<p>Hi I'm currently a undergrad student. Can fresh graduates apply to the JD-MBA program of Northwestern University??</p>
<p>It’s rare to get into NU law school without any work experience (unique admission). It’s even rarer to get into Kellogg that way. Combining these two, you should realize it’s virtually impossible.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply. do you think less than 3 years work experience is enough??</p>
<p>Prolly not. Though if you look at the numbers, NU undergraduates do manage to waive the work experience requirement. You’re prolly better off looking into UPenn/Wharton.</p>
<p>Northwestern Law is known for 90+% of their acceptees having work experience. SO I second @SamLee’s comment ^</p>
<p>I definitely second his comment, and their official policy is to shift to 100%. I’m just saying I have looked at the inside numbers from NU, and NU undergrads do get in directly, and with slightly lower stats than the greater pool.</p>
<p>They probably have great work experience during their undergrad years. Top business schools do deviate from their normal practice and admit “young” applicants that are unsually good. The same applies to NU law school. I think I read that one of the NU Rhodes Scholars two years ago got an early acceptance to Harvard Business Scool; however, the work that girl did as an undergrad was more unsual, if not more amazing, than what most people did for few years at even the top mc firms/investment banks.</p>
<p>Mallory had the most impressive list of credentials of anyone I’ve even heard of, when adjusted for age. And yes, she was admitted to Harvard Business.</p>
<p>At the risk of committing the cardinal sin and offending the OP - I really wouldn’t worry about this. I am sure that the allure of undergrad and multiple advanced degrees is super tempting. I was there. </p>
<p>As a NU alum who swore he was on the highway straight through law school to the life of Denny Crane and/or Allan Shore, I am currently working a job out of college. I decided law school wasn’t for me. In all reality, I might get my MBA down the road, but I’m not too concerned about it. I’d advise STRONGLY against leaving undergrad with the express intent of being there for 2 yrs and then getting an MBA. It’s a dangerous mentality that will ruin your 1st 2 yrs of work experience and be an absolute cancer for your relationship with your employer - unless you work as a consultant at which point they want to you go get your MBA after 3 yrs of work and then come back to them.</p>
<p>If we can accept that undergrad is a time for exploration and introspection, then by definition we should be avoiding these types of conversations. Be fortunate enough to go to an undergrad where you are happy for 4 years and a degree that gives you viable career choices. Better yet, do that and learn more about who you are and who you are aspire to be. Those are difficult questions with even more difficult answers.</p>
<p>I’m NU class of 2010 and even in the few months I’ve been gone, I look fondly back at my time as a student at NU. I did a lot of growing up and a good amount of that is because of the special things that happen along the Yellow Brick Road that we affectionately call Sheridan Rd - or at least the section of Sheridan between the Arch and Patten. The rest of it is just a thruway for commuters</p>
<p>CerebralAssassin raises some great points. Adding the enormous debt of law school or, much more rarely, an MBA straight out of college is often a poor idea. </p>
<p>Understand that Northwestern’s law school is pretty unique among T14 programs in essentially REQUIRING real world experience. While this may cost them some top undergrad prospects who end up, alternatively, at places like Chicago or Michigan in the Midwest or the Ivys or Stanford/the UCs on the coasts, they’ve stuck to this requirement believing it best serves the vast majority of prospective lawyers to venture off campus for a few years to gain exposure, perspective, and maturity.</p>
<p>Their MBA program is similar to most top tiers in requiring, again with occasional exceptions, at least 2 years of experience. On average, the entering students at these programs have worked for 5-6 years. It adds to the cooperative learning encouraged these days at business schools - something many consider Kellogg to better at than any other MBA program in the country.</p>
<p>thanks for the replies everyone, is law after undergrad a good idea??</p>