Oh thank god, I miss Kurst in the on-topics.

That's just our nationally ranking. We are ranked higher in certain programs. For example, we are ranked 17th in our Pharmaceutical Science and Anesthesia program.

Is this a joke?

Bravo. Nice performance.

Yes, and that will go for every school down the line that issued him a diploma.


Also, before you ask - NO, your major does not matter for shit either, with regards to law school admissions.

Also also, ditch your school's pre-law advisor. He/she sounds worthless.

I once went to Bourbon street to pick up chicks pretending to be a tourist from the University of Buffalo. I thought it was a good pick due to the laid back nice guy reputation of Western NY and the fact that I thought that its lack of rigor would make me seem like not a nerd.

Cool story - no one gives a shit. Get real.

Buffalo co-eds will give you a beej if you are wearing a lacoste shirt and buy them a mai tai.

This is what I am talking about we have programs that are top ranked like our Pharmacy school that is ranked 21.. That is what I mean. We have programs that have great rankings. So am asking if that would help. For example, Engineering degree from Berkeley is seen as a little better than a degree from HYP.

No. You need to give this up. Your question has been answered repeatedly. This forum knows a lot more about law school admissions than your advisor. Law schools care about their rankings which are in large part based on the GPA and the LSAT of their class.

This absolutely has to be a flame.....

If not, I only know about the University of Buffalo because my beloved Auburn Tigers use them as A.) A warm up football game or B.) Homecoming....... I am sure it is a fine school but it is NOT nationally prestigious.....

Now, while we are on the subject, since Auburn won that BCS title thing two seasons ago and Alabama won it the year before and after I am almost POSITIVE that being from the state of Alabama will help with LS adcoms so long as that LS also has a big football program like ND, or Mich, or Iowa, or USC or something......

This is true, right???????

Ok. Thank you. But I am a minority, so I should at least get a boost from that. I was just told by my counselor and by classmates that my school was well known for it's rigor (and some good programs) and that that would look better on my law school applications and give me a little gpa boost. But I guess they were wrong.

But you have a degree in Poli Sci so how is the above relevant to you? Poli Sci is prolly one of the easiest majors at every school and U. of Buffalo is not a good school.

It will help you in interviews and networking situations.

Yes, you will get a URM boost. I'm going to recommend again that you get all your application advice from this forum. People are knowledgeable and will help you. If you have other friends that use the same advisor, send them here too.

I thought it would help me because they are known for their rigor and I was told that because of the other programs, it would help me as well.

Has anyone looked at it empirically? From me just looking around the only trendI noticed was H likes Hug and Penn like ivy league splitters.

It's also impossible to take out other correlated factors like better job prospects, better internships, or other qualities (hyp ug selecte well rounded students coming in). Also getting hyp shows you know how to work education admissions.

I'm sure some adcoms love hyp, but I'm sure some don't care.

And at schools that aren't holistic (damn near all non t14) it probably doesn't matter at all.

Actually while its definitely true that HYP get a boost beyond most other UGs, the general wisdom on TLS is a little bit too simplistic. When you really examine admissions, there are a couple things that you can find:

1. HYP get a boost, but H's boost is by far the most useful in the fact that H UG grad's have extra leeway in being admitted to HLS (the largest of the T6). Looking at the H admission charts for H UG's shows that you can be a few points lower on your LSAT or say have a 3.8 GPA and still have the same admission chances as people from schools other than H.

2. Princeton does not get a smilar boost as H -> HLS and also has a lower GPA median. Thus even though there is a boost, P is definitely the least represented out of HYP in the T6 law schools.

3. It's not just HYP and everyone else. Like other posters have mentioned, Adcoms will give consideration to what school you come from. Stanford UGs have a similar boost like HYP. Doing well at a T20 UG with a high GPA will also give you a leg up in terms of comparison to relatively similar applicants. Of course the dominant factors are still GPA and LSAT, but the University you attend for UG can definitely be more than just another soft in certain cases.

(Note: For the OP, once you're down in the T100 colleges there really are no distinctions anymore. Here it's all about just your grades and score. The final exception is T4 colleges and online schools. At the very, very low end your school will detract from your application.)

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Stanford loves all things elite. Ivies + MIT + Berk + Duke/UVA, etc.

8/10 flame score. The Pharm ranking was rather obvious, and yet people bit so I can't blame you.

Pretty solid flame, I cracked a smile

University of buffalo is maybe a top 20 school in the state of new york alone, lol @ people posting long-winded responses

Its all my fault for giving a serious response in the second post.

Damn you, OP. You little!

Isn't UB a no name state school?