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does undergrad school matter? where should my friend go?

Post by ball » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:26 pm

posting for a friend...
as an international student who is only now starting to apply for the fall... where woud you choose to go if you were my friend?

St josephs - new york
Niagara -new york
roosevelt - chicago
toledo - ohio
xavier - ohio
st johns - new york
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Post by jayn3 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:26 pm

anywhere i could get a 4.0 while having fun and making friends.

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Post by let/them/eat/cake » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:28 pm

ball wrote:posting for a friend...
as an international student who is only now starting to apply for the fall... where woud you choose to go if you were my friend?

St josephs - new york
Niagara -new york [work upstate?]
roosevelt - chicago
toledo - ohio [work in ohio]
xavier - ohio [work in ohio]
st johns - new york
umass-lowell

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Re: does undergrad school matter? where should my friend go?

Post by jayn3 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:30 pm

let/them/eat/cake wrote:
ball wrote:posting for a friend...
as an international student who is only now starting to apply for the fall... where woud you choose to go if you were my friend?

St josephs - new york
Niagara -new york [work upstate?]
roosevelt - chicago
toledo - ohio [work in ohio]
xavier - ohio [work in ohio]
st johns - new york
umass-lowell
i wouldn't strike st johns, depending on who said international student is, they may be getting a substantial sports scholarship. my understanding is that st johns is actually a really good place for european students, at least.

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Post by ball » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:32 pm

i guess i should have said that the end goal is to go to a t14 law school, which undergrad school would allow for this

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Re: does undergrad school matter? where should my friend go?

Post by jayn3 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:33 pm

ball wrote:i guess i should have said that the end goal is to go to a t14 law school, which undergrad school would allow for this
a 4.0 and a 170+ lsat should do the trick.

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Post by mallard » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:33 pm

Wherever will give him the least debt.

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Post by ball » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:36 pm

jayn3 wrote:
ball wrote:i guess i should have said that the end goal is to go to a t14 law school, which undergrad school would allow for this
a 4.0 and a 170+ lsat should do the trick.
from any of the aforementioned schools?

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Post by jayn3 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:39 pm

ball wrote:
jayn3 wrote:
ball wrote:i guess i should have said that the end goal is to go to a t14 law school, which undergrad school would allow for this
a 4.0 and a 170+ lsat should do the trick.
from any of the aforementioned schools?
a 4.0 is a 4.0, from university of shittwon or from harvard.

best of luck to your friend.

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Post by MrKappus » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:40 pm

jayn3 wrote:
ball wrote:
jayn3 wrote:
ball wrote:i guess i should have said that the end goal is to go to a t14 law school, which undergrad school would allow for this
a 4.0 and a 170+ lsat should do the trick.
from any of the aforementioned schools?
a 4.0 is a 4.0, from university of shittwon or from harvard.

best of luck to your friend.
Though the 4.0 from a top-tier UG will beat the Shittown 4.0 99/100 times.

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Post by Cardboardbox » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:40 pm

ball wrote:
jayn3 wrote:
ball wrote:i guess i should have said that the end goal is to go to a t14 law school, which undergrad school would allow for this
a 4.0 and a 170+ lsat should do the trick.
from any of the aforementioned schools?
Yes. Undergrad doesn't matter and even certain Ivies were only shown to have a minimal boost at best at a handful of top schools.

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Post by MrKappus » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:44 pm

Cardboardbox wrote:Yes. Undergrad doesn't matter and even certain Ivies were only shown to have a minimal boost at best at a handful of top schools.
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MrKappus wrote:
Cardboardbox wrote:Yes. Undergrad doesn't matter and even certain Ivies were only shown to have a minimal boost at best at a handful of top schools.
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Post by MrKappus » Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:49 pm

kalvano wrote:
MrKappus wrote:
Cardboardbox wrote:Yes. Undergrad doesn't matter and even certain Ivies were only shown to have a minimal boost at best at a handful of top schools.
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Post by im_blue » Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:56 pm

ball wrote:i guess i should have said that the end goal is to go to a t14 law school, which undergrad school would allow for this
All of these schools would be treated the same by law schools, so go wherever it's easiest to get a high GPA - I suspect this would be the private schools. However, one should also seek to minimize UG debt.

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Post by Bryan » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:10 pm

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Post by Veyron » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:16 pm

No T-14 will distinguish between those schools. ALL T-14s give HYPSM a boost, SOME T-14's give the other Ivys, Georgetown, NW, Chicago, Caltech, Duke, and top three liberal arts schools a boost, other than that, you are treated the same as everyone else.
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Post by Knock » Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:33 pm

mallard wrote:Wherever will give him the least debt.

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