Columbia vs. Yale (undergrad) for Law School

<p>Hi, I'm interested in a Law career ultimately after a few years of job experience after I graduate from college. I'm going to be a college freshman next year and I'm torn between Columbia and Yale. Both are definitely great schools with their own attributes and disadvantages but am I correct in assuming that for Law at least, Yale grads are more likely to be admitted into top programs for Law School? Is this a function of the marginal(?) difference in prestige between the two undergraduate schools or simply that Yale has better students suited for Law? Thanks in advance for any input!</p>

<p>Wow have you been admitted to both schools!? You must be amazing.</p>

<p>Anyway, Yale definitely has a better law school placement record. But graduate school acceptance depends sooo much more on your individual accomplishments in college. If you like Columbia better (or Yale, whatever) and would be happier and a better fit there, then you should go there because you're more likely to succeed.</p>

<p>Please, please, please don't make this very important decision based on which school you think will best improve your chances of law school admission. First of all, you cannot be absolutely certain that you'll still want to do law in a few years. Second, as you already speculated, the main determinant of law school admission is not where you went to school, but how well you did. Granted, perhaps if the choice was between Yale and your state school, then the contrast would be more drastic. But a strong GPA is necessary for law school admissions either way, and a strong GPA attained at Columbia will certainly not be any weaker than a strong GPA attained at Yale. Go with whichever school you feel is the best "fit", not the one that would be the best "fit" for law school.</p>

<p>^double true</p>

<p>I think that you should try getting through senior year of high school first then make your way through freshman year of college. may find that you will develop other interest and law could become a non-issue. Until then, there are so many other things that may come into play with in the next 4 years. relax.</p>

<p>How were you admitted to both schools in March? Likely letters?</p>

<p>Op was admitted ED to Columbia for 2011. so unless he is thinking about violating his ED agreement, he should be attending there making the rest of his posting moot</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=3292633#post3292633%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=3292633#post3292633&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>post # 126</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2350
SAT IIs: 800, 780, 800
GPA: 3.93 uW
Rank: NA
Other stats: Ionno 35 ACT?
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty funny
Teacher Recs: One amazing one good (average)
Counselor Rec: Prob. good
Hook (if any): Um research? (not published or anything...)
Location/Person:[list][<em>] State or Country: NJ[</em>] School Type: Magnet[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian[</em>] Gender: Male
[list]Other Factors:
General Comments: Guys good luck! Do not give up hope at all~ COLLEGE DOES NOT DEFINE YOU OR WHO YOU ARE!- see you CC'ers next year</p>

<p>So owned. . .</p>

<p>Yeah I always wondered that too, you always said you were accepted to Columbia yet what's this about Yale?</p>

<p>LOL. Owned. . .</p>

<p>he or she did the same thing on the business school forum...that time asking for better i-banking prospects.</p>

<p>it's funny when this happens.... LOL</p>

<p>people should at least think of re-editing their entire history of posts before attempting something like this... especially people with 2350 on SATs</p>

<p>I believe that if the OP applied to, and was accepted by Columbia as an ED candidate, and then he/she accepted Columbia (as obliged to, unless released because of financial aid reason), then Yale and/or Columbia will withdraw their offer. Lists are definitely exchanged to prevent this kind of thing. As a matter of fact, when I was in Ivy admissions, lists were exchanged after the ED process and overlapping applicants who were admitted on a binding Ed basis were withdrawn at that point.</p>

<p>It doesn't matter. Yale and Columbia provide you with the same chance to get into law schools....it's a #'s game</p>