<p>First off the basics: I am currently a Sophomore at Christopher Newport University. Haven't heard of it? Thought so...
It is a public liberal arts university in southern VA. Although not well-known nationally really, statewide it is. It is very "up-and-coming" and becoming progressively harder to get into. It is definitely not an easy school to get into, but it isn't that hard either. I am currently working on a major in sociology, with a concentration in criminology and a minor in psychology and business.
My dream is to get into law school, but not just any law school. I'm really afraid that if I stay at the university that I am at, I will not get into a GOOD law school. My dream is to get into William and Mary's law school, which is 30 minutes down the road from my university. My university used to be a satellite school for William and Mary and then we branched off and became an independent institution and have come so far. I'm more concerned with my major, technically it's Criminal Justice but I don't know if that is going to get me very far. I know a lot of people say it doesn't particularly matter what you major in for your undergraduate career to get into law, but I heard that Criminal Justice will not help me with the LSAT.
I'm also not that smart...or I don't think I am. My confidence is really low right now and I really want to transfer schools. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing but I'm not sure I love where I am and I want to transfer somewhere that makes me happy but I'm afraid of starting over. I am also in a sorority and know that if I transfer somewhere without my sorority I will not be in one, however I'm not even too happy with that right now at the moment. I really don't want to waste my life away and my parent's money going somewhere I don't love and somewhere that won't get me anywhere. I could also change my major and pursue something else, because my university has a great business school, nationally recognized. But, I really want to transfer and I know sometimes credits don't transfer over completely and that would just break my heart and my parent's wallets. I also have graduate school so that is another option if law school doesn't work out....suggestions?</p>
<p>First, paragraphs. Seriously.</p>
<p>Second, it does not matter what school you go to or what you major in. Law schools care about your GPA and your LSAT, not where or how you get them. Focus on getting your GPA to a 3.7 or better.</p>
<p>Third, the above notwithstanding, it’s generally a good idea to at least minor in something that provides job prospects. Two years to go you could easily decide against law school. If you geared your whole undergrad towards it, you’d be in trouble. Sociology, criminal justice, and psychology and business (is that one or two?) all sound a bit concerning on the employment front. </p>
<p>Fourth, William and Mary is not a particularly good school. I know their USNWR ranking makes it seem like they are at #33, but looking at their [employment</a> numbers](<a href=“http://www.lstscorereports.com/?school=wm]employment”>6 Keys to a Stellar Law School Resume - Professional Resume Writers) tells an altogether different story. You generally want to hit one of the top 14 schools in the USNWR rankings, though in a few years with a little more insight on what you’d like to do that can be made more exact.</p>
<p>Fifth, it sounds as if you don’t like your undergrad much. You should probably change that, either through going somewhere else or changing your social scene.</p>
<p>Your GPA please… and then I can give you a target score for W&M (and, if GPA permits, UVA)</p>
<p>What university you attend and criminal justice anything have no bearing on the LSAT. I wouldn’t bother with criminal justice unless it’s a field that you want to be in, whether or not you go to law school.</p>
<p>Oddly enough, math, physics, and comp sci are going to prepare you better for the LSAT than criminal justice.</p>
<p>But there could also be some self-selection bias about math, physics and comp sci majors doing well on the LSAT. Very few in these fields would even want to go to law school in the first place (and many of the ones that do will, in fact, practice patent law, especially in physics and comp sci), while criminal justice majors are pretty much expected to go on to law school.</p>
<p>Much like why biology majors tend to be outperformed on the MCAT by these very math, physics and comp sci majors.</p>