<p>Hey, so I'm going to a community college right now at first I wasn't doing too good, but I'm working hard and improving my GPA and hope to continue the improvement.</p>
<p>I'm hoping to transfer to UCSB (because I think it's the only UC in a decent area and That I can realistically get in to) I wanted to see if anyone has any ideas for what to do while there and best things to do to eventually transfer into a law school, my declared major is sociology and I want to do whatever I can to first get in to UCSB, then hopefully get scholarships and grants that will cover my expenses while there and hopefully eventually get into a good law school.</p>
<p>Any tips? Suggestions? Help?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Try to get your GPA to a 3.2 to so that you may TAG. Finish out your last two planned CC semesters on a positive note by working to improve your GPA and finishing up IGETC/pre-reqs. </p>
<p>I would also start looking into and applying for scholarships this upcoming year, and making sure you file for FAFSA on time/apply for Cal Grant next year. </p>
<p>I heard that law schools mainly look at GPA and LSAT, so keep your GPA high at the school you transfer to by carefully planning out your courses and managing your time. Try a practice lsat, and see where you need to improve. You could always try to intern/find a job (filing paperwork, etc.) at a local law firm this year, or after you transfer to gain some forms of exposure to law. </p>
<p>Last but by no means least, I would also think of a back up plan with a socio degree if you realize law is not your cup of tea. Paralegal? Teaching?</p>
<p>Do they use the personal statement for admissions purposes or what is that used for?</p>
<p>Can you get a lot of grants and scholarships at a UC (UCSB) with a 3.2?</p>
<p>And by the time I get there, if I do, I’ll have all the pre-majors and prerequisite requirements done.</p>
<p>And for the socio degree do you mean a bachelors? Or a masters? Or something else?</p>
<p>Because I plan on getting </p>
<p>2 Assosicates degrees</p>
<p>1 Bachelors Degree</p>
<p>1 Masters Degree</p>
<p>And a Juris Doctorate (law degree)</p>
<p>If you need FA why are you getting 2 community college degrees? You are aware that grad school requires a GRE for entrance. Do you have a law office you plan to work at after you graduate? </p>
<p>The reason I ask is that according to my sis’s law office, the CA market is saturated with law degrees and, there are no jobs. You may want to double-check your future employment chances and the areas where you might have to relocate or move there.</p>
<p>Because its only one extra class and its in my major, Soiology, so I figure it’ll help me to majorly feel better about myself as well as look great for admissions purposes.
Actually it’s 3 more classes difference between getting an AA in general studies and an AA for Transfer in Sociology, why is that bad? (I plan on all A’s for these 3 classes though)</p>
<p>I may or may not go for the MBA so the GRE probably wouldn’t be necessary but I would need the LSAT</p>
<p>I plan on going to the university of Minnesota Twin Cities after getting my Bachellors for law school. Mainly because that’s where my family lives and I’ve heard it’s a great school.</p>
<p>Uhm well I think fresh out of law school and after I pass the bar exam I will work for the public defenders office (I wanna do criminal law) either in Minnesota of Cali, and also work off of referrals for criminal cases.</p>
<p>And that’s why I’m not going into business law and why I need to make myself stand out from those other law degrees.</p>
<p>Having an AA really doesn’t factor into the admission process unless you specifically write about it in the personal statement and even then as you’re aware it’s only going to be significant for the UC’s that factor the personal statement into the admission process. Also, once you have your bachelor’s degree your AA’s are pretty much going to be irrelevant. That being said, if taking those extra classes will serve to bolster your GPA and they won’t detract time and attention from other classes it does make a decent back up plan if you don’t finish your bacherlor’s degree.</p>
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Are you currently attending a CA community college or one in MN? For that matter, are you a CA resident or a MN resident? Also, did you graduate from a CA HS?</p>
<p>I’m a CA resident but I was born in MN and lived there till I was 14 I’ve lived in CA for 6 years and am going to a CCC.</p>
<p>ok. Just wanted to make sure you were going to qualify for in-state tuition at the UCs</p>