So I'm currently applying to colleges and I'm kinda confused by the whole process. Anybody here recently apply and think they could give me some advice on the process as a whole and what I should look out for? If anybody here has applied to UC's or CSU's and could help me out that would be greatly appreciated since those are mainly what I'm applying to, but advice for private schools would be awesome as well. Thank you!
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I'm in the same situation. We should work together.
They'd also probably be helpful if you were keen on starting your own practice, but chances are you wouldn't be able to do that from the get-go anyway and would learn about operations from experience at another firm ahead of time.
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Probably not a terrible idea, at the very least you'd have a useful undergrad degree to fall back on if Law school didn't pan out.
It'd be a good thing to have a background in, but honestly you're not going to be crunching numbers if you are doing corporate laws. The only business degree I'd really recommend for Law school would be Accounting if you decide to become a Tax Lawyer or something like that.
I don't think Finance has much practical application in corporate law though. It's mostly agreements and copyrights, not too much calculation.
If you major in finance you may as well get a finance job since those pay pretty well and the market is definitely better for them than law right now.
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Would a finance degree be helpful if I decide to get into corporate law?
I've heard Philosophy is the best undergrad degree for Law students. Criminal justice is more about law enforcement rather than interpretation of the law. I don't think Pre-Law is a major, but rather just a subset of coursework you could take within another degree in preparation for Law school, although I admittedly don't know much about that. The law market is saturated anyway.
Kyle, I'm pretty sure that UC schools are like SUNY schools (State University of NY) where you can essentially fill out one application and submit it to multiple schools since they're all in the same system.
If not, the "common app" will have most of the colleges you're looking for. I was able to apply to all the schools I applied to on the common app (all of which were in NY, also this was back in 2009)
My advice is don't spend money on a private school unless it's top shelf (Ivy League, Stanford, NYU) or you have a very specific major/career in mind that one private school does really well. Otherwise, your best bet is to try and go for undergrad on a budget because once you start working it won't really matter where you went to school for undergrad, especially if you end up going for a Master's degree at some point (which some employers pay for or help pay for depending on the company/industry, but also isn't a bad idea to get if you want to improve your job security and earnings potential).
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I am also im the same position as hlp123 but I think I found my school already! i got a 25 ACT and my GPA is 3.5. Kyle, im getting in easily to my dream school so i know youll find something
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Hi, I'm on a gap year. Not a lot of graduating high school seniors consider gap years, but they are actually quite amazing. There are a wide range of projects you can undertake, internships, volunteering positions, paid work, study abroad, etc. If you have a clear idea of what it is you want to do in life and don't want to waste time veering away from that, then perhaps a gap year is not for you. But if you're still unsure, then you should consider it. Just to give you an idea, I'm going to Nepal for 8 weeks in January and then on a South East Asia Trail from April to June. Yolo :3
P.S: Get someone to edit your essays and you're good. Plus, ace your SATs/ACTs.
it's just like getting a masters after getting a bachelors in the same field. Some people do it for preparation, others do it because they like the subject but you can literally major in anything and then go to law school.
If i wanted to be an environmental lawyer i could go to law school after getting my bachelors in marine biology.
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My dad graduated top of his class at CU law school and he told me that pre law is a waste of time. Statistically, prelaw and crj come in at the bottom as far as acceptance rates go
i was under the impression that you didn't need a specific degree for law school o_o we don't have pre law or crj here
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if you wanna go to law school, major in pre law or crj tbh.
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That's my plan right now. I'm majoring in English but I might switch it to philosophy or history. I want to major in something enjoyable and I can put off having to have a practical application for my degree for 4 years if I go the law school route.
