<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I'm a high school junior, but I've basically envisioned my entire life revolving on my being a lawyer(NW Pre-law camp this summer will expose whether or not I'll really go into it though).</p>
<p>Regardless, does attending a certain undergrad school forever impact your chances on law school?
For example, my safety school is DePaul Uni. in Chicago which is ranked in the 170s for USNews. If i went to DePaul would that kill my chances to attend HYP or CCN(I kind of want to go to columbia or nyu)?
For example, if I were to go to DePaul, get a 4.0 and a 160ish on the LSAT in comparison to going to Tufts(27 on USNews) with a 3.5 and a 160ish... does it make a difference? </p>
<p>All in all, does my attendance at a weak(er) undergraduate school ultimately affect my chances into a t14 law school?</p>
<p>Thank you for your time.</p>
<p>–The name brand of your school alone doesn’t kill you for HY/CCN.
–A 160 will, however.
–No school will ever be worth 0.5 GPA points. 0.5 is huge.
–Even if school name did matter, you’d have to go higher than Tufts to get a boost.
–Princeton doesn’t have a law school, so you can’t get in there no matter what.</p>
<p>Hypothetically:</p>
<p>I am applying to Columbia Law School
At DePaul with honors: I received a 3.8 GPA and a 170 on the LSAT
At Northwestern: I received a 3.8 GPA and also received 170 on the LSAT.</p>
<p>There’s no major distinction between my acceptance at Columbia at all?
Thanks for your post btw.</p>
<p>Probably not. Both candidates would probably get rejected.</p>
<p>Nope. It seems odd to some, but that’s really how it works. It’s all about trying to keep up 25th/median/75th percentiles. </p>
<p>I’m an advocate for saving money on undergrad if graduate school is in the picture. Some people say that going to a “prestigous” undergrad gives you greater fallback options, which has some validity as well. </p>
<p>That said a 3.8/170 that is not a minority has a very small chance at Columbia, but that’s not really the point of this thread.</p>