Some one knowledgeable?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I'm current at a community college in California, and it's my sophomore year. However, I got accepted as a transfer to Cornell for the fall.
I'm going to apply to Stanford, Yale, Amherst, Berkeley ect. (not saying I'll get in) but, if even if I do end up at a top school, will attending a community college eventually screw me over for law school admissions?</p>

<p>I have a 4.0 currently, but I'm just figuring if I apply to law school school fall of senior year, all the admissions will have to see are two years of community college grades, and only ONE year of real university grades.</p>

<p>I feel this may be an issue for T14 schools?</p>

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<p>Nope, not really. It may be a factor at Stanford and Yale, but there are plenty of other excellent law schools where it just won’t matter.</p>

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<p>I’d be slightly more pessimistic than FH. In particular I’d strongly recommend waiting at least one year, so that you’ve got two years of university grades on record.</p>

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<p>so, you’re saying apply after I graduate, and take a year off basically? Of course I’d do some type of work or internship during such time.</p>

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<p>Yes, and yes. I think that’s the most sensible approach. Of course, if you absolutely destroy the LSAT, it might not be necessary. But generally it’s not wise to count on that.</p>

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<p>you’re my boy blue.</p>

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<p>We’ve had a few posters in the past who have asked the same question. I concur with Mike’s advice, based on anecdotal evidence. If you do well for the last two years at Cornell, you’ll do fine in LS admissions. But the result we’ve seen from folks who tried to go directly to LS–including one young woman who went from CC to Cornell–haven’t been great.</p>