<p>A new poster needs help. She has received only a few responses to her deeply imbedded questions (hiding in the general Welcome to the New Parents Cafe thread). I’m reposting her initial post here, because I know she can get “here” and you can look back on the general thread for previous responses and info so we don’t repeat too badly. Help her out,O.K.? She seems nice and her son seems quite deserving. He is a transfer wannabee with a 3.88 Community College GPA wondering if he has to go to U of Illinois which will be costly for him, or would Illinois State be fine, if he wants to go to U of Illinois law school. I have previously discussed some considerations with them as have others.
Mods, before you move this to a more proper resting place, I don’t think connie thinks she can find it if you do move it. She’s not that comfortable driving around the site yet. Please make an exception.</p>
<p>My own ideas are that the undergrad institution does matter to some degree, although good grades from a third tier school are probably better than mediocre grades from a top tier school. And it also depends on how high of a law school you are shooting for and what the careers goals are. If you want to work in a Wall Street law firm or sit on the Supreme Court, you better shoot for the very best schools. But if you want to be a local estate-planning attorney or a municipal judge, local state school are probably fine.</p>
<p>But as I said, check with the folks on the Law School forum.</p>
<p>This young man should go to the best possible college he can afford. Have you compared financial aid offers? As he gets on at college and his horizons grow, he might set his sights on law schools he migght not know of now. Is Enrico hispanic? That would make him a URM and top law schools could well be interested in him if he continues to do well.</p>
<p>I have to agree with coureur’s assessment. If you were to look at the incoming class at Harvard Law School, you would find a lot of kids from elite schools in the mix. But you would also find a lot of kids who come from undergrad schools that are “nothing special.” The key to law school, if you don’t go to an elite undergrad, is to get top (and I mean TOP) grades at your college and do well on the LSAT.</p>
<p>Agreed that you will need top grades even from an elite UG to get into a TOP law school–</p>
<p>it’s actually like applying to college from a top prep school–schools will dig deeper into the class from an elite college/prep school, but even then, there are limits.</p>
<p>I found you… thank you so verymuch for helping me out. I had a hard time fining you… i just noticed tonight. i have gotten some really great replies. thank you so much for all your help. Question. When i want to reply to the comments made do i reply under the person talking or do i reply somewhere else so it is posted so everyone can see, Just like I’m reading all ther answers to the question you posted for me.</p>
<p>You can either hit the reply button which will open a window and you can type your response.</p>
<p>You can just type in the quick reply box and hit post quick reply.</p>
<p>To send a Private Message (PM) to a person , left click on their name and you will see options view public profle, send private message etc. If you hit send private message a window opens up and you can type a response for that person’s eyes only.</p>