<p>Chances? Sort of.. I'm a senior this year and I'm thinking about law school. I'd LOVE to go to UT, but obviously, my aim is for a t14 school. I'm going to Baylor University next year and I was wondering what general adive you could give me for my next four years at Baylor. I do want to have a life outside of studying for the LSAT and I already have a ton of friends that will be with me next year. I just want good, honest, practical advice about getting into a stellar law school. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>PS. I know it's a little soon to be thinking about law school, I just want to prepare myself. Also, I'd love advice other than "high gpa and good lsat score". Thanks!</p>
<p>“Also, I’d love advice other than “high gpa and good lsat score”. Thanks!”</p>
<p>Enjoy your college experience while keeping you GPA high and getting a good score on the LSAT. GPA and LSAT account for almost everything at all schools with the exception of Yale and Stanford.</p>
<p>you don’t need to be completely miserable in order to put yourself in a good position to get into the law school that you want. you might find yourself working somewhat harder than the rest of your comm major friends to keep up your GPA and while you’re studying for the LSAT, but other than that, you will have plenty of time to thoroughly enjoy yourself.</p>
<p>I often wonder if easier majors would have helped me get into a better law school…the answer is, probably, but I learned alot struggling with the hardest classes I could take too. Study what you will enjoy.</p>
<p>IvyPBear, what do you mean when you say, “with the exception of Yale and Stanford?”</p>
<p>I’m an undergrad at Yale (with a story to tell) and can see the law school from my window now. Would this help my chances for admissions? What other things does Yale consider when evaluating prospective students?</p>
<p>Will my not going to an ivey league undergrad school hurt my chances of getting into a top law school? By the way, I want to be a religion & philosophy major… Does this change anything?</p>
<p>Law schools generally don’t care about undergraduate universities (although I’ve heard UChicago can be a bit snooty). It’s more about doing well on the LSAT and keeping a strong GPA. I believe the the LSAC GPA report (or whatever it is called) breaks down your GPA compared to what the average LSAT at the respective school is. So, theoretically a 3.8 at Yale is better than a 3.8 at Baylor’s (Assuming Yale’s avg. LSAT > Baylor’s).</p>
<p>@Lynxes Generally Yale and Stanford are referred to as black boxes. This is because their admission process is less predictable than the rest of the schools. Where as Harvard, Columbia, and the rest put almost all of their eggs in the GPA & LSAT basket, these schools want to see some “soft” credentials, like leadership, or life experience and things like that. GPA and LSAT are still the most important things, but they’re more likely to pay to give some weight to other things too.</p>