The previous mentioned, applying to law school is a completely mathematical game -- undergraduate grade point average (GPA) and the law school admission test (LSAT) scores bipin. In many law school application office, 5:5 is GPA and the weight of LSAT. Standford and California University Berkeley GPA see more heavier, may be 6:4. To enter the America top Top 14 law school is not easy, to map out a strategy, make early preparations.

Undergraduate grade point average of GPA

To go to law school, he must be from the first day of the first grade bachelor's degree began to score well, good GPA is halfway to the threshold. Because the application is started in the autumn of four, so the law school just using the first to the third grade results to calculate GPA.
　　
Do not think that specialized course achievement is important, on the contrary, the law school admissions officers like to see a can in all areas of outstanding students. If you study the liberal arts, must try some number, of course even engineering course, at least some mathematics curriculum, but also to do well. If you read in science, engineering, don't forget to take some such as politics, philosophy and liberal arts courses such as international relations. If you can play well in the course of these "other", will give admissions officers bring good impression.
　　
Note, the law school conversion GPA may not like your school. For example, the A+ conversion many schools into GPA is 4, but the law school converted 4.33. In addition, all elective courses, including halfway back of course, will be the score. This according to each school and graduation requirements vary, but be cautious, if not careful a withdrawal classes if be counted as 0 GPA, regret it too late.
　　
To enter the America top law school undergraduate grade point average, there is no shortcut, only to do everything. For some graduated 5 years, people with employment experience, GPA weight will be relatively low, at this time, the proportion of LSAT will become great!

As soon as possible to solve the LSAT

LSAT is not difficult, so not too early to start to prepare. If the big four autumn began to apply for the school of law, suggested that the big two summer vacation started late, but not later than the three winter term. Review LSAT the time required to also differ from man to man, some people can review every day for several hours, some people because of various reasons, the family can only review for one or two hours. Most people can play the best in the review of 200 hours or so, of course, also need to see your goal achievement and learning quality.
　　
The LSAT test is only 4 times a year: 2, 6, 9 (sometimes 10) and 12 months. So, what time is best? If can be in three September, December or February out best, take this big stone down immediately, the big three behind the summer to write my essay and enrich your resume. The latest to begin in June finished three behind. If you wait until the senior in September or October, very detrimental to the application. Although there are some schools accept the big four in December and February exam, but it will be too late.
　　
Early test LSAT there is a benefit, that can apply to many schools of Early Decision (early decision, referred to as ED). What is ED? With the application of American University undergraduate basically the same, that is to say if the accepted you, you have to go to this school. Usually, ED requirements than the average admission line slightly lower, but the deadline is very early, usually in late 10 or early 11.
　　
Believe most people have their favorite school. After the LSAT announced results, add their own undergraduate grades, can go to the www.top-law-schools.com or www.lawschoolnumbers.com view each school the admission students range.
　　
How to choose the school?

The school is divided into three types. The first is "safety school" -- the school is your safety net, is almost certain to be admitted. If your GPA and LSAT are all in the school admission of 75% percentage points above, it should be no problem (Yale Yale except, every year many people refuse to LSAT out, GPA4.0). This school is often not what we want most, so usually for 3 or so is enough.
　　
The second is "between GPA and LSAT2 in these schools secondary schools --" your grades 25% and 75%. As long as your essay and resume (soft condition) is better, should also be able to be admitted. As long as the feeling of be able to accept the school, the school can apply for.
　　
Third is the "high school" -- GPA and LSAT this kind of school 25% are higher than your grades, so the enrolling hope is relatively small, but if the soft condition is very advantageous, also can try. Although the application process that college is a mathematical game, but is able to prove that he has had great success in academic, some good schools are willing to admit. For example, the average annual enrollment at Yale in 3 LSAT in the students under 160 points, far below the LSAT25% admission line. This kind of school do not apply too much, but can not be less. I knew a be prompted by a sudden impulse to apply a top school friends, logically impossible, but he has been accepted. Thus, $75 application fee changed him over the next few years of life.
　　
In order to facilitate the understanding of their admission probability of different schools, here to introduce two sites: www.lawschoolpredictor.com and http://www.hourumd.com. Only need to input their GPA and LSAT scores in these two sites, will be able to see the same probability with their performance in the applicant enters each school.

Submission of application

In order to facilitate the domestic and international students to apply for American law school, Law School Admissions Committee USA (Law School Admission Council) for all applicants to provide a very convenient tool: law school data collection system (Credential Assembly Service, referred to as LSDAS). The address is www.lsac.org. In the top law schools, schools are almost all mandatory require applicants to submit application by LSDAS.
　　
How convenient method? All America law school can apply through this website. That is to say, it is you apply for the hub and the windows of all schools. You need not send you a letter undergraduate school N transcripts (N equal to the number of schools you apply), only need to send a letter to the LSDAS on it. LSDAS has all the law school application form, simply click on their own to apply for school. LSAT must also be finished through LSDAS registration, results announced, immediately after will appear in your file. Recommendation? Don't like to apply to graduate school, make recommendation on each school's website to copy and paste, as long as the referee sent a letter to the LSDAS, in the process of applying for school, you can choose which one letter to which school, convenience and clinking, not. Moreover, LSDAS also has all the usual student achievement, school enrollment number of scholarships, grants the number, age, race and a series of data, also has the very big help to choose a school.

The benefits of early application

Why early for good? Because the law school not wait until all applications received by the trial began, to apply for postgraduate or doctoral students are not the same. Harvard every year to receive more than 8000 applications, if you wait until after February to see, may be the hundreds of applications a day, admissions officers don't want. So the law school on the choice of rolling admission method (rolling admission), received a petition is a, then evaluated according to previous admission (to top schools, each year and year does not have too big change).
　　
Therefore, when applying to law school, apply the sooner the better, because as long as they can score in the admission ranges, we will have a good chance to be admitted. Most law school application deadline is February next year, if the wait until that time application, many people have been accepted. So, if the performance in general, are likely to be rejected. Only the results particularly good students can be admitted at this stage.
　　
Not only by the above time limit only ranked the first of the Yale Law School, which is decided it the one and only review program. After receiving the application, except for a few applications particularly outstanding, the admissions office will most of the application materials to the Yale Law School professor, let the optional three professors score. The professors, they only know to apply for the contents of the book, know nothing at all, the number of applicants scores and other information, so the application time nothing.