<p>I’m a freshman at Yale who’s really not into the whole college thing. I’ve found that most of my courses are considerably less in depth or difficult than what I had in high school; I don’t find myself forced to do much work at all. Meanwhile, I’m losing whatever intellectual curiosity I had. </p>
<p>I find college to be a sort of limbo, where I’m just wasting 4 years. I wish I could be doing something that would apply directly to a career I’m interested in, or in a field I really care about. So I’ve been having the pipe dream of applying to law schools before I get my BA. I’d attend after my sophomore or junior year or something.</p>
<p>Is this at all feasible? Are there any good law schools that would consider this sort of application, or would I just get myself tossed immediately in the rejection pile.</p>
<p>I have a 3.9 GPA with solid extracurriculars. I’m fairly certain I’ll be able to raise or maintain that GPA.</p>
<p>I applied and was accepted to a top law school without a BA. I’ll explain how I did it it shortly. ;)</p>
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<p>Most of law school does not directly apply to your career as an attorney. Except perhaps for evidence and civil procedure if you become a litigator. If you are bored in college you will probably be bored in law school.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you are a freshman at Yale, can’t you audit a couple law school classes either at Yale or at Quinnipiac and see if you like them?</p>
<p>Bigstan, you’ve posted on a law school forum so this may not be the kind of answer you are looking for. I am sorry you have not found the intellectual environment at Yale to be stimulating for you. These thing happen sometimes, but you need to put some work into seeking out the kinds of course work, peers, and mentors who will challenge and encourage you. My roommate at Yale was bored, too, and he struck up a friendship with a renowned physicist who was nearing retirement. I never quite figured out how the friendship began–my buddy was interested in religion and ethics at the time and never even studied physics–but it was a rich experience that helped him in many ways, personally and professionally. I have no doubt there are people at Yale who can help you grow intellectually and vocationally. You may not meet them in the classroom though it is a bonus when that happens. I hope you can find them and connect with them.</p>
<p>I agree with lskinner. There is nothing about law school that is any more intellectually stimulating than undergraduate work. The difference has more to do with volume than depth. The material is not rocket science and can be downright mundane.</p>
<p>I heard that it was possible to apply, since many law schools only ask for a Bachelor’s degree or “equivalent”, which can be obtained based on life experience or something like that. </p>
<p>Do law schools admissions actually check if a student actually graduated? You might be able to fake your way through if you have realistic transcript documentation, although if you mess up and do get caught it might count against you.</p>
<p>Generally to get into an ABA accredited law school you need an undergrad degree or be part of a program at some colleges that have a combined undergrad to law school program where you do undergrad for three years and then start law school and end up with both an undergrad degree and a law degree.</p>