<p>I need help. I have a good GPA, and I am filling out my Who's who among American High School students and I dont know which to sign up for. I am looking to go into law and I herd williams and cornell are good but I would like to hear of some more.</p>
<p>Obviously, all of the Ivies. Fordham and NYU as well.</p>
<p>Yes the ivies...but could you name some of them please? I am not real knowing of them</p>
<p>you know you dont go from high school into law school....</p>
<p>but harvard and yale are most famous...best? depends what kind of law you want to study</p>
<p>im studying to be a sports agent/ lawyer......but dont have near the credentials to get into harvord...i dont think...what wud be a goodundergrad school...and what are some lessmajor law schools?</p>
<p>you can do anything in an undergrad school to go into law. polisci is popular. i heard pre-law was a waste of time. </p>
<p>but what are good non-ivy-law schools</p>
<p>From what i've heard, some good non-ivy law schools include: UVA, Georgetown, Chicago, NYU, Stanford (top 3 with Harvard/Yale), Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, UCLA.</p>
<p>Those are graduate law schools! Undergrad doesnt have law schools, and 99% of top schools don't have pre-law. The ticket to law school is go to the best school you get into and get the best grades. USNEWS is pretty accurate in their rankings.</p>
<p>Don't get your hopes up on NYU though. NYU law school is just as selective as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia, and it's just as good. From what I have heard Harvard is the toughest law school to make and NYU is #2.</p>
<p>My brother is going to law school soon and he wants to go to Fordham, which is a very good law school in a great Manhattan location.</p>
<p>It really depends WHERE you want to practice as well as what area of law. If you are going to live in Texas, you can't beat UT, or even SMU (for Dallas). Networks get formed in law school.</p>
<p>Guys this kid is 16, he's not applying to Law school!</p>
<p>Slipper is right. To LawSchool: You do not attend law school directly from high school. You must first get a 4-year college degree, and then you apply to law school. So, you will NOT be going to "law school" in 2008, you will be going to college. You will go to law school in 2012, assuming you graduate from college in four years. Again, to become a lawyer you need at least four years of undergraduate college and then three years of law school.</p>
<p>As Slipper noted, if law school is your ultimate goal, what you need to focus on NOW is finding a good college or university where you can get the strongest undergraduate education possible. To be honest, that can be many found at many colleges and universities in the United States. </p>
<p>I'd suggest you start by evaluating what you have to offer colleges before you worry about which law schools are "the best." The most important factor colleges will look at is the curriculum you have taken in high school (have you taken AP classes? Honors classes? How many years of math, science, foreign language, etc. will you have by graduation?) and how well you have done in that program. Keep in mind that good grades alone are not always enough to get into a highly competitive college. Colleges want to see good grades in the most challenging coursework available at your high school.
They will also look very closely at your test scores on the ACT or SAT.
Other factors that will influence your admission to college include the types of activities you've been involved in during high school, teacher and guidance counselor recommendations, the academic profile of your high school, interviews with college admissions people, and the essays you write as part of your college application. </p>
<p>In addition to considering what you have to offer colleges, spend some time thinking about what you would like the college you ultimately attend to offer you. Start by thinking about financial issues. How much can you and your family realistically afford to spend on four years of college and then another three years of law school? Will you need substantial financial aid or to attend a less expensive school during college in order to afford law school down the road? Next, think a bit about how you learn best --- Ideally, you want to attend a college where you can develop your writing and thinking skills to their maximum level. To get into the most competitive law schools, you will also need very good college grades and test scores on the LSAT. So, try to find a college that will give you the support and challenge you need to do that.</p>
<p>Other factors to think about: Are there any parts of the country that you would most like to go to college in? Any parts where you'd prefer not to go? How far from home are you willing to go? Do you have any preferences about the size of the college? The location of the college (in a city, in a town, in a suburb, in a rural area)? What types of people do you want to be surrounded with in college? These are just a few of the questions to think about and consider BEFORE you start worrying about which schools are the "best" for any particular major or getting you into law school four years from now.</p>
<p>It's important to spend some time evaluating all of these factors before you begin looking at schools because, as I said, there are actually many excellent colleges and universities where you can prepare to go on to law school in four years, but you need to have a realistic picture of which ones will work best for you.</p>
<p>There are also several different "types" of colleges and universities. There are research universities, liberal arts colleges, master's level colleges, and some schools that are highly specialized. To help you get a sense of what the different types are like, and which type you might like to attend, I'd suggest you plan to visit several different types within a few hours of your home. Luckily, living in Indiana, you can easily visit and tour (call the admissions office to arrange this) a major research university (Indiana U), a liberal arts college (Earlham, DePauw, Hanover), and a master's university (University of Evansville or University of Indianapolis) without even leaving your state. That would give you a good sense of what the different types of schools are like, which would, in turn, help you narrow down the type of college you would like best. You can then look outside of Indiana for similiar colleges and universities.</p>
<p>At the same time, you should be giving some thought to the type of subjects that you might be interested in studying during college. As has already been mentioned, it is possible to study and major in nearly any subject during college and then go on to law school. While many pre-law students do study history or political science, many other majors can work as well. Since you are interested in entertainment law, for example, you may want to consider colleges/universities that have an entertainment management major at the undergraduate level, or perhaps even attend a solid business program. </p>
<p>I know this is a lot to consider, but you will be far ahead of the game if you do this sort of thinking and research now, instead of just asking for broad recommendations for law schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>By the way, you may want to learn more about the law profession, and the educational requirements to become an attorney. The American Bar Association has an excellent website for students who are interested in legal careers, that includes details about the education required:</p>