<p>Which Graduate School?</p>
<p>ive liked northwestern's from what i saw. 3 years and your out</p>
<p>I'd say Harvard</p>
<p>I'd say the one you get accepted into.</p>
<p>As far as aiming, well, name matters. My favorites: Harvard, Yale, Wharton, Stanford. Mix and math as you please :)</p>
<p>If you care about the firepower of both the JD and the MBA, then Stanford and Harvard are in a class by themselves. Penn's law school and Yale's MBA program don't have the same pull as Wharton and YLS.</p>
<p>Hey, if you're a true superstar, don't mess around. Construct an ad-hoc MBA/JD program where you get your MBA at HBS and your JD at Yale. That's what Lisa Schwartz did.</p>
<p>Question about a join JD/MBA...</p>
<p>I understand that you have to get accepted to both schools of the institution that you want to apply to. However, do you need just an acceptable score on the MBA part or do you need a top of the line score.... Sounds confusing? let me give you an example</p>
<p>For example if i apply to Yale's JD/MBA program, i understand i need a 170-175 on the LSAT(rough estimate) to get in-- but do i also need whatever the equivalency of a LSAT score 170-175 is on the GMAT, or would I just need to get an average score</p>
<p>You would need to get whatever it would take to get into the Yale MBA program. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that MBA admissions consider numbers to be only a minor part of the process. Admissions mostly hinges on work experience and leadership abilities, as evidenced by essays, interview, rec's, etc. MBA programs reject plenty of people with stellar numbers but weaknesses in their work experience and leadership abilities. For example, a supergenius with perfect grades and test scores but with no social skills, no work experience, and no demonstrated ability to lead and inspire anybody is far more likely to get into a top law school than a top business school.</p>
<p>in a JD/MBA program, I understand they require you to take both the GRE and the LSAT. However Im wondering is the GMAT requirement lowered for kids who apply to the JD program</p>
<p>Your biz school application is considered separately from your law school application. I wouldn't expect either school to lower its standards by virtue of your application to a second professional school.</p>
<p>Did Lisa Schwartz go to both grad schools straight out of undergrad? Assuming that she did, don't top tier B-schools require 4-6 years of work experience?</p>
<p>Also, for such a program, would getting accepted to both schools ensure entrance to the joint degree program? Or do the programs only pick a select few from the people who made both schools?</p>
<p>Chicago?? I would think though im not sure.</p>
<p>are these worth it now a days to get? will graduates from a joint program have a much larger opportunity than those that have one degree or the other?</p>
<p>For starters I’d say for the joint degree:
Harvard/Stanford >>>>>> UPenn/Chicago/Columbia > NYU/Yale</p>
<p>That being said, I’m debating adding the MBA on and I’m just having difficulty justifying it. Sure its only an extra year for a whole degree but law firms begin to question your dedication to the legal field and I would rather just clerk for a year instead. </p>
<p>Then again, you get to do a whole MBA with only an extra year (so a half price HBS/SBS/Wharton MBA!) and it surely would help for restructuring/bankruptcy or if you ever decide to jump into finance.</p>
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<p>They do not. There are always a few people who get in every year who have precisely zero work experience. </p>
<p>Consider Chris Wilson-Byrne, who graduated from Boston College in 2007 and entered directly into Harvard Business School with precisely zero full-time work experience. Don’t be fooled by the listing of Citigroup as his work experience, as that was his summer internship. </p>
<p>[Chris</a> Wilson-Byrne Profile - MBA - Harvard Business School](<a href=“http://www.hbs.edu/mba/profiles/students/cwilsonbyrne.html]Chris”>http://www.hbs.edu/mba/profiles/students/cwilsonbyrne.html)</p>
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<p>Apparently she did. But not at the same time, or at least, I don’t think so. According to the alumni database, she is listed as a graduate of Harvard Business School in 2005, and is also a graduate of the Yale Law School class of 2008. </p>
<p>[Yale</a> Law School](<a href=“http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/5510.htm]Yale”>http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/5510.htm)</p>
<p>What about people who want to be a corporate lawyer, but most likely at some point switch over to the business side. Is it simply two totally different applications…is there a way to get denied from the HBS, but still be able to attend HLS?</p>
<p>If it’s totally separate applications, I’m guessing many people take a few years of to gain experience? I don’t see how else without serious connection you can go straight into HBS…that is if they really consider the applications totally separate. I’m not sure I’m willing to take 2 years off after undergraduate, even though being a corporate lawyer and eventually switching over has always been what I planned on.</p>
<p>Can anyone give any insight on this matter?</p>
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<p>It is two totally different applications. Plenty of people will get admitted to one program but denied by the other. </p>
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<p>Trust me, Chris Wilson-Byrne, my prior example, doesn’t have serious connections. Like I said, every year, a small percentage of people will get into HBS right out of undergrad, with no work experience and no connections.</p>
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<p>Yet plenty of people are willing to work for a number of years before entering law school. Barack Obama didn’t enter Harvard Law until he was 27 and having worked for many years as a community organizer and other nonprofit work. The average age of the entering class of Harvard Law is 24. </p>
<p>[Harvard</a> Law School | Admission and Application Information](<a href=“http://www.law-school-admission.com/Harvard/]Harvard”>http://www.law-school-admission.com/Harvard/)</p>
<p>Hmm so even if I was to take a couple years off, what is a common job/salary for someone who comes straight out of a top 5 school with saaayy a B.A in bus. administration?</p>
<p>Sorry for the questions but you seem ver knowledgeable.</p>
<p>Also how useful is it if you want to go from being a lawyer into business? Many lawyers go to business after a few years in practice anyway…should I waste the time?</p>