 44% from college, and 39 of the 87 credits required for graduation are for required classes (which is a little less than some other schools). It requires 24 credits for a concentration, which is a few more than other schools. It has a 5-day orientation (2 or 3 days-longer than many other schools). Moot court is not required.</p>
<p>In each case where I reference “other schools,” I’m comparing to the 12 schools or so where my kid was accepted and have done intense research…you’ll end up doing your own research when you get to that point!!! </p>
<p>If you’re looking at T3 schools, the largest negative for Albany is (IMO), cost. At $39,050 for tuition and fees, it’s sure not cheap.</p>
<p>Hmm, I have a very solid GPA at the RPI business school. It’s very high on the spectrum. It looks like RPI does fairly well for grad placement. I just need to get myself a high LSAT score somehow. I wonder with enough hard work if I will get that 168-170 I am looking for. I was looking at some test questions I prefer them over the SAT. The logic games slightly suck, but they are actually quite interesting. If I go to a school like Albany for 1 year with the intention of transferring later is that a bad thing? I liked this 3+3 program because of the nice cost reduction. RPI is expensive and saving 1 year of school is great in that regard. I need to do some research about transferring from law schools.</p>