<p>I will be attending NU next year, and besides getting great grades and a great lsat score, it is CRUCIAL that my first two summers (summer of freshman and sophomore) I do internships in banking. If possible, it would be better if i did the internships in the school year too. During my junior year I need to do abroad internships (probably in a spanish speaking country, as I speak spanish or china as I am learning Chinese). These things are crucial. I don’t need info saying don’t worry or you shouldnt do this or that, do this instead. I just need info on how hard it is to do this. Thanks!</p>
<p>LSAT score + banking = ***? And they’re CRUCIAL? What on earth? I’m just gonna venture and say you don’t know what you’re talking about and have some bizarrely specific sense of what you want to do and the very specific things you want to accomplish.</p>
<p>haha okay, this is exactly what i said i didnt want.</p>
<p>Yes, yes it is. But I’m telling you that what you’re asking makes no sense. How hard would it be to do those? Well, the internships in banking the first two summers might be tricky. Even one summer. If you’re an MMSS student and you get a 4.0, really easy. So just do that. It’s CRUCIAL that you get a 4.0 and take the following EXACT courses: Math 527-0, Stat 820-3, and Fleen 999-9</p>
<p>If you wan’t a more helpful response give more context.</p>
<p>Well someone really important will sponsor me into a top 5 grad school law, since he is the admissions director, but he will only do so if I do these things and get good grades and a good lsat score. I want to do international law. I will be going to WCAS for pol sci. I know it does sound weird with the banking and I do not know that that sounds weird since I don’t know much. But is it really that weird? That is just what he told me to do.</p>
<p>“Internships in banking” is really really broad. What sort of banking? Which department?</p>
<p>If all you want to do is get some job doing back office work at some bank, its probably not too difficult given you have the proper credentials, but don’t expect to get paid, and don’t expect to do anything fun or important.</p>
<p>^Probably doesn’t matter as long as it’s with a firm with prestigious name; most pepole have no idea what the differences are.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why someone would say that internships in banking are CRUCIAL for law school. Good grades and great LSAT score, yes, but the banking thing doesn’t make any sense. Law school admissions is pretty straightforward if you have great stats.</p>
<p>i actually know nothing about what internships are good for what, so the fact that banking isnt is news to me. Banking isnt for international law, correct? Not international bussiness law or anything? And he said banking because he did banking internships and did law</p>
<p>Who would want to hire you at the end of your Freshman year? You’re competing with those who have completed their Junior year, are much more knowledgeable, focused,mature, and closer to working for them full time upon graduation. Maybe a local branch would let you assist or shadow someone but that would be the best you could hope for I would think.</p>
<p>This “sponsor” guy is giving you unreasonable tasks; if you accomplish all that he asks you have no need for this guy to get you into a top law school, you’ll get there just by doing all he asks with or without his help. It’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>well he is giving advice to me on what would be the best for me to do. But is banking internships and law really THAT uncommon?</p>
<p>@DESTROYER, sorry but rather than asking you to complete those requirements, your sponsor should first teach you how to be an independent thinker…</p>
<p>oh ya because you know all about me. If a man told you he will sponsor you into harvard law and he runs admissions, you would be pretty interested in what he had to say wouldnt you?</p>
<p>@DESTROYER, I really didn’t mean to offend you, and yes, I do not know much about you, but from reading above posts it seemed like you just wanted to do those internships without knowing how it would benefit you in the long run or at least for the admission into top law schools. I know that was one of your sponsor’s conditions but… It just didn’t sound like it’s coming from someone who’s aspiring to attend Harvard Law.</p>
<p>Also, I should have mentioned this first, but I do believe that the banking internships would help you since with international law (business side, correct?) you would have to have a good understanding of how money flows in big corporations to advise them. That’s why some people get both MBA and Law degree.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “international law”? </p>
<p>Another thing to consider - the vast majority of law students do not go directly to law school after undergrad. It is very common to work for at least a couple of years before entering law school - I’m sure there are a number of who do bank analyst programs (although pursuing a MBA would be more typical), but law students come from a very broad array of backgrounds. </p>
<p>You really shouldn’t be worrying about this stuff at the age of 17 or 18. Come to Northwestern with an open mind to explore all it has to offer. You are likely to change your mind a couple of times about your major, not to mention your ultimate career plans.</p>
<p>I mean honestly, if you just get a 3.9 and score a 175 on the LSAT, you’ll get in to Harvard regardless of everything else. The rest is just ridiculous. You should sniff around here: [Top</a> Law Schools](<a href=“http://www.top-law-schools.com%5DTop”>http://www.top-law-schools.com).</p>
<p>In fact, post a thread there, see how that goes.</p>
<p>Okay, sorry for sounding like such a jerk before. It just seemed like a had ten guys ragging on me! haha thanks for all the advice.</p>