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The law school is pretty much like any law school ... very big, very
bureaucratic, very hung up on grades and LSAT scores. BC likes to think
of itself as very public-service oriented (this is not actually the
case, but it may help somewhat with essays, etc. to play that up). Other
than that, it is like trying to get into any other top-25 law school:
grades, LSAT scores, diversity, etc. ... and luck! It is somewhat
impersonal, and I never even spoke to anyone there until long after I
had received my acceptance letter and sent my deposit check in. The
business school is much friendlier. It is very entrepreneurial and
trying to pull its rankings up. There is an excellent interview program
(students interview you), the opportunity to spend a day with an MBA
student observing the program, and tons of money to give away ... I got
awesome financial aid from them (which is why I picked this program),
and I have heard of very good candidates who called the admissions
office to say they wouldn't come unless they got good aid packages --
and the B-school ponied up. They are much more interested in creating a
cohesive class full of nice, smart people, so personality is very
important. They also accept people straight out of undergrad, if they
have good undergrad academics, etc. If you want an "angle", the school
does want to have a good entrepreneurship program, so playing that up,
as well as how much you are excited to get involved with the school
community, might help. One thing to note about the joint-degree program
is that you apply separately to each school. While you can and probably
should talk about how you want to do the joint-degree in your essays and
interviews, each school just considers and admits you as another full-
time student into its program (for admissions purposes). So, for
instance, I was accepted at both, decided to start in the MBA program,
so I told the law school I was doing that and wanted to defer my
admission for a year. There are people who start in one program or
another and THEN apply to the other school, which you can do -- just
keep in mind that if the other school doesn't admit you, you're screwed
as far as getting a joint-degree. My advice would be probably to start
in the MBA ... there were people in my class who got waitlisted at the
law school, and the B-school people pulled strings to get them into the
law school because the B-school wanted them so bad. Also, I think it is
hard to do your 1L and then take a year off to do your 1B and then try
to come back and try to be a law student again ... but it is not so hard
the other way around.
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