Which is better for law school admissions?

College Search & Selection
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<li>Great GPA, uknown LAC</li>
<li>OK GPA, well known LAC</li>
</ol>

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<h1>1. no doubt.</h1>

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<p>number 2---name and the difficulty of the school will definitely play a part.</p>

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<p>It depends on what you mean by "OK GPA". If OK = 3.2, I'd say #1. If OK = 3.75, I'd say #2.</p>

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<p>Can you get into law school witha 3.0?</p>

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<p>Yes, but it won't be worth your time. Only 14 law schools are worth going to nationally. Otherwise you can expect to just work regionally.</p>

<p>It also depends on your LSAT. A 180 with a 3.0 can probably get you into a T14.</p>

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<p>Regionally? So you're saying I could just move where I want, go to a bad law school, and then work there? What's wrong with that?</p>

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<p>Big firms are all in NY mostly and you probably won't be able to work for "Big Law", which is the term coined.</p>

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<p>I don't want to. I'm giong to live in the mountain west. I could care less about "big law."</p>

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<p>Okay then it'd be perfect for you.</p>

<p>Most people just want big law for the money/prestige but there's nothing wrong with not going for the money. Just make sure you can afford your loans AFTER grad.</p>

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<p>True, true. My parents got me covered for undergrad so I shouldn't be in too big a pile of debt. Thanks.</p>

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<p>AcceptedAlready: What are the 14 law schools that are worth going to nationally?</p>

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<p>The indesputable T14:</p>

<p>harvard </p>

<p>yale </p>

<p>stanford </p>

<p>chicago </p>

<p>columbia </p>

<p>penn </p>

<p>michigan </p>

<p>virginia </p>

<p>nyu </p>

<p>georgetown </p>

<p>northwestern </p>

<p>berkeley </p>

<p>cornell </p>

<p>duke</p>

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<p>They may be the "indisputable T14," but I disagree with your argument that you can't work for "big law" and are stuck doing regional work if you go to a top-tier law school like UCLA, Texas-Austin, or Washington and Lee (which with an entering class of only 125 is really difficult to get into)</p>

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<p>just out of curiousity, how many people posting in this thread actually have applied to grad schools before? because if you havent, believe it or not, you dont know how grad school admissions really work.</p>

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<p>Expand. All I know is that the websites I've looked at for different grad programs (not law) want to see at least a 3.0.</p>

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<p>I said "Otherwise you can expect to just work regionally."</p>

<p>EXPECT is the key word.</p>

<p>Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and 4 years studying law to find out you can't do biglaw is quite disappointing so EXPECT to work regionally.</p>

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<p>Not eveyone wants to go into law to make money.</p>

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<p>Which I've said....</p>

<p>"Okay then it'd be perfect for you.</p>

<p>Most people just want big law for the money/prestige but there's nothing wrong with not going for the money. Just make sure you can afford your loans AFTER grad."</p>

<p>Seriously people is it that hard to read the thread first when there is only 1+ pages.</p>

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<p>Law school is 3 years, not 4.</p>