4 years of College, No Degree. Does it matter? Forum

[Zooey]

If ive done 4 years of college, with credit (and transcripts available), but no BA awarded, does it matter?

Will i be asked by LSAC or the LS for a degree certificate?

[OGR3]

Yes.

You must have a bachelors degree to attend an accredited law school.

[r6_philly]

Yes.

You must have a bachelors degree to attend an accredited law school.

There are a few that allow you to earn your bachelors before the end of 1L year if admitted, IIRC.

[005618502]

How do you have 4 years completed but no BA/BS? Just finish and get your degree. This is a retarded post

[r6_philly]

How do you have 4 years completed but no BA/BS? Just finish and get your degree. This is a retarded post

Maybe stopped before all the requirements are met even though 120+ credit was earned? For some people that means they have to go back to UG to finish the requirements, and I can understand the desire to not do so if you are trying to get an advanced degree. I can't recall which schools allow this, but there are.

[005618502]

How do you have 4 years completed but no BA/BS? Just finish and get your degree. This is a retarded post

Maybe stopped before all the requirements are met even though 120+ credit was earned? For some people that means they have to go back to UG to finish the requirements, and I can understand the desire to not do so if you are trying to get an advanced degree. I can't recall which schools allow this, but there are.

VERY few, and the ones that do allow yo to earn a JD without an undergraduate degree are probably not the best schools...

[CanadianWolf]

@r6-philly: Which law schools allow one to matriculate prior to earning an undergraduate degree so long as the college degree will be awarded prior to completion of the first year of law school ? Thanks !

[005618502]

@r6-philly: Which law schools allow one to matriculate prior to earning an undergraduate degree so long as the college degree will be awarded prior to completion of the first year of law school ? Thanks !

[Zooey]

Thanks for the replies.

So who is it that i would need to submit the BA too, LSAC? Will they need a copy of the degree certificate?

The school i awards a degree, just not a BA (yeah, its complicated), will that matter.

[005618502]

Thanks for the replies.

So who is it that i would need to submit the BA too, LSAC? Will they need a copy of the degree certificate?

The school i awards a degree, just not a BA (yeah, its complicated), will that matter.

BS? i mean what kind of degree is it?

[CanadianWolf]

Although I am not certain, my understanding is that Michigan may admit a law school applicant without an undergraduate degree so long as the BA or BS is completed & awarded prior to matriculation at the Univ. of Michigan School of Law (a law school which requires ED admits to start in the summer term).

[r6_philly]

Law schools will ask to see your degree granting transcript. So the transcript must have a date when the degree was conferred.

LSAC only assembles the transcript for law schools to review.

[r6_philly]

@r6-philly: Which law schools allow one to matriculate prior to earning an undergraduate degree so long as the college degree will be awarded prior to completion of the first year of law school ? Thanks !

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Last paragraph. UT says by the beginning of 3L! I am pretty sure I read it elsewhere too.

[005618502]

Although I am not certain, my understanding is that Michigan may admit a law school applicant without an undergraduate degree so long as the BA or BS is completed & awarded prior to matriculation at the Univ. of Michigan School of Law (a law school which requires ED admits to start in the summer term).

This is how all schools are. You apply before you have your degree, you have to provide proof of recieving it by the time you actually attend the school

[r6_philly]

Although I am not certain, my understanding is that Michigan may admit a law school applicant without an undergraduate degree so long as the BA or BS is completed & awarded prior to matriculation at the Univ. of Michigan School of Law (a law school which requires ED admits to start in the summer term).

This is how all most schools are. You apply before you have your degree, you have to provide proof of recieving it by the time you actually attend the school

Read the UT website (link above). Not a TTT either obviously.

Edit: shouldn't you know? Am I wrong on the info? I just remember reading it and at other schools. I have a degree so I didn't investigate further.

[CanadianWolf]

My concern is for students who will be graduating in the summer, rather than in the spring as is traditional. I should have been more clear in my earlier post, sorry.

This question is common also for those graduating from undergraduate schools on the quarter or trimester system that finish in June with respect to applying ED to Michigan which requires ED admits to start in late May or early June prior to completion of degree requirements for these students.

[r6_philly]

I don't think it is going to work for Michigan, you can always ask them before sending the contract. I was accepted for RD last year and I wasn't supposed to get the degree until Aug. So summer graduate is ok for RD. I end up going to grad school instead and my UG almost screwed me over because they didn't do the degree transcript until this month. I had to get a letter from the department chair and the registrar to show that I did fulfill my degree requirements.

[ohlawl]

With all the talk about how terrible legal job market is, I'm surprised no one said to get the BA finished to fall back on after law school.

[bk1]

With all the talk about how terrible legal job market is, I'm surprised no one said to get the BA finished to fall back on after law school.

A BA doesn't make you more employable at Starbucks.

[r6_philly]

Then go back to UG and get a BS instead and pad GPA in the process.

[djjf39]

With all the talk about how terrible legal job market is, I'm surprised no one said to get the BA finished to fall back on after law school.

A BA doesn't make you more employable at Starbucks.

I got turned down from Starbucks and I have an MA. I wasn't sure what to think about that occurrence

[west]

@r6-philly: Which law schools allow one to matriculate prior to earning an undergraduate degree so long as the college degree will be awarded prior to completion of the first year of law school ? Thanks !

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Last paragraph. UT says by the beginning of 3L! I am pretty sure I read it elsewhere too.

I think Cornell says something about finishing it by the end of 1L, but only for exceptional candidates (or something to that effect).

[Renzo]

Thanks for the replies.

So who is it that i would need to submit the BA too, LSAC? Will they need a copy of the degree certificate?

The school i awards a degree, just not a BA (yeah, its complicated), will that matter.

Art school? Yeshiva?

[005618502]

With all the talk about how terrible legal job market is, I'm surprised no one said to get the BA finished to fall back on after law school.

A BA doesn't make you more employable at Starbucks.

I got turned down from Starbucks and I have an MA. I wasn't sure what to think about that occurrence

Many places will not hire someone who is over qualified because they know you wont stay and it is just a temp job till you find something better

[005618502]

Although I am not certain, my understanding is that Michigan may admit a law school applicant without an undergraduate degree so long as the BA or BS is completed & awarded prior to matriculation at the Univ. of Michigan School of Law (a law school which requires ED admits to start in the summer term).

This is how all most schools are. You apply before you have your degree, you have to provide proof of recieving it by the time you actually attend the school

Read the UT website (link above). Not a TTT either obviously.

Edit: shouldn't you know? Am I wrong on the info? I just remember reading it and at other schools. I have a degree so I didn't investigate further.

I should know, but i dont. I had no interest in spending another 3 years at UT. So i havent looked into it at all. I know for UVA you much provide your BA/BS or whatever completed before you start classes