School Suggestions. NYU U Penn or Fordham Forum

[YANGQI77]

Hi:

I took LSAT three times, 162/165/174. Undergraduate GPA 3.55; LLM (Master of law) GPA 3.67.

I live in New Jersey, my goal is to do corporate law in big law for few years, then work as in-house counsel.

My first choice is Columbia because they are strong in corporate law, but they might not accept me in regular JD process because I already got a law degree(LLM).

I want to stay close with my family, and I also don't want to spend $200,000 for law school.

I am currently considering NYU, U Penn and Fordham. But I am not sure if NYU and U Penn will give me any scholarships.

I think I can get $135,000 from Fordham. I am also considering Georgetown and Cornell. Any suggestions??
Thank you!!!

[Thesaurus]

How do you have an LLM but not a JD? What country are you from?

[YANGQI77]

How do you have an LLM but not a JD? What country are you from?

That's actually normal for international students. I'm from China, and you can study law in undergraduate there.

[Thesaurus]

How do you have an LLM but not a JD? What country are you from?

That's actually normal for international students. I'm from China, and you can study law in undergraduate there.

One of my roommates is from China and has a Chinese law degree, and he's an LLM student here. He's also really young. I don't totally understand how the schooling works in China, but are you sure you need a JD from a US law school?

[YANGQI77]

How do you have an LLM but not a JD? What country are you from?

That's actually normal for international students. I'm from China, and you can study law in undergraduate there.

One of my roommates is from China and has a Chinese law degree, and he's an LLM student here. He's also really young. I don't totally understand how the schooling works in China, but are you sure you need a JD from a US law school?

In China, there is no separate grad schools for law/medicine, basically you can choose any major in undergraduate. But I hear it's going to change soon.

And yes. otherwise I wouldn't be able to take the NJ bar. And big law firms here don't hire LLMs. JD is required.

[ManoftheHour]

Blanket the entire T-14. With your numbers, you should have some decent offers.

[Thomas Hagan, ESQ.]

How do you have an LLM but not a JD? What country are you from?

That's actually normal for international students. I'm from China, and you can study law in undergraduate there.

One of my roommates is from China and has a Chinese law degree, and he's an LLM student here. He's also really young. I don't totally understand how the schooling works in China, but are you sure you need a JD from a US law school?

The US is probably the only country that makes people attend a post-bac law school to obtain their law degree. Most other nations (China, UK, India, Korea, etc.) you can get your law degree and practice law straight out of undergrad.

[Thomas Hagan, ESQ.]

Hi:

I took LSAT three times, 162/165/174. Undergraduate GPA 3.55; LLM (Master of law) GPA 3.67.

I live in New Jersey, my goal is to do corporate law in big law for few years, then work as in-house counsel.

My first choice is Columbia because they are strong in corporate law, but they might not accept me in regular JD process because I already got a law degree(LLM).

I want to stay close with my family, and I also don't want to spend $200,000 for law school.

I am currently considering NYU, U Penn and Fordham. But I am not sure if NYU and U Penn will give me any scholarships.

I think I can get $135,000 from Fordham. I am also considering Georgetown and Cornell. Any suggestions??
Thank you!!!

With a 3.5/174, I'm almost certain you'll get into Penn with the chance for a decent scholarship, and a full ride at Fordham. You also have a pretty great shot at NYU as well.

[YANGQI77]

Blanket the entire T-14. With your numbers, you should have some decent offers.

But mostly likely I will stay in the east coast. Should I just apply for the sake of scholarship bargaining??

[YANGQI77]

Hi:

I took LSAT three times, 162/165/174. Undergraduate GPA 3.55; LLM (Master of law) GPA 3.67.

I live in New Jersey, my goal is to do corporate law in big law for few years, then work as in-house counsel.

My first choice is Columbia because they are strong in corporate law, but they might not accept me in regular JD process because I already got a law degree(LLM).

I want to stay close with my family, and I also don't want to spend $200,000 for law school.

I am currently considering NYU, U Penn and Fordham. But I am not sure if NYU and U Penn will give me any scholarships.

I think I can get $135,000 from Fordham. I am also considering Georgetown and Cornell. Any suggestions??
Thank you!!!

With a 3.5/174, I'm almost certain you'll get into Penn with the chance for a decent scholarship, and a full ride at Fordham. You also have a pretty great shot at NYU as well.

Yeah~ I will definitely apply to NYU UPenn and Fordham, see how much $$ they offer! Thank you!

[ManoftheHour]

Blanket the entire T-14. With your numbers, you should have some decent offers.

But mostly likely I will stay in the east coast. Should I just apply for the sake of scholarship bargaining??

Absolutely.