<p>Hello!</p>
<p>So I got admitted to both UCLA and UC Davis as a history major (pre-history for UCLA I guess), and I am definitely going to work towards graduating with a degree in history. I'm interested in attending law school upon graduation, and I was wondering which school might be better for me in terms of my interests? I visited both campuses and I am a huge fan of Davis, not liking LA tooooo much but I am still considering both schools, mainly because of LA's reputation. I don't know if this will affect my future at all (maybe this can be answered too!) but does an undergrad school's prestige give any boosts in terms of law schools? And which school is better for someone interested in going into law?</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I tried to do some research online but I couldn't find much. :)</p>
<p>I think your GPA and LSAT scores would be better in assessing you for Law School. Go to the school that better fits your personality, because you will be there for 2-3 years. </p>
<p>Law school does not care about reputation. I would go to UCDavis.</p>
<p>I would go to UCLA. Stronger education. Make the best of your undergrad because law school is NOT fun.</p>
<p>Just to offer my 2 cents,
UCLA offers the law fellows program, if you get a strong GPA you could join it
<a href=“http://www.law.ucla.edu/current-students/get-involved/outreach%20program/Pages/default.aspx”>http://www.law.ucla.edu/current-students/get-involved/outreach%20program/Pages/default.aspx</a></p>
<p>I don’t know that much of law school, however I know that the LSAT weighs heavily.
I know that for Business Schools the prestige for the undergrad institution comes into play, from what people are saying Law school dont care as much.</p>
<p>I sincerely feel like choosing the easier school is missing the point. You’ve got to work your best and study harder than you’ve ever done. If you got into UCLA, then UCLA sees something in you. Go there and give it your all. If you want to be a lawyer or get into law school, you’ve got to start stepping it up early on. Taking the easy detour is the wrong mentality. </p>
<p>@Chaos^
I feel that picking a school only for prestige is missing the point. OP isn’t thinking about going to Davis because he/she thinks it would be “the easy detour”. OP thinks it might be a better fit for him/her culturally. If someone isn’t happy at where they go to school then they are less likely to succeed both academically and socially.
That being said, I would find it hard to believe that someone wouldn’t like going to UCLA. So my advice to Tulip would be to go to UCLA unless you have very strong feelings or reasons to go to Davis.</p>
<p>Law schools aren’t going to care where you go. The legal field is very prestige oriented though. Granted, where you go to UG won’t be a huge factor. Something that you should consider is where you want to potentially work. If you want to practice in LA obviously it’s going to be better to have ties to the region. Same goes with Davis/Sacramento. </p>
<p>Hi everyone, thank you all for your responses! I have heard from several different people that UG doesn’t matter which is why I’m leaning towards UC Davis. I definitely do not think it is going to be any easier than LA! I just personally feel more comfortable at Davis, and having visited both campuses, feel like Davis is a better fit. I don’t think UCLA is a bad fit and I think it would be great for everyone, but I (surprisingly) am not a fan of the weather and the city/location itself. And I can’t see myself moving to LA and working there (I’m from NorCal), so ultimately I feel that Davis is the better fit. </p>
<p>Several parts of Davis’ website is down for maintenance, including the admissions page, so I still haven’t submitted my intent to register. Everybody brought up really good points, so thank you so much! Though I haven’t SIR’d yet, I am 99% sure I will be going to Davis. :)</p>
<p>You should hang out the law school forum. There are plenty of students that went to Ivy league schools with GPA around 3.25 and not going to get into good law schools. LSAT matters, good undergraduate may help with LSAT but there is no guarantee.</p>
<p>A GPA of 3.25 isn’t that great though, is it? That’s reassuring to know that UG doesn’t matter much, though.</p>
<p>Is the law school forum on this website? Thanks!</p>
<p>Thank you so much @DrGoogle! That’s actually incredibly reassuring, I’m almost certain of my decision now.</p>
<p>One extra question, sort of sidetracking, but would a double major help at all? I know that law schools don’t care about UG majors, but as a history major, I would like to have an extra major in case things don’t pan out and I don’t get accepted to the law schools I would like to attend. History majors don’t seem to have much job prospects, so I was considering applied mathematics but that is so much work for me to try to finish in two years, even three. (But I genuinely enjoy math!) So I was thinking economics? It requires a little over half the units of math. Would this help me in any way/would law schools appreciate this/are there jobs for econ majors?</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>@toughTulip, I don’t really know, but you might want to check out whether law school is worth it, even if you get in. If you can keep high GPA at UCD then adding a major is ok as long as your GPA doesn’t suffer. I think Economics is better at UCLA.</p>
<p><a href=“Regret Attending Law School? - Law School - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/1429992-regret-attending-law-school.html</a></p>
<p>It’s hard work even for those who are employed. My first daughter had a few roomates graduated from UCLA Law school and Columbia Law school so I’m somewhat familiar with these law schools. For the UCLA law student, he is now making $20/hour doing something for the airport. For the Columbia Law student, he makes great money but was willing to trade for less money and more free time.
The only place that I think you might have it easy is to work for the government.</p>