St. Olaf --- What is it like?

carldad
Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:53:34 +0000

St. Olaf is a church of the ELCA which is the largest of the Lutheran denominations and what I would consider the least conservative.

Yes the choirs would be considered extracurricular.

I really don’t know much about pre-law at St. Olaf but I am not a big fan of pre-anything. Let me explain. I am a practicing lawyer and if there was such a thing as pre-law when I was at St. Olaf I didn’t know about it and it wasn’t necessary. Law schools don’t care what you major in or what classes you take. I had students in my law school class that majored in almost anything you can think of from engineering to political science to music.

Pre-med is a little different simply because there are some core courses that you need for medical school. But, other than that you can still major in anything you want to for medical school. If a school wants to give support classes to study for the LSAT or MCAT that is great. But to have a specific focus on pre-law or pre-med just isn’t necessary.

Bottom line- don’t worry about pre-law. Ask questions like what is your placement rate to medical or law school and what schools do your graduates typically attend.