Good pre-law?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for really good pre-law schools, and am just starting to think about admissions. I really like Columbia University so far, although I know it is really hard to get into! Please list really good pre-laws -- I'm first in my class, have a good GPA and good SATs and ECs. Thanks so much!</p>

<p>On a completely different note,
I'm also really interested in journalism. What schools are good for that (separate from law) or if I would dual-major in journalism with a concentration in pre-law? Thanks again.</p>

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<p>Pre-law is any major you want. Major in what you like and then apply to law school.</p>

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<p>Well yeah, I am interested in being a poly-sci major</p>

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<p>Penn Haverford</p>

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<p>Since ivies are super reaches, you’ll also need some regular reaches, matches, and safeties.</p>

<p>Is money no object?</p>

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<p>Duke is extremely strong in polisci (there are a lot of threads about this topic on the Duke forum). Moreover, 99% of law applicants get into a law school of their choice (source: Admissions Office). PM me if you’d like more info or just look around CC/the Duke website. :)</p>

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<p>[Prelaw</a> Program | College of the Holy Cross](<a href=“http://www.holycross.edu/academics/prelaw/]Prelaw”>http://www.holycross.edu/academics/prelaw/)</p>

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<p>Money is an object, but my sister was planning on going to Cornell, so amy parents asre dedicated to get us the best education we can get. So nothing like Sarah Lawrence, but I mean ivies tuition is doable and everything. I’d say 55 grand a year is like, out of the question. But thanks for the schools, my sister’s looking at Holy Cross too! What are some safeties that I can look at? Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>The best pre-law schools are Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford. They are cut above the rest. </p>

<p>The next group includes:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley, Duke, Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Northwestern, Chicago, Michigan, Virginia and UCLA.</p>

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<p>As someone said earlier, really there is no “pre-law major,” though some colleges do award such a baccalaureate designation. What you’re really asking is ‘what is the reputation and record of a undergraduate college’s placement office?’ Well, here the Ivy League often comes out on top, but keep in mind that law school admissions is quite different from undergrad admissions. Law school admissions is very much numbers based; your test scores and your GPA. Also, the top law schools like to think of themselves as “national” schools, thus the like a first year class with BA/BS degress from various places. Just look at the alma maters of every the first year class at Harvard Law. They all have top grades and test scores from dozens of places.</p>

<p>So the best advice for underclassman who aspires to law school is to do very well in the major of your choice.</p>

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Do you have any justification for that, or are you, as I suspect, simply pulling that out of your rear?</p>

<p>Harvard and Yale are a cut above everyone else for law school placement. Stanford does well, though not nearly on the same level. Princeton does no better than Penn, Brown, Duke, or Columbia.</p>

<p>(I have posted detailed statistics for this many times before.)</p>