Masters student at Columbia - want to apply to law school Forum

[DestroyingTheLSAT]

Hey first post guys,

I am masters student at Columbia (graduating summer 2015) in a quant finance program. I am looking to get get into T14 law schools. Does anyone know how much the masters degree will help? Will it help more so if I ED Columbia? My GPA is 3.67-3.69 (Idk the official LSAC gpa) and I haven't taken the LSAT yet. Graduated USNews T20.

I am thinking of applying to law schools this cycle as I have time in the summer to study for the lsat. I want to work 1-2 years starting next summer but I want to apply this cycle, hopefully get accepted and defer a year or two... will this work? Any suggestions?

Anyways, thanks for the help!

EDIT: my program doesn't have any joint degrees with the law school.

[BigZuck]

It certainly won't hurt you and it will look nice on your application but I wouldn't expect it to give you any sort of appreciable bump.

Your numbers will get you what your numbers are supposed to get you, more likely than not.

[McAvoy]

Don't ED anywhere that doesn't offer serious financial incentives to ED, unless you're really rich. Destory the LSAT and the rest will take care of itself.

[DestroyingTheLSAT]

Thanks guys!