<p>Im pre-law and have been accepted at both. I wanted to know which school would be better for me to go to as pre-law.</p>
<p>I know GPA matters so where is it easier to get a higher gpa.</p>
<p>Also, do law schools consider berkeley a lot higher than USC when choosing students?</p>
<p>USC is definitely gonna be easier to get a higher GPA</p>
<p>Any other suggestions? Anyone?</p>
<p>Law schools are mostly concerned w/ GPA and LSAT scores. You undergraduate school (within top 30-40 or so) will be secondary to those factors. Applying to law school from berkeley wouldn't give you any signifigant advantage over applying from USC.</p>
<p>I don't think Berkeley is that highly regarded as a pre-law undergraduate school. Cal students typically have low GPAs due to the intense competition and lack of grade inflation, but I assume most law schools take this into account (I know they do for engineering and pre-med). However, USC is a decent school for pre-law and probably will give you a better shot at your dream law school.</p>
<p>Bumpety Bump</p>
<p>Berkeley is regarded highly as a pre-law undergraduate school. Compared to USC, UC Berkeley has more students at top law schools. For example, for the year 2006-2007, Harvard Law has 48 students from Berkeley and 13 students from USC. While Yale Law has 16 from Berkeley and 5 from USC. Also, I spoke with the Boalt Admissions Director recently, and she told me Berkeley is the highest feeder school to Boalt. At a recent career fair, the NYU admission representative told me that two years ago, UC Berkeley was the top feeder school to NYU Law.</p>
<p>Also, at Berkeley grade deflation exists mainly in the engineering and sciences classes, not in the social sciences. Social science classes, imo, are pretty easy here. I know many people in social science majors with 3.8 or higher GPAs.</p>
<p>Bump......</p>
<p>Is it a lot easier to get a higher GPA at USC than Berkeley or are the curves in the social sciences like econ and political science more or less the same at both schools?</p>