Guaranteed Law School Admission Programs?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm a highschool junior interested in pursuing law, and I've heard of a few "guaranteed admission" law programs in universities such as Illinois Institute of Technology, Mercer University, and George Washington University.</p>

<p>These programs guarantee you a spot in their law school if you maintain a certain GPA and apply straight from high school. You don't need to write LSATs, but I'm assuming you need a high GPA and a good SAT score.</p>

<p>I'm an international student, and I'm not sure what my prospects would be for such a program...</p>

<p>Do you guys have any idea how good programs such as this are? What stats do you think I'd need to get into such a program? Have you heard of any other universities where I can be accepted into their law school from freshman year without writing LSATs?</p>

<p>I'm a 90+ student, and I just wrote my SAT 1 yesterday. I'm hoping to get 2000+, but I'm rewriting it again in October.</p>

<p>Thanks so much for your help.</p>

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<p>Check out the Honors Law program at the University of Richmond:
<a href="http://www.richmond.edu/prospective/majors/others/law.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.richmond.edu/prospective/majors/others/law.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>It's not a guaranteed admission to the law school, but Fordham has a 3-3 Program...
<a href="http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/undergraduate_colleg/fordham_college_at_l/special_programs/preprofessional_prog/33_program_22327.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/undergraduate_colleg/fordham_college_at_l/special_programs/preprofessional_prog/33_program_22327.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Vanderbilt University has a program like that. I believe 10 outstanding incoming freshmen are accepted to the ENGAGE program, which is guaranteed admission to most of the school's graduate programs. The law school is included in the program. I do not believe that you have to take the LSAT.<br>
<a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/engage/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vanderbilt.edu/engage/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>My conclusion when I was applying to college back in the seventies was that if I had the credentials to be admitted to a guaranteed law school admissions program offered by an undergraduate institution, I would likely have the credentials four years down the road to to be admitted to comparable law schools.</p>

<p>I also figured that if the guaranteed admission place got me into a law school that would have been otherwise beyond my reach, I might be better off going somewhere else anyway.</p>

<p>Finally, I was concerned that guaranteed admission to a law school might reduce my motivation to work hard in college.</p>

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<p>Don't restrain yourself. Maybe you'll do really well on the LSAT and have a good GPA and you'll want to go to a better or different law school. Don't choose the undergradaute school because of its grad program unless you are 100% on taking advantage of it.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys!</p>

<p>As a senior who's already applied, I thought it would be fair to update you since you all really helped me by giving your opinions.</p>

<p>I did apply to guaranteed law programs, which was against what most of you suggested.</p>

<p>Why?</p>

<p>This is my reasoning: Having a sure thing is better than nothing at all, because I'm absolutely certain I want to be a lawyer. I've been immersed in that atmosphere for most of my life, and it's my passion and dream. I always have the chance to apply to a different graduate school after undergrad if I choose not to attend the "guaranteed" school of my choice, but the thing is, every single school I applied to had an amazing law school.</p>

<p>It all seemed to work out for me, but I'm really glad for all of your opinions, because you definitely gave me something to think about. </p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>I think Penn has a submatriculation program. It's in no way guaranteed though. No tier 1 law school that I know of has a guaranteed admission program.</p>