I'm in 8th grade and want to study law at Columbia university. Any advice to get a scholarship?

Question

I'm an extremely brilliant 8th grader and on my way to high school. I want to get my undergraduate's and study law at columbia university. I come from a poor family, so I need a scholarship. what should i do in high school to get it? I know it's kind of too much to hope for, but I have mostly A's in school and I think I might have a chance.

I would really appreciate any advice that anyone could offer to me; I know I am a little too young but I think it is good to get a head start on things.

Answer 1

As a current law student, make sure law is what you really, really want to do before you go to law school. Leave yourself open to other possibilities.

Make good grades, get involved in volunteer work and clubs at school. Take challenging classes. Find a hobby and be good at it. Enter essay competitions. Apply for tons of scholarships your senior year (start looking your junior year so you can start to prepare for what they are going to ask you). Do not rely on the school to give you a full ride.

Start researching schools now. Columbia is a good school, but there are other equally good schools out there and setting your heart on one is not a good idea. Take a visit to the school if you can and see if they offer a summer program (they usually offer scholarships as well). I started visiting schools between my Freshman and Sophomore year.

Answer 2

Yes, you're too young to be thinking of law school, since you need a 4 year college degree to apply to law school, and you generally don't want to attend the same grad school as undergrad. Concentrate on keeping up your grades in high school and getting into a good undergrad institution first. You've still got at least 8 years before you apply for law school.

Answer 3

Ok, this may seem stunned and in orbit, say on the horseshoe
jedi. The true intellect also knows that they must speak, learn,
participate, and succeed. Work is the key to good people of
blessings. You are blessed, so here is my road. Build, if you
must, buy if you are entered, or borrow if needed. Your real
world has to have purposes that you find intented. Search your
feelings and God provides. Here is one site to look at.
http://www.christianlife.com First of all, study need to be
scheduled, in high school, say 6 hours a week. Sports, faith,
music, and reading is for personal growth. In college at law
columbia (took 2 courses there) your going to need 20 hours
a week, and more each year. It is very full time. So learning
cooking, touring, music, advertising, skills for part time work is
very interesting. http://www.worldkennels.com
http://www.traditions.org

Answer 4

Keep up the good grades, get involved in a few select extra curricular activities (academic), do well on SATs and start researching for scholarship opportunities and apply for every single one.

Or like the previous guy said...student loans... I've only got $18,000 more to pay off...woo hoo!

Answer 5

Get involved in every community activity you can (especially court-related volunteer programs, such as teen court if they have one), and apply to all the local scholarships in your community. The more people know you, the more likely they are to give you a scholarship. Be a superstar academically and with extracurricular activities.

Answer 6

work hard, get good grades... don't worry about your family not being wealthy. You can put yourself into massive amounts of debt to pay for college, everyone does. If you want to go badly enough, you'll do what you need to do. Don't let something like money hinder your dreams.

Answer 7

I think you should worry about highschool first. You may change your mind, you know.