Hi College Confidential Community!
I’m in a bit of a dilemma. I currently attend a regional college in Oregon and am doing really well here. I’m in the honors college, I’ll graduate in 3 years, I have a 4.00 college GPA, made the president’s list, and have leadership positions in clubs as a freshman. I know that I want to go to law school, but the problem is that I am bored. In high school I was surrounded by peers who were highly motivated and now attend Ivy’s or their equivalents. Here I’m surrounded by unmotivated students.
I’m not sure if I should consider transferring to a more prestigious university. My family is against it because of the cost: parents make too much to qualify for financial aid, yet not enough to pick up a $250K (more like $100K if I transfer) college bill.
Is it worth it to transfer if I ultimately want to go to law school? Probably not, but the experience, contact, and name recognition is priceless. I’m curious about anyone’s thoughts on this? Has anyone had a similar situation?
definitely NOT worth it. Law schools will not care about your undergrad diploma.
Continue to get a 4.0. Graduate, work for a year or two while studying for the LSAT.
Unquestionably not worth it. You’ll make contacts and get name recognition from your law school, should you decide to go.
I’d use undergrad to get some experience working at a law firm. I’m always concerned that undergrads think law school is for them based on what they think they know about law, rather than on first-hand experience. It ends up with a lot of unhappy lawyers. An easy fix is to spend some time interning, which if you have not done you should do.
I agree with Demosthenes. Get a job as a paralegal at a firm maybe, or intern at a law firm. Half our paralegals at my firm aren’t even going to law school anymore…
Unless you’d transfer to Yale or Stanford or something else in the US News top 5 or 10, I’d stay where you are.
I don’t think it’s worth it even if he can transfer to Harvard or Stanford. Saving money is more important than the degree IMO, especially since I don’t think he’s doing engineering or business (where going to Stanford might give you a leg up).