Mz Nigeria,

17 to 18 are the ages when you're suppose to finish high school. Also with some High schools, they require you to take a graduation tests ( like in my state)or in the State of Rhode Island, they are requiring their students to have academic porfolios. Each state school varies in what are required of graduating. After high school , if a student want to go to college, they apply for the school of their choice and if you're accepted , some will require you to take an entrance exam to determine where you need to be placed in far as your level of comprehension of the material. If you are a person from another country, some may ask you about your visa's , ask you about testing in your native country among some other things.

I canot say what you may consider to be the best schools, it all depends on what you like, but from the mouths of others , some poeple think that the following are the best schools. In Georgia, Emory University*, Georgia Tech*, Spelman College, Agnes Scott, University of Georgia(* I put the the following with asterisks because Emory is a school that specializes with the study of mediciene, law, land liberal arts, Georgia Tech, with predominately science. Spelman , of course you know is a liberal arts school, Agnes Scott alsoa girls schools, is also liberal arts and University of Georgia is good school, though you may not want to go nowhere near their parties)In general, there are a lot fo schools that can be classified as a good; I think that Howard University, Hampton, Vanderbilt, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, Stamford, Pepperdine ,Yale, William and Mary, Columbia. There are so many great education centers that you just cannot name just a few of them.( Another point, in all Americans schools, if you want to get into the best ones, they will require you to have a high SAT/ACT scores, no grades lower than a B plus and for some they will require to wite an essay on why you want to go to the college.

CeeCee,

Thanks for the help, I was completely baffled! So I assume that it is not possible to go to university and earn a degree in say, law straight after high school, as you can do here, you have to earn another degree first?

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You can get your undergrad (your first degree) in whats called Pre-Law, which is something that prepares you for law school. A pre-law will get you jobs likea paralegal, a lawyers assistant, etc.

You need a four year degree at minimum to even be considered to get into a U.S. Law school. You also must score high on the LSAT, have superior grades, good references, extracurricular activities, and a "statement of purpose"..

In the event you survive the 3 or 4 years in law school, you get the opportunity to take the Bar Exam whichgivesyou the rightstobe sworn in andpractice law in the U.S.