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04-22-2008, 05:48 PM
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Just an announcement
I havent really been keeping up.Ive been busy with school but just thought i would let everyone know i will be attending duquesne university in pittsburgh this coming school year and then hopefully go to law school after that.
04-22-2008, 08:49 PM
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I'm a counselor at the University of CA and this being the season for admissions, I'll pass on advise we give to students: your major isn't your career and law schools don't care what your major is as long as you do WELL in it and do well on the LSAT.
Volunteer, do internships, study abroad, get to know your instructors (letters of rec!), and write, write, write...it seems students just want business, medicine or law when they get to college, so make sure law really is what you want!
(I start my doctoral program in the fall!)
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04-22-2008, 10:57 PM
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I'm a counselor at the University of CA and this being the season for admissions, I'll pass on advise we give to students: your major isn't your career and law schools don't care what your major is as long as you do WELL in it and do well on the LSAT.
Volunteer, do internships, study abroad, get to know your instructors (letters of rec!), and write, write, write...it seems students just want business, medicine or law when they get to college, so make sure law really is what you want!
Volunteer, do internships, study abroad, get to know your instructors (letters of rec!), and write, write, write...it seems students just want business, medicine or law when they get to college, so make sure law really is what you want!
Good luck at the Duq. Take your time, enjoy it, and don't sweat the small stuff.
04-22-2008, 11:14 PM
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Coming from someone who's graduated from law school in the last decade, yeah, your major DOES make a difference once you're there. People with a business, science, or math degree tend to do better with analysis and get higher grades in the courses that matter. People who have a speech, poli sci, underwater basketweaving, or the like liberal studies degrees tend to do better in the throwaway classes like client counseling, moot court, and mediation. People with English degrees wind up inheriting the Earth because they can write better than everyone else and usually graduate at the top of the class, thereby guaranteeing that they will get the job at BigLaw and will not be eating Mac and Cheese for dinner and driving an HHR on a public defender's salary.
Good luck at the Duq. Take your time, enjoy it, and don't sweat the small stuff.
Good luck at the Duq. Take your time, enjoy it, and don't sweat the small stuff.
What he said!
hhrCrafty, may I borrow some of that to pass on to my students?!
And yes, I agree that the more of a quantitative background you have, the better you will do on the LSAT (thus law school!).