Law?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am currently doing my A level, first year. I just started it. I'm going to start my college in 2014. I want to do law. But I'm not sure about what to do.</p>

<p>1) Someone told me that I have to do my undergraduate in something else, i.e Liberal arts, Ethnics or Politics and then I can pursue a graduate degree in JD. I was astonished. As here in Uk, You can do an undergraduate degree in Law. </p>

<p>But I don't want to Uk, I either want to go to Harvard or Yale. My Question is, Is there any way I can pursue Law in any prestigious US college as my undergraduate major?
Because I do not want to study something else except for Law. It has been my greatest dream.</p>

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<p>I mean, there are colleges which offer undergraduate degrees in some kind of legal studies. But those degrees are almost completely useless, because they do not qualify you to practice as a lawyer. (I guess criminology might help you with a police career.)</p>

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<p>In the US, no undergrad “Law” major exists. And schools like H and Y obviously don’t mind and do not share your “I do not want to study something else except for Law” sentiment.</p>

<p>If a top US law school is truly your dream, then you’ll have to tolerate some other u/g degree, take the LSATs and apply.</p>

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<p>Are you committed to the idea of earning a law degree in the US? Where would you want to practice? A legal education here is quite expensive, and employment prospects are not good for most graduates. To have a reasonable chance at Harvard Law, you’ll need an excellent undergrad GPA and an LSAT in the 98th percentile (171). Last year’s admitted class posted 75th/25th GPA percentiles of 3.97/3.78. Yale is even more selective.</p>

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<p>You should complete your first degree in Law in your home country, and then come to the US for advanced studies in Law as a post-graduate student. Here is what Harvard offers students like that: [Graduate</a> Program](<a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/degrees/gradprogram/index.html]Graduate”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/degrees/gradprogram/index.html)</p>

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<p>No, you can’t pursue law at any US college as an undergrad. (Or medicine, by the way.) You can study any subject you enjoy for those 4 years, then you take the admission tests (LSAT for law school) and apply to law school, which is another 3 years of study. Very different from the UK and most of the rest of the world.</p>

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<p>A number of schools in the US do have joint BA/JD programs. You can google them to determine if they are more to your liking. Of course, they’re also usually pretty difficult to get into.</p>