<p>Are students from NYU undergrad “feeders” into NYU law school? In other words, if we come from nyu undergrad to we have an advantage when applying to NYU law school?</p>
<p>Not really, no. In fact, the rumor has always been that the opposite is true. NYU Law gets applicants from across the country and around the world, and since NYU undergrad is so huge, the incoming class would be disproportionately filled with NYU alumni. Then again, in my incoming class, NYU was the second-most represented college. The numbers fluctuate year-to-year, of course, but I would say that, on the whole, you’re neither at an advantage or a disadvantage.</p>
<p>However, I should clarify that, if you have the opportunity to work at the law school in any capacity–as an office student aide, as an intern in one of the centers, etc.–take it. I am convinced my internship and subsequent part-time job at the law school helped make my application stand out.</p>
<p>NYU undergraduate actually has a low acceptance rate to NYU Law. On the otherhand, one advantage is, if you do attend NYU, you have the priveledge to sneak into NYU law classes while you are an undergraduate</p>
<p>very true, and not many undergraduate students know about it:</p>
<p>i’m not sure of the office you go to, but all NYU undergrads are allowed to sit in on certain first year law classes.</p>
<p>NYU undergrad doesn’t have any lower an acceptance rate to NYU Law than any other comparable school. While NYU undergrad provides a rigorous education, it’s NOT, overall, on the same level as Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, etc., etc. The fact that in my year it was the second-most represented school, and has consistently been fairly well-represented (remember that we have people applying from the top of the top schools) is fairly indicative of the fact that, while getting into NYU Law is still an uphill battle both ways in the snow with 200 pounds of books on your back, there isn’t a pervasive institutional bias against NYU undergrads. And the acceptance rate might be “low” because of the fact that there are thousands of NYU undergrads applying for only 450 or so spots reserved for students from every college across the country and world.</p>
<p>Also, you don’t need to go to speak to anyone to sit in on a law class. Just look up the schedule of first-year classes and go sit in. Try to sit in the back, to the side, to keep the prof from calling on you, though. Other than that, in a 90-person class, you’re not going to stick out unless you come in late. If you want to be set up with a mentor, contact the Undergraduate Law Society.</p>