Watermelons Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hi So I have decided to go to Sauder next year at UBC and I just had some questions about course registration. To clarify, do I only need to take one term of English in year one? I'm still very confused about how many credits of English I'll need to pass year one. Also what are some suggested electives for Sauder students? Does the career path I choose in year 3 require certain electives? One more thing...is there anyone here who went to Law School and has any advice on courses I should take? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 From the Joseph Heller novel Closing Time said by a disillusioned law school student: The more I learn about being a lawyer the more I am convinced it should be illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 http://students.ubc.ca/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiShiz Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hey, I'll be starting law school in September, the only advice that I think is very important is to GET GOOD GRADES FROM FIRST YEAR. It will really impact your application...also volunteer tons but considering you're in Sauder, I figure you will do that anyways. Build strong relationships with your profs throughout your entire undergrad as you will need at least 2 academic references for your law school applications. Also, a lot of schools ( from what I noticed in my application cycle) are moving towards a holistic application process...meaning have high grades, high LSAT, volunteer and play a sport if possible (even if it's not varsity). UBC law is still entirely numbers based for admission but I hear they are moving towards the holistic app in the near future as well. Best of luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suits Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hi So I have decided to go to Sauder next year at UBC and I just had some questions about course registration. To clarify, do I only need to take one term of English in year one? I'm still very confused about how many credits of English I'll need to pass year one. Also what are some suggested electives for Sauder students? Does the career path I choose in year 3 require certain electives? One more thing...is there anyone here who went to Law School and has any advice on courses I should take? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Congrats on your acceptance, I'll see you around next year! You only need to take one english class for your the year - people usually register for English 112 (Strategies for English Writing) but you can also do English 120/121. The non-commerce electives you take in Year 1 don't effect what you want to option in, but I'm thinking right now that if you plan to minor in something, they may require pre-requisites. We are in the same boat man, worklists are waaaaay too confusing. Are you in the Sauder Class of 17 facebook group by anychance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillerGenuineDraft Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Hi So I have decided to go to Sauder next year at UBC and I just had some questions about course registration. To clarify, do I only need to take one term of English in year one? I'm still very confused about how many credits of English I'll need to pass year one. Also what are some suggested electives for Sauder students? Does the career path I choose in year 3 require certain electives? One more thing...is there anyone here who went to Law School and has any advice on courses I should take? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelons Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Congrats on your acceptance, I'll see you around next year! You only need to take one english class for your the year - people usually register for English 112 (Strategies for English Writing) but you can also do English 120/121. The non-commerce electives you take in Year 1 don't effect what you want to option in, but I'm thinking right now that if you plan to minor in something, they may require pre-requisites. We are in the same boat man, worklists are waaaaay too confusing. Are you in the Sauder Class of 17 facebook group by anychance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelons Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hey, I'll be starting law school in September, the only advice that I think is very important is to GET GOOD GRADES FROM FIRST YEAR. It will really impact your application...also volunteer tons but considering you're in Sauder, I figure you will do that anyways. Build strong relationships with your profs throughout your entire undergrad as you will need at least 2 academic references for your law school applications. Also, a lot of schools ( from what I noticed in my application cycle) are moving towards a holistic application process...meaning have high grades, high LSAT, volunteer and play a sport if possible (even if it's not varsity). UBC law is still entirely numbers based for admission but I hear they are moving towards the holistic app in the near future as well. Best of luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiShiz Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Okay, thanks a lot. So for sports it's okay if they are outside of UBC? And what type of volunteering would be recommended? Is it possible to volunteer at law firms for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_19 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hi So I have decided to go to Sauder next year at UBC and I just had some questions about course registration. To clarify, do I only need to take one term of English in year one? I'm still very confused about how many credits of English I'll need to pass year one. Also what are some suggested electives for Sauder students? Does the career path I choose in year 3 require certain electives? One more thing...is there anyone here who went to Law School and has any advice on courses I should take? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpig Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 If you really want to go to law school, do a math or physics degree. Students with those degrees destroy the LSAT. At least do a lot of finance/accounting at Sauder, and take some math electives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainly Mattias Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 lol. poor students. so much pride and expectations. good luck with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLLmAtlc Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 If you really want to go to law school, do a math or physics degree. Students with those degrees destroy the LSAT. At least do a lot of finance/accounting at Sauder, and take some math electives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiShiz Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 If you really want to go to law school, do a math or physics degree. Students with those degrees destroy the LSAT. At least do a lot of finance/accounting at Sauder, and take some math electives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_19 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 If you really want to go to law school, do a math or physics degree. Students with those degrees destroy the LSAT. At least do a lot of finance/accounting at Sauder, and take some math electives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpig Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Math and Physics are definitely overkill in the logic department for the LSAT. I found through my preparing of. the LSAT that the tests were trending towards being more difficult on the reading comprehension and easier on the logic games. I'm of the opinion that those stats on how well different majors do on the LSAT say more about the type of people interested in those things than how well it actually prepares them. Math/physics tend to attract generally higher IQ people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_19 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 http://en.wikipedia...._Admission_Test Note where physics/math comes in compared to pre-law and criminal justice IMO, go to school to challenge yourself. If you go through school worrying about not messing up your GPA, you'll graduate with film studies electives that won't help you at all in the workforce. I took a lot of heavy math / physics and it's quite valuable in the workforce. My only regret is that I didn't take more computer science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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