Hey all,
I'm about to start my Senior year this fall Semester at the university of central florida. I will be graduating in spring. I've been decided on Law School for a couple months, and have been studying for the LSAT for the last two. But I've recently been getting cold feet. The main reason I've considered attending law school is a combination of an understanding that the application process is quite generous for high GPA students, as well as the fact that I could see myself being successful within the field.
But I've always had somewhat of a talent with writing, particularly academic papers. I could see myself really enjoying getting my phd and being a professor or whatnot. So basically, a few questions:
1) what do grad school admissions base their decisions on? I have a high GPA (3.97) but am not from a prestigious college. I also don't have any published papers- just a few articles in my student run newspaper. I do have high quality writing samples, and I would like to get a paper published this semester.
2) my girlfriend goes to UPenn for law, and a Pennsylvania or New York university is preferable for me. Is it realistic to gun for schools like Nyu, Penn, and Columbia? My area of interest is cultural studies.