<p>How sucessful are Cornell undergrads at getting into Cornell Law School? Is any preference given? On another note, how sucessful are Cornell undergrads at getting into other highly respected law schools, especially considering Cornell's reputation for grade inflation and law schools' emphasis on high GPAs? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>grade inflation? do you mean grade deflation?</p>
<p>Cornell graduates are incredibly successful at getting into law school. </p>
<p>Yes, many Cornell grads go to Cornell Law School, but to the best of my knowledge, there is no preference given to Cornell undergrads, and at least when I was at Cornell, I was actively discouraged from spending three more years in Ithaca. I was told that it would be best to go out and live somewhere else, see something else and live something else. I went to another top law school and found myself there surrounded by Cornell grads.</p>
<p>Thanks for that info. Yes, I meant to say deflation instead of inflation. I'm rather positive that the top law schools are well aware of Cornell's policies with grades and such, but I was just looking for some reinforcement from those of you out there who know more about it.</p>
<p>Wow, sallyawp, I never knew you went to Cornell! I guess I just new you went to Penn...</p>
<p>Yes, many Cornellians go to law school. PosterX provided a ranking for which schools had applicants that were accepted the most to YLS, and Cornell placed about #16 in CAS.</p>
<p>Yes, I am a proud Cornell grad!</p>
<p>I wouldn't even look at any of those rankings of what school sends how many students to law school because they are definitely affected by the fact that many students at a school like Cornell may be aiming towards careers in engineering, hotel management, medicine, and a tremendous variety of other fields. The statistics that would be most useful -- showing the yield of students who were accepted to law school out of the students that applied from a given college -- are just not available. Suffice it to say that of the Cornell grads that want to go to law school, many do get into excellent law schools and go on to successful careers in law. You certainly won't be closing any doors by going to Cornell.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what did you major in?</p>
<p>sallyawp states something that I've said over and over: those "feeder" rankings (whether it's WSJ or law school or whatever) do not divide the number of "admits" by the number of applicants, but by the total number of students in the college's undergrad population. How inane! And yet people refer to them like a sacred text!</p>
<p>Does anyone have any stats about Cornell Law admissions? Any info on where first year students at Cornell Law went as undergraduates? I've seen this type of info on other law school websites, but I can't seem to find it on Cornell's. Any help is greatly appreciated!</p>