<p>I need some help in choosing the university I should attend. Let me tell you my story first. I am currently a high school senior residing in British Columbia and I want to be a lawyer. I want to practice law in America (I LOVE AMERICA!!) and in doing so I want to attend a prestigious law school like Stanford or Harvard. I was wondering which of these three universities I should attend to give me the best chance of getting into Stanford for law school. Which art faculty is better out of these three? Does name really matter?(UBC is world re-known) Please give me the pros and cons of these three universities.</p>
<p>I am just so confused on which one I should attend and I don't want to make a mistake that I'll regret later on.</p>
<p>well to tell you the truth, it makes no difference. You need good grades. I know I wont attend UofT because they grade insane. UBC is tough but not that tough so I would choose UBC because it offers the best balace of good name, good school, decent grading system. SFU and UVic arent as well known intlly.</p>
<p>yes good grades, but you will need more than that. for the past few years, i think only one from U of T and one from McMaster got into Stanford Law.
i know someone from ubc EE got rejected with a 4.0 gpa.</p>
<p>my fellow ubc sauder classmates (4 that i know of) applied to top canadian law schools only and they got in schools like UVIC, Queens, UBC, York Osgoode, U of T, etc.</p>
<p>estovir - its all about the individual applicants in such a small sample (ie stanford law). I will tell you this much though, UBC is a much better university than McMaster in almost every aspect (cept health sci).</p>
<p>yeah i know, that EE guy probably had a mediocre LSAT score; i wouldnt know for sure cuz he is a friend of a friend. still the best bet for you is to attend an ivy-league university for undergrad.</p>
<p>if you want top law schools in canada, ubc (or McMaster for that matter) will do just fine.</p>
<p>Are you sure that you will be able to practice law in the States? You will need a firm to sponsor you and that's extremely difficult in law unless you have a VERY unusual specialty and experience.</p>
<p>zagat - ive looked into it and it seems like practicing in the states is no problem for canadians because attorneys are protected through nafta.</p>
<p>aca, I'd check further. The issue isn't that a Canadian can't come down to assist on a case, it't that they can not live in the States. My Canadian cousins, who went to Harvard, Penn and other great schools could not find an employer to sponsor them for a green card. It used to be pretty simple, but that situation has changed mainly because the States now allows certain work visas for foreigners (in technology industry) and has tightened up on green cards for others. </p>
<p>A law firm would have to prove to a real degree that they can't find an American to do your job. That would be really hard to do for a newly minted lawyer not to mention expensive.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, many, many international students face the hard reality that when their US education is over, they have to go home.</p>