Expert: Thomas Nixon - 6/5/2007

Question
I am currently enrolled as a sophomore Prelaw student at Pensacola Christian College. I have a nice resume and a 3.43 GPA. I knew that PCC was unaccredited when I enrolled was confident that that would not affect me. However, I want to attend Law School and I'm starting to get a little skiddish about the accreditation issue. I just wanted to know if this is a serious concern, and if my credits would transfer to another college either private or public.

Thanks

Answer
Yes, this is most definitely a very serious concern. Most of the law schools will not accept you under any circumstances. Before you take one more class, I would highly encourage you to do the following:

1. Talk to the pre-law advisor at PCC and ask which law schools have accepted graduates.

2. Then talk with those law schools to confirm the information.

I strongly recommend that you do this now.

As for transferability of credits, most accredited schools will not accept what you have done in transfer. There are exceptions, but it's almost on a case-by-case basis.

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