Graduating UG in 3 years Forum
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Graduating UG in 3 years
How does the admissions committee view candidates who graduated a year early from UG?
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It matters not.
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Most schools tend to like candidates who have some work experience. I graduated in 3 years, then I went and worked for 3 years. I think that both of those were assets to me. On the other hand, if you graduate in three years and go straight through I can't imagine it would help you, but I don't think it would hurt you either.
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Why would it help? It doesn't matter whether you take three years or five.
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Very subtle #humblebrag
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- thelaststraw05
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Why could it help?mrtoren wrote:Why would it help? It doesn't matter whether you take three years or five.
Well, it could show motivation and drive. I decided I wanted to work on the Obama campaign. I took extra classes and summer classes (raising my GPA in the process) while working a near full time job.
I don't think that it on it's own would help, but if you can use it to demonstrate an ability to kick your ass into gear it can. It really all depends on the story you tell.
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Yeah, because graduating from a highly mediocre undergrad in three years is what I'd choose to brag about.MrPapagiorgio wrote:Very subtle #humblebrag
ETA: Oh, if this dig isn't directed at me I withdraw the above hostility. If it is, feel free to let the hostility remain.
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Haha you got meMrPapagiorgio wrote:Very subtle #humblebrag
- MrPapagiorgio
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Wasn't directed at you.thelaststraw05 wrote:Yeah, because graduating from a highly mediocre undergrad in three years is what I'd choose to brag about.MrPapagiorgio wrote:Very subtle #humblebrag
ETA: Oh, if this dig isn't directed at me I withdraw the above hostility. If it is, feel free to let the hostility remain.
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As someone who graduated undergrad in 3 years and went straight to law school I don't feel like it hurt my cycle, but it's hard to tell since adcomms don't communicate to people what went into them getting accepted/WLed/dinged.thelaststraw05 wrote:Most schools tend to like candidates who have some work experience. I graduated in 3 years, then I went and worked for 3 years. I think that both of those were assets to me. On the other hand, if you graduate in three years and go straight through I can't imagine it would help you, but I don't think it would hurt you either.
One piece of advice: while I think people here get a little too adamant about taking time off between ugrad and law school and lose sight of individual circumstances and the variable factors that play into that decision, I would never recommend that somebody attend law school before they're 21. If you'll be 20 when law school starts, take a year off; law school social activities are like 90% drinking.
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+1Bildungsroman wrote:As someone who graduated undergrad in 3 years and went straight to law school I don't feel like it hurt my cycle, but it's hard to tell since adcomms don't communicate to people what went into them getting accepted/WLed/dinged.thelaststraw05 wrote:Most schools tend to like candidates who have some work experience. I graduated in 3 years, then I went and worked for 3 years. I think that both of those were assets to me. On the other hand, if you graduate in three years and go straight through I can't imagine it would help you, but I don't think it would hurt you either.
One piece of advice: while I think people here get a little too adamant about taking time off between ugrad and law school and lose sight of individual circumstances and the variable factors that play into that decision, I would never recommend that somebody attend law school before they're 21. If you'll be 20 when law school starts, take a year off; law school social activities are like 90% drinking.
And at least in Ann Arbor it is mostly drinking in bars that card at the door.
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Lmao.MrPapagiorgio wrote:Wasn't directed at you.thelaststraw05 wrote:Yeah, because graduating from a highly mediocre undergrad in three years is what I'd choose to brag about.MrPapagiorgio wrote:Very subtle #humblebrag
ETA: Oh, if this dig isn't directed at me I withdraw the above hostility. If it is, feel free to let the hostility remain.
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I don't think it would at all matter
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thelaststraw05 wrote:Why could it help?mrtoren wrote:Why would it help? It doesn't matter whether you take three years or five.
Well, it could show motivation and drive. I decided I wanted to work on the Obama campaign. I took extra classes and summer classes (raising my GPA in the process) while working a near full time job.
I don't think that it on it's own would help, but if you can use it to demonstrate an ability to kick your ass into gear it can. It really all depends on the story you tell.
How did that work out for letters of recommendation? Did you stay in contact with professors or did you just use employers?
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