Hello all-

I'm in sort of a ridiculous situation. I'm currently in my 3rd year at Rutgers Law. I went to New York Law School for two years and then transfered to Rutgers for 1.5 semesters (long story).

Anywho, after two semesters at NYLS, I had a 2.96GPA. So far at Rutgers I have a 3.36 with a B+ in one Tax class (plan on taking more before I graduate).

Do I have any shot at the LLM in TAX programs at NYU (probably not), Gtown, UF, Northeastern, Boston, Stanford, etc, if i got straight from law school? Or any good LLM (Non-Tax) program here or worldwide...

Thanks

anyone?

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probably noone will be able to tell you that, sorry.

"Do I have any shot at the LLM in TAX programs at NYU (probably not), Gtown, UF, Northeastern, Boston, Stanford, etc, if i got straight from law school? Or any good LLM (Non-Tax) program here or worldwide..."

It sounds to me like you don't know where you want to go or even what program you want to study... which is a sign to me that you are looking to an LL.M. to improve your resume and "offset" a lower-ranked JD program.

I think the first question to answer is whether that is a good idea. The general idea is that employers will not look at an LL.M. and ignore your JD institution.

If, however, you do want to study tax (or something else), you should decide where you want to practice and then look at the national schools and regional schools with good reputations there.

You won't get into NYU. Doubtful at UF or GULC but worth applying to. Several suggestions:

General Essay
- Why you want to practice tax law / areas that interest you.
- Why you are interested in that particular program.

Addendum (attach to your first essay)
- What happened during your first year.
- Why you have only one tax course.

Other comments. This will be an uphill battle for you at the top-three programs. Consider that this is a tough economy and that you will have to do extremely well wherever you go.

The LLM programs do not generally require anything beyond the basic tax course. My hunch is that they expect those people to have excelled in their other courses. Of course, doing well in just tax classes would seem to make up for a mediocre GPA in non-tax courses.

My two cents is that it's not worth going to BU, Miami, or similar programs unless you intend to remain in those areas of the country. And because the LLM programs cost so much, I just don't see it as good investment.

Good luck.

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