By admin on February 8, 2011
Would attending University of Virginia for my undergraduates degree (majoring in Computer Science most likely) increase my chance of getting accepted into University of Virginia for law school to get my J.D.? Is there anything else that I could do to increase my chances of getting a law degree from University of Virginia? What exactly is the pre-law program; is it an undergraduate’s degree or is it simply a training course for the exam? Thanks
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Oh my gosh, yes! 44/361 students are from UVA! Look at this site, it even shows every college the students come from!
http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/prospectives/class10.htm
I’m sorry, but I have to disagree with the person below me. How can 12% of students coming from UVA not show preference??
1) Attending one does not increase your chances of being admitted in future to the other.
What the other answerer does not mention about those statistics is that the 2nd highest number of admissions comes from William & Mary– two Virginia based schools who have a large population of Virginia residents who do not wish to travel out-of-state for their law degree.
It is not surprising then that most applicants come from those two schools. It has nothing to do with attending one or the other for undergraduate studies.
2) To increase your chances, focus on keeping your GPA above 3.3 and study hard for the LSAT when the times comes. Work on building your resume also.
3) Pre-law programs are by and large pointless, they give one an overview of the legal system including policies, governments, communications and ethical issues. It is a combination of philosophy, psychology and political science all wrapped into one program with the emphasis of those subjects being on law, society and policy. It is not a degree program; just a minor.
If you are interested I would actually consider doing a minor in psychology, political science or philosophy instead of a pre-law progam because you would get more out of it.