<p>This is my first post on CC, so make me feel welcome. </p>
<p>I am applying to colleges this year as I am a rising senior. I plan to attend law school after graduating with a bachelor's. What do law school admission officers like to see as a major?
Pre-law? Or, do they figure you're gonnna study enough of law at 'law' school. </p>
<p>Also, do graduate schools give preference to students who already attended their undergraduate school?
For instance- does a kid at UVA have a greater chance of getting into UVA law school than does a kid from another college? </p>
<p>This preference applies to only a few applicants. There is a group of applicants who would get in just about anywhere but choose UVA because it is familiar and they like it. In these cases it is the law school that is the beneficiary of the preferences of the incoming students. There is another group of students who don’t have a prayer, and no amount of preference can make up for that. It is the student on the borderline that benefits: the committee has one slot left, two applicants who seem equal in all other respects but one of them is an undergraduate at UVA. That is the student who benefits.</p>