<p>I'm a freshman at a small liberal arts college in New York City and I've just finished 3.936 after my first semester. I'm really motivated to get into a good law school. But it I transfer I know that my high school record will definitely work against me. </p>
<p>In high school I didn't work at all until the last two years, and even then it was a little shaky. I ended up with a 2.8 weighted GPA and 1170 on my sats (630V 540M). </p>
<p>So my question is: is it worth transferring if I cannot transfer up? I would really love to transfer to Barnard or NYU: but I doubt I have a chance. </p>
<p>Also I am very happy where I am right now and because my school is so small I have great opportunities to become a leader in Student Government, to start a club, or to get a recommendation from the dean or the head of my department. </p>
<p>I know only I can decide if transferring is the best idea for me, but I would like to know what you think. Is going to a small, unknown school with little academic reputation going to hurt me a lot when I am applying for Law School (especially NYU and Georgetown)? Is there anything that will make up for the school (ways to show them I am Law School material)? </p>
<p>I know this is pretty dense, sorry. Thanks for any insight you can give me!</p>
<p>Take a look at the Official Guide to ABA Approved Law Schools</p>
<p><a href="http://officialguide.lsac.org/ref/cgi-bin/ref.asp?Topic=Getting&Section=1%5B/url%5D">http://officialguide.lsac.org/ref/cgi-bin/ref.asp?Topic=Getting&Section=1</a></p>
<p>The two biggest factors in admissions are your Performance in College and your LSAT score.</p>
<p>Reading the above link and checking out the web site should help you make a decision on whether or not it is adviseable to transfer.
Also your current college Placement Office should have some info on where their graduates apply to Law School and what their success has been.</p>
<p>Study Hard and Good Luck</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply!!!</p>
<p>I've actually read alot from the link you've just given me before, but I'm still going back and fourth on this. I know that grades and lsat scores are big factors, but even people on this sight have debated back and fourth over whether where you go undergrad is a factor. </p>
<p>About 1/2 of the Poli Sci majors in my school (probably about 20-50 per class) apply to law school, but we've never sent anyone to anything Ivy League, although two or three have gone on to NYU law school (where I hope to go).</p>
<p>It would help to at least know where you are going, because someone is bound to have heard of it. I think that if you really enjoy your college, then why leave? You are obviously benifiting greatly from the small college atmosphere, and your grades are awesome. However, transferring to NYU, Barnard, or Fordham could help your chances, because Law schools do look at where you went to undergrad.</p>
<p>Thanks! </p>
<p>I go to Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, not the Marymount that is related to Fordham (people always confuse us). </p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone knew if great internships and volunteer service would make up for this. If I really put myself into my activities and ecs would I be able to get into these schools dispite coming from an unknown (in the eyes of law schools) college?</p>