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Idreamofjeany
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 Posted - 01/18/2004 : 16:46:34
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Hi
I was wondering if anyone knew of any data on the representation of various undergraduate universities at the top law schools. Are the Harvard/Yale/Princeton undergrads overwhelmingly admitted to Harvard/Yale/Stanford?
I go to UCLA and wonder how many other public school kids will get into these top schools. (3.84 LSDAS GPA and 174 LSAT).
Thanks in advance if anyone knows of any data/websites!
Jean |
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andy77
Underclassman
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Posted - 02/01/2004 : 13:05:19
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| All I can give you is anecdotal evidence, but my friend and I both applied from the University of Florida and got into our top choices (Harvard and Columbia). I've met a lot of other students from public universities here too, but the majority, if I had to estimate, were from Ivies or the like (Stanford, Duke, etc.). I'm guessing you just have to have higher numbers coming from a public school, but you seem to have that covered. I had around a 3.5/3.6 and a 176, if you're curious. I even got scholarship money, so I wouldn't worry, if I were you. |
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alip1
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Posted - 02/22/2004 : 18:57:10
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Jean, I know people I went to school with (U. Florida) who got into top 10 law schools with lower LSATs. You hsould be fine.
Edit - I just noticed Andy77's post. Its good to see a fellow Gator but sorry I didn't mean to make my post so redundant. |
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leogiggles3
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Posted - 05/31/2006 : 16:09:57
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| If you are asking if HYP kids are overrepresented at the top schools, the answer is both yes and no. If you ask if a greater percent of applicants from our schools get admitted, then the answer is yes. Princeton graduates, for example, get accepted to Harvard law school at about triple the rate of the national average. But that is entirely because we (on average) have much higher LSAT scores. If you control for LSAT score (using a regression analysis) there is actually a slight advantage to coming from a public school. In other words, if someone from Florida State and someone from Princeton both get 174s, the person from Florida would be slightly more likely to be admitted (all else being equal.) This is mainly because the top law schools dont want to appear waspy or to be admitting the "good old boys" If you want to know exactly what the "bonus" is for coming from a public college, I would suggest you read Bowen and Bok (both former Harvard and Princeton Presidents) "Shape of the River" that gives you all the numbers to look at for yourself. If you go to individual school websites, many have statistics available to see how the numbers work out that way (although you have to remember that they wont control for LSAT scores) Hope that's helpful! |
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