<p>I remember seeing somewhere a ranking of undergrad schools with highest percentage of accepted students to law school, does anyone know the site?</p>
<p>That's not a valid metric. I doubt that very many, say, Caltech grads go on to law school, but that doesn't mean the few kids there who'd rather do law than engineering have a worse shot at getting in than their peers at the Ivies.</p>
<p>Its the same ranking as USNews for the most part.</p>
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<p>Considering the grade deflation at Caltech, I strongly suspect that they do have a worse shot. Caltech is one of those schools where brilliant, hard-working students can nonetheless end up with terrible grades.</p>
<p>In theory, you can go to any respected university and if you can maintain a good GPA (over 3.5) and do well on the LSAT (over 155), you should get into a decent, top 100 Law school. Going to such a university and graduating with a 3.8+ GPA and a 165+ on the LSAT should make you competitive for a top 25 Law school. It is hard to rank universities in the terms you seek because a university with many pre-law majors and a highly dedicated and talented student body will probably look much better than a university with very few pre-law majors and a less talented and driven student body. However, candidate X will probably accomplish alomst as much whether she/he goes to one university or the other. </p>
<p>This said, I recommend you go to a school that has a reputation for successfully placing students into Law schools. Top universities will place anywhere from 75% to 95% of their students into Law school, which a chunk of them making it into top Law schools. I happen to be quite familiar with the University of Michigan, which generally has an 75%-85% (depending on the year) successfull placement into Law schools. That's not quite as good as some of the elites, but given the size of the school and its very lax policy toward allowing even unqualified students to apply to Law schools, an 80% avverage is very good. Last year, close 1,200 Michigan seniors applied to Law school and well 900 (80%) ended up enrolling into Law School. Here's a look at where they enrolled:</p>
<p>TOP 7 LAW SCHOOLS
School Number enrolled
Columbia University 23 admitted, 7 enrolled
Harvard University 16 admitted, 13 enrolled
New York University 30 admitted, 6 enrolled
Stanford University 4 admitted, 2 enrolled
University of Chicago 18 admitted, 7 enrolled
University of Michigan 107 admitted, 65 enrolled
Yale University 4 addmitted, 3 enrolled
Total 103 enrolled</p>
<p>TOP 16 LAW SCHOOLS
School Number admitted and enrolled
Cornell University 23 admitted, 4 enrolled
Duke University 21 admitted, 2 enrolled
Georgetown University 52 admitted, 7 enrolled
Northwestern University 29 admitted, 13 enrolled
University of California-Berkeley 5 admitted, 0 enrolled
University of California-Los Angeles 16 accepted, 2 enrolled
University of Pennsylvania 11 admitted, 3 enrolled
University of Texas-Austin 17 admitted, 7 enrolled
University of Virginia 15 admitted, 5 enrolled
Total: 43 enrolled</p>
<p>TOP 25 LAW SCHOOLS
Boston College 37 admitted, 5 enrolled
Boston University 68 admitted, 9 enrolled
College of William & Mary 17 admitted, 3 enrolled
Emory University 31 admitted, 8 enrolled
Fordham University 40 admitted, 9 enrolled
George Washington University 56 admitted, 19 enrolled
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 15 admitted, 6 enrolled
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 19 admitted, 6 enrolled
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 8 admitted, 4 enrolled
University of Notre Dame 19 admitted, 5 enrolled
University of Southern California 44 admitted, 5 enrolled
University of Wisconsin-Madison 43 admitted, 10 enrolled
Vanderbilt University 13 admitted, 2 enrolled
Washington University-Saint Louis 36 admitted, 6 enrolled
Total enrolled 97</p>
<p>However, as people were saying on a previous thread, the survey does have its flaws.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, that website^ was exactly what i was looking for</p>
<p>You're welcome :-)</p>