<p>I will be transferring to CalState Northridge from an out of state community college in the next half a year. I am about to finish my associates in Business Administration and am planning to finish my bachelors in Music Industry. I would apply to USC as well, but I cannot afford it and CSUN is the only other college in the LA area that offers the program.</p>
<p>After finishing this I am planning to apply to law school. I am shooting for UCLA, USC, or as a last resort: Loyola. I plan to practice entertainment law, and these three have the best reputations for that field in the Los Angeles area. I know I said I couldn't afford USC, but I have no objection to going into debt for law school.</p>
<p>My question is how do these law schools look at a CSU grad versus grads from other schools in the area (USC, UC's)? Would it put me at any kind of disadvantage? I am an A student, and usually do well on standardized tests...so I would expect myself to do well on the LSAT.</p>
<p>As long as you do really well on your LSAT and GPA, you really don't have much to worry about. These schools care about upping themselves in the USNWR rankings, so if you have a really high GPA/LSAT they honestly couldn't give a **** where you're from.</p>
<p>I am aware of Pepperdine, but their strong, conservative, christian practices are a major turn-off for me. Plus, their offerings in the entertainment/sports law field are very limited in comparison to ucla, usc, and loyola. While Loyola is also a christian institution, they are much less up front about their beliefs.</p>
<p>Plus Maibu is a ways out from LA and that is where all the work in that field would be taking place.</p>
<p>i would think Loyola(marina campus) and Pepperdine are the same distance away from Hollywood. </p>
<p>But it's true pepperdine is ultra conservative. I hope you get into USC or UCLA. I hate the idea of Loyola as a school. Basically anyone who is a USC or UCLA reject attends there(IMO). </p>
<p>In LA, UCLA and USC dominate. You can't beat those two.</p>