Becoming A Lawyer

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hello. I am a highschool senior who wants to be a lawyer in the future.
I need some adivce....
I was accepted to NYU Stern for fall 2005. And I will be attending there this fall. but then what if i wanna do law.. well i wasn't thinking about becoming a lawyer obviously.. rather, i was thinking about becoming an i-banker..
so should i transfer out to school like U chicago or Northwestern? Duke perhaps? to make my path to become a lawyer more shiny? ...
i don't know what to do..
it will be very helpful if you can give me some advice</p>

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<p>i'm in the same boat, I'll be attending Stern in the fall, but I'm torn between a career in finance or becoming a lawyer. I figure since the the first 2 years of stern are general coarsework in each area of business, I'll find out if business is really for me. If so then I'll take up a finance major and try my best to get a quality gpa, however if I find that business is not for me I'm going to try and get into a slightly less congested major so that I can get a high gpa, begin studying for the LSAT and hope to get into HLS YLS.</p>

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<p>just remember your major or the school you attend does not determine whether or not you will get in to law school. It is very possible to major in finance and get in to a top 15 law school If I were either of you I'd stick to stern</p>

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<p>My SAT tutor from years back went from stern to law school and she's now doing corporate law.</p>

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<p>The OP is 17 right?</p>

<p>Don't go to school as a "pre-law." Chances are, you'll change your mind somewhere down the line, so just study what you like. There is no one best major for law school, it's all smoke and mirrors.</p>

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<p>yea, pre-law is a waste of time anyway. Once you get to law school you end up getting abused by the professors since pre-law teaches you nothing useful for law school, or at least thats what my dad's friends (professors at HLS and Columbia Law) say</p>

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<p>"Pre-law" is a state of mind, not a major. It simply means that you're planning to go to law school after college.</p>

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<p>Don't think you have to transfer to a "shinier" school to go to a good law school. If NYU meets your academic needs, and you do well there, and do well on the LSAT, you'll get into some good law schools.</p>

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<p>Ditto to Greybeard. </p>

<p>You might actually be helped by really excelling at a good school instead of being at the bottom of your class at a top school.</p>