<p>I vote for Grinell too; my friend is going there and says wonderful things about it.</p>
<p>Susie is so wrong in two points</p>
<p>Medicine-major does matter. There are pre-requisite classes you have to take in order to qualify for the MCATs</p>
<p>Law-basically the same as Medicine in the undergrad reputation</p>
<p>Graduate school = NUMBERS GAME end of discussion.
GPA + Standardized test = 90% of application
other 10% is made up of undergrad rep, WE, LOR, EC etc. (not listed in any particular order, but LOR usually more important than the rest)</p>
<p>hmm i was wondering this too..
would going to UCLA (scholarship) > mid-lower IVYs matter, UCLA is a very good school.. prestige isnt great, but its offers much more, imo</p>
<p>UCLA definitely wont hurt your chances to get into Law schoo? is that what you are aiming for? UCLA is a great feeder school into all the top law schools.</p>
<p>not law, but biology/engineering ?
when people refer to what school they went, i assume they mean gradschool? no idea if i should spend $$ i dont need to for prestige</p>
<p>so would it be better to have a high GPA at an easier school, or a lower one at a more prestigious school?</p>
<p>high GPA is always better of course. BUT and this is a big BUT, if you go to a really horrible undergrad and just cruise through all 4 years you probably wont develop the critical thinking ability to do well on the Lsats or do well in law school. You'd really hate to spend all that money just to flunk out of law school your first year.</p>
<p>I'm in the same position. I want to major in engineering of some sort, so I think what I'll end up participating in the co-op program (get my bachelor's in 4 years, then stick around for another year and finish master's). This way, since I'm going to a prestigious expensive school anyway, I only spend 5 years in school instead of 4 for bachelors and 2+ for grad, and I keep the prestige factor.</p>
<p>thats good but do you think you'd miss out on your senior year of undergrad? Im assuming that you leave you jr year and your 1st year of grad counts towards snr years grade?</p>
<p>tired_student, I don't think you're an authority on this subject. If you look at Medical school they said you must finish the requirements but they did not say specifically what major, so before you say I'm so wrong please check your source.</p>
<p>tired_student," if you go to a really horrible undergrad and just cruise through all 4 years you probably wont develop the critical thinking ability to do well on the Lsats or do well in law school.", another assumption on your part. The LSAT is like the SAT, it is used to equalize the quality of your undergraduate. You won't get into to top law school with low LSAT, but if you can get high LSAT than you can go to podunk State and get into top school. I know one graduate 4.0 at CSUF(state of California) and got into Harvard Law school.</p>