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Newbie Joined: 16 Oct 2012 Posts: 1 Location: Canada

Hi,

This sounds completely crazy, but I am from Bishop's University and I want to go to Harvard Law. I set my sights on it since a long time ago. CEGEP didn't work out for me so I ended up there, but I am now one of the highest achievers.

Which leads to the ultimate question: can I get into Harvard Law while being in a somewhat popular (for party) Bishop's University, home to about 2500 undergrads. One of its strength is the small classes and a tight community. I know universities play a factor in admissions, but at what degree? LSAT is not a problem, I will spend 7 full months on it. GPA neither, I have 90+ average.

I made an extensive search online with the keywords "Bishop's University" and "Harvard Law", not a single relevant answer. Sad

Honest answers please, appreciate it!

Full Prof Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 118

Score above the 99th percentile on the LSAT (min 173), keep your grades above 90%, and the rest will depend on your personal statement. Extra curriculars also count but being from Quebec will be a big enough EC for Harvard.

Realize too that going to Harvard law means you'll never, ever, actually be a real lawyer. And by real lawyer I mean someone who goes into courtrooms and pleads cases. Sure, you might eventually become part of a litigation team, but you and every other lawyer you meet will realize your sum professional worth is the value of your yearly hours billed. There are exceptions but most of them only exist in John Grisham potboilers.

Wannabe lawyers are typically attracted to the profession because they think law is interesting and exciting, or because they want to make more money than they could in most other careers. Those two goals are more or less mutually exclusive. If you are attracted to law primarily for the remuneration then Harvard is definitely a good choice.