![]() I suppose I could just Google some potential answers, but since you come across LSAT information on a regular basis, I thought I would ask. It would make sense to me that money would be involved somewhere. The data in that article (which I wish I could find online) showed a decline in the number of overall test-takers for the GMAT™, a trend that in turn affected the number of business school applications. If the schools feel this helps broaden their horizons, then I am all for it.ĭo you think, nightblade354, that the move is an effort to encourage more applications? I remember having read an article a couple years ago about a similar development, one relevant to this general forum of course, with business schools accepting the GRE® in addition to the GMAT™. The tests, though similar, are radically different in a few ways (chief among them the quant vs. I spoke to Cornell about this topic earlier this year when I applied. program who simply declares an intent to pursue a combined or concurrent degree program, without either already having applied to the other program or without being enrolled in such a program, is not eligible to apply with a GRE or GMAT score.Ģ3NN, more law schools are beginning to accept the scores for pilot programs. program will accept the applicant’s GRE score. program in order to begin a combined J.D./M.A. ![]() from Berkeley Law, and who seek to begin that combined degree program the following fall.Įxample: Applicant C is a first-year Masters of Arts student in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. program who, at the time of application submission, are currently enrolled in a degree program eligible to be combined with a J.D. program will accept the applicant’s GRE score.Īpplicants to the J.D. program in order to begin a concurrent J.D./MCP degree program in fall 2020. ![]() Berkeley graduate or professional degree program and who seek to begin a concurrent degree program the following fall.Įxample: Applicant B is a first-year MCP student in the Department of City and Regional Planning. program who, at the time of application submission, are currently enrolled in another U.C. program and the MPP program at Goldman for fall 2021, plans to pursue a J.D./MPP, but will (if admitted to both) begin in the MPP program and defer law until fall 2022. Berkeley graduate or professional degree program.Įxample: Applicant A is applying to both the J.D. program concurrently applying (in the same application cycle) to another U.C. ![]() Groups of eligible applicants are outlined below, along with examples:Ĭoncurrent and Combined Degree Program ApplicantsĪpplicants to the J.D. Test scores – from any source – are important, but not dispositive.” As always, our application review remains holistic. This has always meant that we seek to enroll candidates who are outside-of-the-box thinkers, and who want to build a multi-disciplinary toolkit to take forward with them into their careers. “Berkeley Law is a public law school with a longstanding commitment to access, to serving the public good, and to developing lawyers and leaders who will tackle our society’s most pressing and complex challenges – now and in the future. “After careful examination, we determined that while the vast majority of applicants will (and should) take the LSAT, some applicants could reasonably be evaluated on the basis of alternative assessments,” said Kristin Theis-Alvarez, Asst. These are areas in which Berkeley Law excels, and our goal is to continue to attract top applicants from around the world. program simpler for those interested in concurrent or combined degree programs, and for the candidates who are most likely to pursue specialized practice fields (for example, in patent law, start-up law, energy law, etc.). ![]() As part of a three year pilot study beginning with the fall 2019-2020 application cycle, Berkeley Law will now allow certain applicants to be considered on the basis of a GRE or GMAT score without needing to take the LSAT.īerkeley Law will accept the GRE and GMAT in some cases to make the process of applying to the J.D. ![]()
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