Ask Noah About First Year of Law School, Getting inTop 10%, Law Review

[burkoboy]

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Burkobow:

Law schools will see your entire undergraduate GPA, from both schools. The good news is that many schools claim to notice improvement. That is, if you get a 4.0 during your next two years, your 3.55 avg GPA will look "better" than someone who got a 3.55 every year.

As for GPA weighing, engineering students generally get a bump but I haven't heard of a bump for business. I wouldn't count on one.

If you hope to go to law school right after you graduate I highly recommend taking the June 2008 LSAT. If you're happy with your results you can apply to schools as early as September. If you aren't happy you can always retake in September and still get your applications in fairly early. In law school admissions, there is a significant advantage to applying early in the admissions cycle (sept-oct).

Finally, I recommend you take a look at www.lawschooldiscussion.org. There's lots of good advice to be had there.

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the ONLY problem I forsee with taking the June LSAT, is because my school is on [censored] quarter system. I don't finish school until the first week of June.

plus, like said, I want my GPA to be as high as is possibly can, I don't know if 2 1/2 quarters is enough to bring is up significantly even if I do get a 4.0 each quarter, and I don't want studying for the LSAT to get into the way of actual school and vice versa.

[XXXNoahXXX]

If you're that worried about it, take it September of the year before you want to start law school (senior yr. of college). That way, you can study over the summer and still have plenty of time to apply. only downside is that if you botch it, you might have to wait a year to take it again and apply.

[sixfour]

Interesting read, cheers for doing this. Don't really have anything to ask as the whole law system over there seems so much different to what it is here, can't think of anything sensible. Not likely to go into the profession now after the last three years, lol @ a combination of booze, donkaments and a crap school (probably in that order) ****ing things up if I wanted to anyway

[nickg1532]

Noah,

is your 2L experience as crappy as mine?

[XXXNoahXXX]

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Noah,

is your 2L experience as crappy as mine?

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I have not read a single page in preparation for class this semester.

I did the math yesterday, and so far I have been to <20% of my classes.

I have a 20 page assignment for law review due next week.

I spent 4 hours yesterday proofreading an article.

I have been back and forth to NYC like 6 times interviewing.

I am waiting on firms to reimburse me for >$2k travel expenses.


OTOH:

I get to visit my friends in NYC and have firms pay for the flight and hotel and meals.

I get to have nice meals a few times a week, going on interviews.


Most importantly:

I have offers for jobs from firms that I like.




So it's been a mixed bag.

[nickg1532]

i should be like you and not even try to read for class.

law review is kind of a pain. i don't know what your hours requirements are like, but ours suck.

i'm working as a research assistant, so that takes a 10 hours chunk out of each week.

the job search stuff is kind of a pain too. i mean, i enjoy being put up in nice hotels and being treated to good meals, but i'm not productive at all when i'm on a callback.

anyways, this year has been super busy. can't wait til i'm a 3L

[Hey_Porter]

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anyways, this year has been super busy. can't wait til i'm a 3L

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My 2L was actually ok, but 3L was excellent. All I did was play golf two times a week off of student loans and go to the race track every monday. Did that all of May and June before the bar too. That led to a little more anxiety after the exam (as I thought to myself, "damn, I shouldn't have played as much golf"), but I passed, so in hindsight I wouldn't change a thing!