Plan for Excelsior BS Liberal Arts

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I agree with the others, make sure that you understand the requirements before heading down this path. Law schools seem to be antiquated. If you want a fast, cheap, and easy Liberal Studies degree, I would probably suggest UMPI for you, but don't transfer in more than 60 credits.

Assuming you can write well (which you'll need for law school anyway), you should be able to complete the remaining 60-90 credits in 4-6 terms (8-12 months) for around the same total cost as the cost of EC + alt credits. You could get done even more quickly and cheaply, but that depends a lot on the courses you choose and your own abilities. With UMPI, you'll have a ton of graded credits that will make the law schools happier.

Purdue and SNHU would cost a lot more for this approach. Purdue would be a lot more writing/effort, too, and would probably take longer, even if you were only going for 30 graded credits.

I'm also going to suggest a BABA from UMPI instead of Liberal Studies. Of law school doesn't work out for whatever reason (unable to finish due to personal circumstances), you'll still have a subject degree that can be more valuable for finding a job than a Lib Studies degree.

Thanks for the advice! I hadn't considered that law schools wouldn't love this plan. I saw that the only requirement for the one I'm trying to attend was to "Have a Baccalaureate degree from a Regionally Accredited college." There aren't exactly Ivy League law schools here in Montana...

Why do you say going for a full 60 credits from UMPI instead of just the required 30? Would that not be enough graded courses?

If you have any knowledge of law school admissions in particular, do you think a good LSAT score would help mitigate uneasy feelings toward a degree with 90-113 ungraded credits? The median LSAT score for accepted students at the school I'm trying to attend is 153, and I've been scoring 165+ on all my practice LSATs.

One last question. I appreciate the advice on the BABA instead. Do you think the UMPI LA - Management degree would be useful at all in that context? I just personally can't stand Business classes and want to take as few possible.

Thank you so much!

Montana? I assume you plan on going to this school here:
https://www.ilrg.com/rankings/law/view/148

Tuition of $13k a year sounds like a good deal for law school.

I don't know what field of law you are interested in, but things such as estates, contract disputes, divorce, etc, help if you have some business knowledge.