<p>i plan on attending law school after college. does anyone know what kinds of law schools people from AU are able to get into? i know lsat is a huge factor, but how do law schools look at AU?</p>
<p>if anyone knows someone or has 1st hand experience i would love to know. Also, is there anywhere i can find this online?</p>
<p>I am considering AU bc of substantial scholorship, yet I am apprehensive as to how a degree from american could possibly hurt me when applying to 1st tier law schools like NYU, Georgetown, ect…</p>
<p>A kick-ass LSAT score will overshadow your UG education as long as your GPA is competitive. But if your average LSAT score is about the same as a person from, say, Princeton, I guess it's possible for top law schools to prefer the Princeton candidate.</p>
<p>I am planning on going to law school as well. I plan to prep my ass off and get my score over 170, so there's no question about my UG education at AU.</p>
<p>GW law school which is just below the top tier law schools by a few spots, have students matriculating from AU, so I don't see why NYU or Georgetown law school would be out of the reahlm of possibililty if you work hard on you UG progarm and ur LSATs. Also if everything goes wrong, AU's law schools is pretty decent, especially if you wanna study international law. But since you mentioned NYU Law, i'm gonna assume ur more interested in corporate or criminal law. Anyways, work your ass off at AU, and you shouldn't have a problem getting into NYU or Georgetown Law.</p>
<p>right now im leaning towards corporate or criminal, but who knows... isnt it so crazy to be thinking about law school right now? especially when i am waiting to hear from so many other colleges--- but i guess you always have to be one step ahead.</p>
<p>My daughter also hopes to go to law school after she get her Bachelors degree. One thing that I was wondering about is whether it's preferable (from a law school admissions perspective) to apply directly to law school straight from your undergrad. school or two work full time for a few years before applying.
It's particularly interesting in regards to American U, because one thing that struck both my daughter and me was that during both of the info. sessions that we attended at AU, the admissions reps stressed(in response to questions about law school admittance rates of their graduates) that law schools prefer their applicants to have a period of full time work experience under their belts(we never heard this at any of other schools that we visited). Although, according to a few lawyers that I've spoken to, there is somewhat of a trend in that direction.</p>
<p>BTW, chilaxn88, my D also has her eye on NYU( as well as UChicago) Law School.;)
Some law schools, if you look around their websites, have "representation" figures for the various undergrad. schools of their students.</p>
<p>I am a prospective student, either AU or Binghamton (Got waitlisted at Cornell damn it) and have a lot of the same questions. I actually interned at a law firm this last summer, and plan on going to law school. I was also wondering if say an AU degree hurts me in comparision with Binghamton. I know the political science program at AU is strong, and the internship possibilities seem emmense. So i am in the same boat as you guys, but from what i have heard its all GPA and LSATS, so long as your degree is from a decent institution, as AU definitly is (Im hoping Collumbia Law)</p>
<p>I'm in the same position as you sebastion. I ultimately picked AU over Binghamton primarily because of the internship opportunities. Also, did you get any aid for American because that definently factors in.</p>
<p>Yea i got 18k a year to American, but Bing is still about 10 k cheaper. Im still not sure where im going. Might just save the 40k for law school</p>
<p>I'm not a lawyer and have never gone to law school, but I have lots of lawyers who work for me. The best ones tend to be the ones with some business experience in addition to their law experience.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on whether your daughter's goal is to go to law school or to be a good lawyer. There's a difference.</p>