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Get the inside scoop on Seattle University School of Law admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


Status
Admissions Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Fairly simple. I applied on line, and was accepted. I made a rather late decsion to attend law school. I did not apply until the begining of Ja...   READ MORE
Current Student
Interview was not required, but elected to do so as I lived in Seattle. I should have realized how disorganized administration was when I tried t...   READ MORE
Current Student
The best advice on applying to Seattle University Law is to apply early. The class sizes are strictly limited, and the admissions department is n...   READ MORE
Alumni
The admissions process was smooth. SU was good about staying in touch throughout the process and answering questions almost immediately in most cas...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The first year curve is harah, C or C+. But the professors are pretty good. the adjunct profs are even better because they bring real life exper...   READ MORE
Current Student
The grading curve is ridiculous, school administrators apparently realized that too steep of a curve negatively impacts the ability of students to...   READ MORE
Current Student
For the 2004-2005 school year, the first year grade curve was significantly softened, making for a much less stressful 1L year. The academic prog...   READ MORE
Alumni
SUs classes were good overall. Like any school, some professors are better than others. Different students relate better with different professor...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The career services office is the biggest detriment to the school. With the exception of the Assistant Director, the other memebrs of the CS staff ar...   READ MORE
Current Student
Locally SU is known as a "practitioners" school. Internships tend to be local, as are recruiters. Because of the evening program (in which older stud...   READ MORE
Current Student
The Seattle job market right now is not promising; if students are willing to look ouside the city and into the more remote, out-laying regions, chanc...   READ MORE
Alumni
The job market was tough for every school. SU placed top students at top firms. The good students like me have had to work hard to find jobs. Most...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
No big issues good or bad. I was able to live with my wife and kids, and commute to school. however there are appartments next to the school and...   READ MORE
Current Student
The neighborhood is on the fringe of a very dodgy area and campus security is transparent (as in, you don't see it because it really isn't there)....   READ MORE
Current Student
Seattle is a great place to live and go to school. Seattle U is located in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, which is a very liberal but kind o...   READ MORE
Alumni
SUs campus is one of the most beautiful I have ever been on. It was always very clean and beautiful. Every during the winter there were flowers. ...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
lots of things go on at the school and they put in a lot of effort to the normalcy for the students. The SBA has socials or events almost once a ...   READ MORE
Current Student
This is law school, who has time? Only the day students engage in regular activities -- they are younger, have more energy, and fewer responsibil...   READ MORE
Current Student
Because our students to class each day from such diverse places around Seattle, rarely does the whole school get together outside of class the way...   READ MORE
Alumni
The social life was even better than college. One really had the chance to meet and get to know other people. Made many close friends   READ MORE

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