yb1 Wrote:Caution take what I am about to say with a grain of salt.

My brother got his JD and MBA from Duke. Which is a top 15 school. He also got accepted Columbia and a few other top ones. I will give you some of the advice that he gave me when I was interested in going down a similar path. I will also add to you my personal opinion.

“Go for STEM if you want to go into LAW.” He got into Duke with a bachelor in psychology and international relations but he said if he were to do it all again. He would either do finance or STEM. Since you already have a lot of computer science experience then aim for that. He also made contacts through various hobbies that he had. He networked and that is how he got into Duke.

Now if you're lawyer recommends University of Virginia. It also sounds like you are from Virginia than if I were you I would enroll into NOVA. Great school but it will also give you guaranteed admission into University of Virginia since they have a partnership. Now if you go that route than this forum is going to be pretty meaningless to you once you pass the Gen ed requirements. This will be much longer process but it can be speeded up. You could be applying to UVA very shortly.


Northern Virginia Community College Course Equivalency Guide | StraighterLine Straighterline also has a partnership with NOVA which this is going to be great for you. These courses will transfer over and fulfill more of the degree requirements.

Northern Virginia Community College & StraighterLine - Degree Savings Partnership | StraighterLine

And you would want to look at their clep policy.

CLEP Testing :: Northern Virginia Community College

Now in this case if it is anything like Maryland systems then you will have to enroll into NOVA and sign up for the guaranteed admission to UVA (in maryland it is called the MTAP program which gets you access to UMD College Park). I assume you would need to have above a 3.0. Since you won't have as many credits for grades. You might just want to get your associates from NOVA and plan to transfer the following semester. You do your last two semesters at UVA. During which you network. You meet people. You get internships. You connect with the professors from the law school. You buckle down. and well..


Now Kyle if you don't want to go the long road and want to try and go for something else. Then yeah UMUC, Liberty, or the big three might be right up your alley. Check out the wiki for the big three.

You can start off by getting some of the free courses. Your certs and military credits would also add credit. I also believe that you could do a portfolio and if you do a good enough job then you can get a lot of credits.

If you go for the faster route. Go ahead and knock out KPLA (3), Aleks (12-15) for 20 dollar math credits. Search free ethic course and take that. Do the teex cyber security track (6 credits) , NFA
And then after that start taking cleps and dsst exams.

Also you might be interested in WGU or Hodges University (UPOWER program). These are competency based and done at your own pace. You pay for 6 months and you can do as many credits as you can. but since you already have a bunch of credits you would be miles ahead of other people.

Use the search function. Type in free credits. Stick around and ask questions.

But yeah that is my two cents on the subject.

Prloko Wrote:Your school choice may play big into what school accepts you. Now although, there are many lawyers who got the Bachelor's from the school you mentioned above, to get into programs like GTown or UVA, you are going to need a stronger school, with a strong GPA supplemented by a strong LSAT.

Please keep that in mind.