<p>Generally, how well-regarded is UCSD in the eyes of law school admissions officers? Will receiving a high GPA from UCSD as a Poli Sci (IR) major make me a competetive applicant to the top law schools in the country? Also, how significant is the difference between UCSD and Cal / UCLA in terms of the quality of their Poli Sci programs and in the respect their students garner from law school adcoms?</p>
<p>Someone please give me some input.</p>
<p>Anyone...?</p>
<p>USCD is fine. Go there, get a good GPA, and most importantly do well on the LSAT.</p>
<p>cal has a really good law school, i heard if you graduate from there, you'll be known pretty well</p>
<p>Peter Irons teaches at UCSD. that is all I have to say.</p>
<p>I love professor Irons. UCSD pre-law students do extremely well because the politics dept is very strong (top ten dept in the nation). Law schools also know UCSD is a tough school so their GPA is adjusted accordingly. I have friends from UCSD who are attending law schools at Harvard, Cal, Hastings, Georgetown...etc. If you have good grades and LSATs, you are going to be competitive coming from UCSD. When I finish my M.Phil at Oxford, I will also be considering law school....</p>
<p>Wow... That makes me feel great about goin to SD. Do you think going to SD gives me a disadvantage compared to Cal and LA grads?</p>
<p>I doubt considering cal has 25,000 undergrads that you will be" pretty well known" if you graduate from there.</p>
<p>I am also interested to find out if going to UCSD would give a disadvantage compared to CAL and UCLA.</p>
<p>Admissions wise, it doesn’t matter where you get your Poli Sci degree. There’s no admissions difference between getting an Poli Sci degree at Cal and getting one at UC Merced. Your not “known better” at a certain school- they could care less where you came from. Furthermore, you won’t be “stronger” in law school if you go to a certain program instead of another. You want to go to the school where you can make sure you can get a GPA higher than 3.8+, if you want to go to a top Law school. Also, it’s crucial to have time to study for the LSAT.</p>