<p>here are my options: go to sdsu in spring or suck it up, wait till next year and go to w.e ucs i get into. Im looking at it in terms of whats going to look better for law school.</p>
<p>legit UC > SDSU > crappy UC</p>
<p>Do you have a particular law school or tier of law school in mind? A relative of mine is currently going to a top 5 and he said that basically everyone he knows there who came from CA went to UCB/UCLA/Stanford/Pomona college. One or two came from the lower UCs like Irvine and a handful of others from other privates. He doesn’t know anyone who came from a CSU.
This makes sense since the UCs are the public large research universities of CA, which were created to prepare people for grad/professional school while the CSUs were created to train people to get into the workforce quickly (as per the CA Master Plan for Higher Education).</p>
<p>yea well i dont want to stay in state for law, i was looking at nyu, or Fordham or idk but at least one of the top 20. Im just not sure if i should waste a complete year waiting for the ucs when idk where ill even get in. i got into ucr and ucsc last year but didnt end up going to either because of complications. Last year was tough to get into the schools and its even more competitive this year. im just looking at the long run you know?</p>
<p>well with stellar grades at sdsu, and a sexy LSAT score, I can’t see why you can’t go to really good law school from there.</p>
<p>I say UC only for their reputation.the better ranked UC will also help but also have good grades and awesome LCAT since law schools are admitting you as an individual,not the school.</p>
<p>First, you need to make sure you can even get admitted to a UC, or else everything will be for nothing.</p>
<p>If you can, then it all comes down to whether or not you can/want to sacrifice the time and money and wait for a UC. </p>
<p>Everyone is right that getting into gradschool will ultimately depend on you as a person, but a UC might just be one extra thing to put on your app.</p>
<p>well i got into ucr and ucsc last year but those are just the lower ranking schools and idk if the education i would get there would be worth the 11 grand in tuition.</p>
<p>Those UC’s are wonderful schools. You would get your money’s worth!</p>
<p>I see your dilemma. I agree it’s about the individual as well as what school they attend.
It’s a tough call though. I totally relate to the going-into-debt thing as well. To me, UCSD may not be worth going into more debt for what I want to do. I am actually choosing SDSU in the spring over waiting around to find out if I get accepted at UCSD, but my circumstances are a little different (going into teaching, already 25 married with a kid - don’t have time to just wait around). But I do think you can come out of there doing great things. I’ve read success stories of students there going on to law school or other top graduate programs. </p>
<p>Sorry I’m not more help. I know it’s a stressful decision.</p>
<p>I would tell anyone wanting to get into a top law school to go to a top school for undergrad. I say you wait for the UC’s.</p>
<p>I would tell anyone wanting to get into a top law school to seriously reconsider. Unless they don’t need to take out loans for it.</p>
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<p>You don’t want to live with regrets. If UC’s are still on the table you might as well go for it, especially if you think it will help for law school (can’t hurt). Being a year older won’t hinder you. SDSU will still be there if you can’t get into any UCs. Perhaps you’ll even be surprised by which UCs you get into this time. Who knows, right?</p>
<p>yeah, you could hold out for the UCs, but if you have pretty much the same stats from last year then i don’t know why anything different should magically happen this year, esp if theres more competiton this year. you can get into law school from any 4-year if you seriously just work your ass off and get good grades and get an amazing LSAT.
i think where you go for undergrad isnt as important as how you do while you’re there.</p>
<p>yea idk my stats are pretty much the same as last year and honeslty i cant wait another year. i took bs classes this semester just to keep busy but i can feel myself starting to hate school. i feel like if i do well at sdsu then i can get into the law school of my choice. tbh i doubt if i would get in anywhere but ucr or ucsc… idk its a tough decision.</p>
<p>If you read the advise of those who have gone to law school, or are in the process of applying to law school, or simply anyone who knows about law school admissions, the 2 things that count the most in admissions for Law School are your gpa and lsat score. Even if you attend a top rigorous school, a low GPA will hinder your chances more than having attending a no name school and having achieved a high gpa at a no name school(assuming you have a high LSAT score).
With that said, no one should presume that attaining a high gpa at either school is feasible. I don’t know what your major will be, but if it is a popular or impacted one, you will find it difficult to develop relationships with your professors for future letter of recommendations. I’m not sure if its the same situation at cal states, but i know from my experiences at a UC, rarely are upper division courses small enough to stand out.
Also just because a school is not over represented at a top law/business school does not mean that that school’s alumni aren’t admitted at the same rate of top schools. It can mean any number of things. Maybe the type of person who attends cal states are simply not interested in attending top law schools nor have the motivation/drive/interest to aim for schools like that, thus resulting in very few students actually applying to schools like those.</p>
<p>with all the above said, it doesn’t hurt to wait for a UC, only if you “care” about it. the benefit i see to a top uc is the connections/network that exists with recruiters/companies that hire from these schools. (i guess this doesn’t matter if you’re dead set on law school, but it does help if you realize that you don’t want to go the law school route. )</p>