<p>I was accepted at Colgate University as a Benton Scholar. I love Colgate, but I'm wondering how it compares to other top LAC's in terms of law school acceptance rates. I noticed, for instance, that it is not listed by the Wall Street Journal as a top feeder school, while several LAC's ranked lower (Trinity, Bates, Colby, etc.) were on this list.</p>
<p>If anyone could offer me any insight on this, I'd really appreciate it. I like Colgate, but I'm wondering if it could attract the same attention during law school admissions as some of my other top schools like Vassar, Haverford, and Bates. </p>
<p>That WSJ survey was only done once, so don’t know if it’s an anomoly that Colgate wasn’t in their top 50 for that one particular year or not. I actually called the author once about it and he never got back to me. From what I’ve seen in MBA admissions, Colgate grads have done better than most of the 35-50 ranked schools (including Bates, Colby, Trinity) on that list. As far as law school, I only know a few in the Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia range of schools, but many in the NYU, Penn, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, Georgetown level of law schools.</p>
<p>Haven’t heard of a Colgate student who hasn’t been able to get in law school! Just ace the LSAT… Law school is definitely a popular grad school choice for many Colgate grads (not mine, thanks! :))</p>
<p>I can’t compare Colgate to other schools but I can tell you that a Colgate education will prepare you for wherever you want to go. When you graduate from Colgate, you’ll find that you have markedly superior communication skills, people skills, leadership skills, writing abilities, and capacities for critical and analytical thought. Superior not only to how you were prior to entering, but also superior to your peers from other schools. The places that haven’t heard of Colgate enough to respect our reputation aren’t the ones you’ll even consider. Colgate students don’t go to night law school. Also, our alumni are everywhere and will do anything to help Colgate people, including when it comes to law school admissions. If we’re not a “feeder” to top law schools, it’s only because the majority of Colgate graduates go into business. All my friends who’ve chosen graduate school have gotten into top schools.</p>
Just ace the LSAT… Law school is definitely a popular grad school choice for many Colgate grads (not mine, thanks! :))</p>