Got into all 3 as transfer- merit scholarships made them all actually around the same price. I plan on majoring in Econ and Spanish, and minoring in international relations or finance (if I go to Miami, Emory doesn’t do business school minors). I want to do corporate law, specifically in the entertainment industry which I know is super specific. For now though, what I really care about is which has better law school acceptances. Or maybe business school but probably law school. Do any of the schools blow the others out of the water? I like Miami (the city) way better than Atlanta, and I love Malibu, but I also need to go to grad school so please help lol I have like 4 days to decide thanks
Emory
law school is all about GPA+LSAT. A 3.9 from any of them will be considered equal by law schools.
Emory is the best of the bunch academically. Malibu, while beautiful, is not exactly a college town. Miami would have the best parties but still provide an excellent education.
btw: ‘entertainment’ law is not really a thing.
Spanish and entertainment industry. Miami strengths.
Both have great law school paths for you. Miami s law school is an estate planning powerhouse. Which is also useful in entertainment representation and agency.
Emory is a bit more academically selective, so it has a little more panache in some circles. It’s also filled with pretty serious students, uniformly across the board. If that’s important to you from a vibe perspective.
Miami has the sports and location advantage. Imho. Coral gables is beautiful.
^^btw: ‘entertainment’ law is not really a thing.^^
A friend’s son graduated from an Ivy and is currently in law school at H/Y/C (i.e., not a California school like Stanford). He played in a band during college and also DJed at a local radio station. He wants to combine his interests in law and music/entertainment, and to that end he has secured a summer internship at a Los Angeles firm known for its deep ties to the entertainment industry. Hence, while “entertainment law” might not be “a thing” in the sense that law schools offer courses in it, it is definitely a field of practice that some firms–and some lawyers–specialize in.
It is important to note that this young man has succeeded in getting his foot in the door without ever having attended school in SoCal. Given this fact, I would not choose Pepperdine based on the [faulty] premise that studying near the heart of the entertainment industry is some sort of implicit prerequisite for pursuing a law career focused on this industry.
Between Miami and Emory, I would–all things considered–go with Emory. I’m not a fan of Atlanta, but Emory has a stronger academic reputation than Miami. Assuming that your GPA and LSAT scores would be about the same at either school, I think that Emory’s reputation would give you a bit of a boost in law school admissions, and the better the law school you can get into, the more options you’ll have for forging the career path you want, especially if that path is a bit unconventional.
Correct. And those few firms that do some entertain work are extremely competitive; a student from the T6 with top grades can readily do it without ties to California.
No. Some law schools (esp H & Y) particularly like their own grads, but neither Emory as a name nor the degree of difficulty of your major will give a law school app a boost over your GPA & LSAT.
And, I would be careful about assuming that your GPA will be the same at each school. Emory isn’t just more ‘selective’, it’s also more competitive once you get there: there are a lot of very ambitious pre-professional students. For many students, that’s a real plus: the buzz from being around other competitive students invigorates and encourages them. For other students, not so much. This is where input from anonymous posters stops being helpful: you need to think about you and what environments you shine in. That will make more of a difference than the difference between any of these schools.
Pepperdine is a heavily religious school. Would that be good or bad for you?
@MrSamford2014 What are you talking about?
If you quote someone please be accurate. Where did I say the phrase “entertainment law” or “it was a thing”.
I simply mentioned estate planning law is a good base for those considering representing entertainers and athletes. Contracts. Trusts. Squirreling away money. Prenuptial agreements etc
Heckerking at Miami. And it’s annual forums are the nexus point of estate law In the USA. It’s a thing.
And access to south beach and athletics at the university could also make connections to the entertainment industry.
You like Emory and it’s better reputation. I stated as much myself. That’s perfectly ok.
State your view for sure. But perhaps leave me out of it please.
Actually, @privatebanker, I was quoting bluebayou, whose post immediately preceded yours.
I was making no reference to your remarks beyond implicitly agreeing with your assessment of Emory’s superior reputation and Miami’s superior location.
Sorry for any misunderstanding.
@MrSamford2014 Oh. I thought that and was like that’s so unlike you. Your posts are so measured. I thought I had done something to piss you off.
My bad. Sorry.
Thank you all so much! I feel like my GPA would be higher at Miami, based on what my friend who goes there tells me, so the fact that you all say it is GPA over school name has made Miami more attractive. Emory is still a contender but your answers helped a ton