<p>I know alot of you may not have the exact details, but I was wondering what its reputation is in terms of law school placement. I know its PreMed program is well-known, so just wondering if anybody knew anything about its pre-law :) Thanks guys</p>
<p>As long as your LSAT and GPA are high you can be a competative applicant anywhere... your undergrad college will not matter if you have a high LSAT score and GPA.</p>
<p>Also, don't opt for the "pre-law" program... anywhere. Complete a major while taking the hardest coursework possible. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>"while taking the hardest coursework possible"?</p>
<p>A lot of people suggest the exact opposite.</p>
<p>If you fill your schedule with "Introduction to Basketweaving," how then will you prepare for the LSAT? Also, admissions officals will see right through your transcript. They aren't stupid you know. Anyone can get a 4.0 taking "Sociology of Sport" and "Intro to Nutrition."</p>
<p>By and large, people don't prepare for the LSAT and law school in general based on their coursework in college. Many people can back me up on this.</p>
<p>Also, "hardest possible coursework" by what standard? In general? Should all law students take engineering courses? A lot of law students major in things such as history and english, not fields that many people would consider the "hardest possible." Law schools are filled with people who have majored in liberal arts/humanities and feel that law school is the next logical (or only) step to take. Anyway, when I say most people suggest the opposite, I mean most people suggest to take whatever you can get the highest GPA in.</p>
<p>ya, and the admissions people can read a transcript just fine, but so what? its how much they care. i feel the same thing you described brandnew about the next step. the career world is somewhat of a mystery to me. i think the only reason i really consider law school is because it lacks competition; med and business i dont want to do, theres no one grad school i want to be in, and i dont want to be on my own yet with minimal prospects.</p>
<p>if i didnt have law school to look forward to, what would i do? what should i do? i wish gpa didnt exist. this system sucks.</p>
<p>I understand that a high gpa and high lsat anywhere can get you into a good law school...but lets face it...name counts. Some schools just place better than others, so i was just wondering as to how WashU stacks up. I am actually at another top 20 institution right now and am contemplating transfer. Of course for social reasons as well as academic, but was just wondering as to its law school placement. Thank you all for your responses in advance :)</p>
<p>um, because some schools "place" better than others does not mean name counts. this neglects to take into account the student themselves. of course a better name school is generally goinng to have better students. or maybe the school prepares its students better, or has an admission process that rewards higher test takers more than similar schools do. anyway if you are at a top 20, transfering to another top 20 wont really do anything (as in cause you to do better by virtue of its name). it seems though like it helps to go to the same undergrad as law. maybe that is an ok reason, though it still seems silly to me.</p>
<p>i appreciate your opinion...but i would have to disagree. But that would be deviating from my original question. As was your answer. Though I do thank you for taking the time to reply.</p>
<p>in reference to the sreis. I was not asking as to the "name" of the school. I was asking as to its reputation in reference to law school placement. Granted a 4.0/180 from any school would get you into a top tier school. But in applying to say the top 15 law schools, if somebody came from State U that traditionally does not send as many to top schools as opposed to those who do, one could naturally see the advantages of going to the school with the better connections. Granted the top schools may prepare its students better, but it is not "silly" to say that a school which traditionally places well will in fact get you into a better law school. All stats equal or perhaps even if one student is slightly disadvantaged, if the school has great connections with top law school admissions, they will get in. You see this in high school admissions all the time. There are just some schools which place better than others. I know I know, law school admissions does not = undergrad admissions, but the point remains the same. Some schools just place better than others. So I was not asking as to the "name" of WashU, though I am sure this does have some effect, but rather the reputation of the school in terms of law school placement.</p>
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<p>Contact the Career Services programs at both your current school and WUSTL, and get the numbers from each on the schools you are interested in. As far as I can tell, none of us are adcoms, and a question as nuanced as yours is unlikely to be answered by anything but idle speculation.</p>
<p>calipharius. you are absolutely right. I had just become so attached to this forum i thought it was the end-all of college information. haha you raise a great point and i appreciate that you splashed some cold water in my face.Thanks for the reply</p>