Slu

Graduate School Law School
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<p>You've never heard of it, have you? No, not Saint Louis University. I mean Southeastern Louisiana University (<a href="http://www.selu.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.selu.edu&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p>

<p>I applied to both SLU and Tulane University my senior year of high school and was accepted into both with scholarships. With SLU, I got full ride in addition to around 2500$ a year to live off of, and with Tulane I got somewhere around half tuition or so. Yet, Tulane still would have cost me over $100,000 in loans, just for my undergrad! As I was considering med school at the time, I did not want to go into so much debt before I even graduated, so I went with SLU. I worried about its effect on med school, but figured I'd do very well GPA-wise and get a great MCAT score and that'd make up for it, especially considering the intense demand in the medical field.</p>

<p>However, med school is out and has been out for awhile, and after a few months of intense consideration I'm heavily leaning towards law school. Yet, I'm scared that they'll see my university and just insta-reject... I mean, I read you guys saying "non-Ivy is ok if you do well" but y'all usually seem to mean very well state schools or other private if not Ivy. SLU is just your average state university; it's small-medium sized, though it's been growing at a huge rate due to being located pretty much directly in the middle of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. It's not some horrible school where I learn nothing, not even close, and for example my current English professor is a Yale graduate (don't know how I know that heh I think the catalogue, anyways..) and ya know it's not horrible, but it isn't Ivy neither, nor on par with the Ivy League. And I'm scared.</p>

<p>My whole life I've seemed to do well on standardized tests, whether it was the state test (LEAP) that all H.S. students took, or the ACT, or whatever, and I'm confident that if I study hard and early (I'm only a freshman and already looking to buy an LSAT book :P) then I can do very well on the LSAT. And my GPA should be somewhere around 3.8-3.9.</p>

<p>But still, do I have a chance? At the top law schools, that is, which I hear are the only/main ones that you can find a job once you graduate from...</p>

<p>Thanks very much,
strawberryfanta</p>

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<p>definitely. as little as i know about law, the lsat is required for law school for a reason; so law schools have some standard to measure everyone by, and if, by that standard, you do very well, then they won't care which college you come from.</p>

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<p>I certainly hope so! Thanks for the response. More input would be welcome, also, from other people. :)</p>

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<p>Top law schools do accept some graduates of non-flagship state schools; most of the successful candidates from these schools had near-perfect undergraduate GPAs and high LSAT scores.</p>

<p>There's much to be said for graduating from school without taking on a lot of debt, particularly in this economic environment. There's no need to second-guess your choice of colleges. Best wishes.</p>

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<p>Hmmm ok thanks. This is so worrisome. :/ I just don't want to have my chances killed before I even take the LSAT heh..</p>

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<p>I think tulane has a good law school, top 50 at least. Also while the TOP top law school grads probably receive the best offers, i'm sure especially if you look within your school's region your job outlook should be better. Your gpa is great, do well on lsat, relax :)</p>

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<p>How about if one <em>is</em> planing for medical school, would southeastern be a good debt-free UG to medical school?</p>

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<p>^ Sure, it doesn’t matter much where you go to undergrad, as long as your GPA and MCAT is on par with the entering class. This is your state’s med school, [Statistics*-</a> Admissions*- LSUHSC School of Medicine](<a href=“http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/admissions/Statistics.aspx]Statistics*-”>Statistics).</p>