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Eponymous wrote:Also meant to ask (but was thwarted by keyboard gods) if any particular undergrad majors are currently in fashion at law schools ? Any advantage, for instance, to a hard science major, even if its possessor is not planning to pursue an M.D./J.D. or another specifically science-related field? Is there a dearth of (and thirst for?) music or fine arts majors ? Thoughts?

Your replies -- even if not heartening -- are much appreciated!

Good luck to all!

Eponymous wrote:Hello -- Have been looking through forums and cannot find info. re: my specific situation/questions. No luck, yet.

First the disclaimer: Do not mean, with this post, to imply that a tony undergrad. school necessarily confers an education superior to that of a school with less cachet. Many schools are woefully underestimated. And, surely, most of us count among our friends at least a few whose excellent minds and personal gumption have earned them a superior education at a "Brand X" college. However (caveat to the disclaimer), it stands to reason that the motivation that drives us to cruise a "Top Law Schools dot Com" forum is, perhaps, not unwholly unrelated to the sensations one may feel -- the vague longings or the outright lust -- for a prestigious undergraduate institution.

Just wondering if the law school admissions personnel care much about reputation of undergrad school? Does a low-ish GPA from a high-ish school mean any more than a low-ish GPA from a medium-ish school? And (related issue) do admissions committees gain any benefit from the "bragging rights" that come with enrolling students with snooty degrees?

My stats are above. A 3.2, but from Princeton, which has a specific and overt policy of grade deflation. (Don't think that LSDAS cares about that, but the information goes out with every Princeton transcript. Blah-blah-blah.)

I know that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia are well out of reach (happily, not too interested in Harvard or Yale, anyway). Thinking about the possibility of NYU, Chicago, or Michigan. The prognostication sites generally return my stats with a "weak consider" or "might not outright spit on the application". Does the Princeton label nudge any of that into "medium consider" or "maybe" ?

Thanks!

Eponymous wrote:A 3.2, but from Princeton, which has a specific and overt policy of grade deflation.

pinkzeppelin wrote:

Eponymous wrote:A 3.2, but from Princeton, which has a specific and overt policy of grade deflation.

I thought this was interesting so I looked it up.

"Princeton’s grading expectations, adopted by the faculty in April 2004, posit a common grading standard for every academic department and program, under which A’s shall account for less than 35 percent of the grades given in undergraduate courses and less than 55 percent of the grades given in junior and senior independent work."

35% is deflation?!

I don't think I've had any classes with more than about 20% A's, and quite a few with <10% A's.

D-ROCCA wrote:

Eponymous wrote:Hello -- Have been looking through forums and cannot find info. re: my specific situation/questions. No luck, yet.

First the disclaimer: Do not mean, with this post, to imply that a tony undergrad. school necessarily confers an education superior to that of a school with less cachet. Many schools are woefully underestimated. And, surely, most of us count among our friends at least a few whose excellent minds and personal gumption have earned them a superior education at a "Brand X" college. However (caveat to the disclaimer), it stands to reason that the motivation that drives us to cruise a "Top Law Schools dot Com" forum is, perhaps, not unwholly unrelated to the sensations one may feel -- the vague longings or the outright lust -- for a prestigious undergraduate institution.

Just wondering if the law school admissions personnel care much about reputation of undergrad school? Does a low-ish GPA from a high-ish school mean any more than a low-ish GPA from a medium-ish school? And (related issue) do admissions committees gain any benefit from the "bragging rights" that come with enrolling students with snooty degrees?

My stats are above. A 3.2, but from Princeton, which has a specific and overt policy of grade deflation. (Don't think that LSDAS cares about that, but the information goes out with every Princeton transcript. Blah-blah-blah.)

I know that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia are well out of reach (happily, not too interested in Harvard or Yale, anyway). Thinking about the possibility of NYU, Chicago, or Michigan. The prognostication sites generally return my stats with a "weak consider" or "might not outright spit on the application". Does the Princeton label nudge any of that into "medium consider" or "maybe" ?

Thanks!

This is some of the most convoluted and disjointed writing I've ever seen. You should go into academia.

Eponymous wrote:Hello -- Have been looking through forums and cannot find info. re: my specific situation/questions. No luck, yet.

First the disclaimer: Do not mean, with this post, to imply that a tony undergrad. school necessarily confers an education superior to that of a school with less cachet. Many schools are woefully underestimated. And, surely, most of us count among our friends at least a few whose excellent minds and personal gumption have earned them a superior education at a "Brand X" college. However (caveat to the disclaimer), it stands to reason that the motivation that drives us to cruise a "Top Law Schools dot Com" forum is, perhaps, not unwholly unrelated to the sensations one may feel -- the vague longings or the outright lust -- for a prestigious undergraduate institution.

Just wondering if the law school admissions personnel care much about reputation of undergrad school? Does a low-ish GPA from a high-ish school mean any more than a low-ish GPA from a medium-ish school? And (related issue) do admissions committees gain any benefit from the "bragging rights" that come with enrolling students with snooty degrees?

My stats are above. A 3.2, but from Princeton, which has a specific and overt policy of grade deflation. (Don't think that LSDAS cares about that, but the information goes out with every Princeton transcript. Blah-blah-blah.)

I know that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia are well out of reach (happily, not too interested in Harvard or Yale, anyway). Thinking about the possibility of NYU, Chicago, or Michigan. The prognostication sites generally return my stats with a "weak consider" or "might not outright spit on the application". Does the Princeton label nudge any of that into "medium consider" or "maybe" ?

Thanks!