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Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
- What is your median GPA? Median LSAT?
- Are you a national or a regional law school?
- When do you start accepting applications for the fall?
- What is the application deadlines date?
- What is the latest LSAT exam from which you will accept scores?
- What is your application fee?
- Do you grant fee waivers?
- How many letters of recommendation do you require?
- Do you offer scholarships?
- Where do your students get jobs after graduation?
- What is your Student to Faculty Ratio?
- Where do you students come from?
- What is your bar passage rate?
- Do you have a part-time program?
- Do you have any open houses?
- What are my chances of being admitted?
- How do you handle multiple LSAT scores?
What is your median GPA? Median LSAT?
For the class of 2015, the median GPA was a 3.28 on a 4.0 scale, and the median LSAT was a 153.
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Are you a national or a regional law school?
Syracuse is considered to be a national law school. This means that we are known nationally, and that our graduates are placed in jobs all over the country (not just upstate New York).
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When do you start accepting applications for the fall?
October 1st of each year.
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What is the application deadline date?
April 1st of each year. Syracuse Law operates on a “rolling admission” basis, so students are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
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What is the latest LSAT exam from which you will accept scores?
February. However, we encourage students to take the June, October, or December LSAT to allow your application to complete earlier.
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What is your application fee?
$75
Do you grant fee waivers?
Yes. To request a fee waiver, a student should:
*Email admissions@law.syr.edu and provide the reason for needing the application fee waived and provide full name and LSAC#. If granted, Admissions will individually assign a fee waiver for students through the electronic LSAC database so that the application fee will be automatically waived when s/he applies.
How many letters of recommendation do you require?
Syracuse Law does not require any letters of recommendation, but we strongly encourage applicants to have 1-3 letters. These should be primarily from professors if the student is still in school, or from employers if the student graduated some time ago.
We encourage applicants to have their recommendation letters sent through the LSDAS, but we will accept letters directly from the recommenders (on our form or on letterhead) as well.
Syracuse will also accept the new LSAC Evaluation Service form. These are not required and should not be used in place of standard letters of recommendation, but can be used to enhance an applicant's file.
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Do you offer scholarships?
Yes - both merit and need based financial aid is available. Merit awards are decided on by the Admissions Committee and no additional scholarship application is required. Admitted students are notified within their admission packet if a merit scholarship has been awarded. Need-based financial aid is determined by the Office of Financial Aid and students must complete the financial aid application process by the February 15th deadline to be considered.TOP
Where do your students get jobs after graduation?
Our students find jobs all over the country. Refer to Office of Professional Development webpages for more specific details and for a list of selected employers.TOP
What is your Student to Faculty Ratio?
12 to 1TOP
Where do your students come from?
Our students come from all over the country and the world. Each year, approximately 35% - 45% are from New York State. After New York, we generally get the largest number of students from California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. See Fast Facts for more specific information.TOP
What is your bar passage rate?
The bar passage rate is determined only by Syracuse Law students who took the New York State bar exam. For the 2012 exam, the total number of test takers was 114.July, 2012 Bar:
SU Overall pass rate for 1st time test takers = 79.82%
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Do you have a part-time program?
No. Syracuse Law does not offer a part-time program for incoming students.TOP
Do you have any open houses?
The Admissions Office schedules individual visits for prospective students. Once students have selected a date to visit, they should contact the Admissions Office at 315/443-1962 or admissions@law.syr.edu to make an appointment. Appointments can also be made online by clicking here.
We also hold Visitor Programs for admitted students during the spring. Visitor Programs are held on 4 Fridays, usually during March and April.
For fall 2012 we will be holding 3 open houses for prospective students interested in Syracuse Law. These SU Graduate Expos will include many of the graduate recruiters on campus. The 3 dates will be:
Saturday, October 27th - on the Syracuse University campus
Saturday, November 3rd - in New York City at Lubin House
Saturday, November 10th - in Washington DC at Greenberg House
Click here to Register
What are my chances of being admitted?
We cannot make this assessment without seeing a student’s entire application. We review all pieces of an application - transcripts, LSAT scores, letters of recommendation, essays, and resumes.TOP
How do you handle multiple LSAT scores?
According to the ABA/LSAC rules, we will use the highest LSAT score to calculate student’s index score when it is taken multiple times. We will, however, see all attempts at the LSAT and consider each score when reviewing the application. As a general rule, the highest LSAT score is the score that will be used to combine with the undergraduate cumulative GPA for the index score.
