<p>I'm a sophmore transfer trying to decide to stay at UMiami or go to Emory. What kind of schools do Emory Grads applying to Law School get in to? And does it make a difference when applying to Law School whether I went to UMiami or Emory?</p>
<p>Going to Emory won't give you an advantage in the law school admissions process. It does not make a difference whether you apply from Emory or UMiami. </p>
<p>What matters foremost is your LSAT score. Second, your GPA. </p>
<p>What kind of law schools do Emory grads attend? Well, all types of law schools, ranging from the best schools to sub-par regional law schools. I believe that there is a select few currently enrolled at Yale, and several others who attend Harvard. These grads, of course, are the exception. Most Emory students don't have the stats to get into schools like these. In fact, if memory serves me correctly, the average LSAT score of Emory LSAT-takers is like 159, which is a score that is not good enough to get applicants into Top 14 law schools, in general.</p>
<p>If it helps you, I know people from Miami undergrad going to law school at schools like Columbia and students from Emory that are going to Hofstra. </p>
<p>Like Mute_Lion said,
Law school admission is very much like undergraduate admission. The test scores (MAJOR) a long with college GPA are what matters most. Now, if you're borderline and they have to choose between you and a student who attended a school like Brown for undergrad but had the same LSAT scores but a little lower GPA, then that is where the other stuff on resume can be of an advantage to you. In example, internships, honor societies, clubs, fraternities and campus involvement.</p>
<p>Whoa Mute_Lion watch yourself now, in terms of what you say.</p>
<p>Mute_Lion
average pre-law Emory LSAT takers' score is only 159? Isn't that like below Emory Law School's average of 164? So basically an average Emory pre-law grad won't be able to go to Emory law school? Kind of ironical.</p>
<p>Nogueira
isn't that kind of obvious? Emory law would never be able to accommodate all of its undergrad pre-Laws... it makes sense that they wouldn't all get in. same goes for just about any grad/pre-pro program</p>
<p>i'd expected an AVERAGE (50% mark) pre-law grad would be ready to get into its own grad school at least. i didn't say that i expected ALL pre-law grads in emory would be able to make it to the emory law school. Emory is well known for undergrad programs (especially business and pre-med) as the professors pay as much attention to undergrads as they do to grads, which isn't the case with many other research universities.</p>
<p>does emory even have specific pre-law program or is it just general "take this kind of classes to get yourself ready for LSAT"?</p>
<p>in this url: Emory</a> College | Current Students | FAME: FAQs
the question is: Does Emory have a pre-law program?
answer: No. However, certain courses are recommended for law school preparation.</p>
<p>anyone know the yield of emory pre-laws going to T14? Well not that high i know since emory law school average is 164 and it never beat the top 20 barrier unless i'm mistaken.</p>
<p>Until someone shows me the statistic, I don't believe that the average LSAT score is 159. Pre-law is not like pre-med. There isn't a huge network of classes or advising. Most people who go to law school take no special classes with that intention; they just apply to law school. More, some of us don't plan on applying to law school until we've been out of college for a few years, even though we might consider ourselves "pre-law." I'm not sure how Emory could come up with those statistics in light of the way that "pre-law" works.</p>
<p>That being said, I'm not sure where one could find those statistics. I've looked and couldn't find anything.</p>
<p>I looked up the thread from which I got that statistic.. a credible poster said 156 was the average LSAT score for Emory test-takers in 2005, not 159 as I had mis-quoted earlier in this thread..</p>
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But I found the following: In 2005, the average LSAT score of students from Emory who took the LSAT was 156. In 2004, the average Stanford student scored 164.
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<p>Mute_Lion//
I agree that hayden is a credible member. However, you are citing your only source from a member whom i'm guessing you don't know personally? it's like citing a wikipedia article as a source for your own new wikipedia article.</p>
<p>I've searched through emory and i don't think the university even has an extensive pre-law program. As this URL suggests: Emory</a> University : The Career Center | Students : Welcome
Emory only sends out emails with information on law schools and so on to those who are interested</p>
<p>Nogueria,
It is completely understandable how a school's grad school would not accept every applicant from the undergrad school. By your argument, you're basically saying that all Yale pre-law undergrads would be able to make it to their grad school, and that is simply untrue. You will probably be very surprised when you arrive on campus, as many of the seniors you know will head to your average, flagship state-school grad schools, whether that be in medicine, law, research, etc. Even students at HYP will end up at average grad schools, although this number will obviously be less at those three than they would be at a lower ranked school.</p>
<p>AdmissConsulting
i didn't think i expected ALL undergrads to go to corresponding grad schools. how many do i have to say this? i put caps lock on "average" in my last post about this. i said i thought an AVERAGE undergrad pre-law student in emory unviersity, having a median LSAT score and GPA AMONGST his or her classmates in the SAME class, would at least make it to emory law school.</p>