<p>Just wondering if you want to go into a good law school is it a good idea to go to a more difficult school(if you get accepted e.g. Cornell) or go to a more easier school where you could get better marks (but still is challenging) is GPA and LSAT all they look at?</p>
<p>There is a thread line for graduate and professional schools. Generally speaking, this thread line is for undergraduate studies.</p>
<p>Go to <a href=“http://www.toplawschools.com%5B/url%5D”>www.toplawschools.com</a> and find the rankings and the requisite scores (25%-75%). While they all profess to be holistic and examine all the applicant’s qualities, attributes, maturity, work experience etc. the bottom line is ALWAYS where the applicant stands on LSAT and gpa. Minorities always get more leeway.</p>
<p>Unless you score above 170 on the LSAT you can forget getting into a top 10 law school.</p>
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I recently did the calculations for Harvard (and Yale) per capita law placement, and Princeton is a good example of this. Beginning a couple years back with its grade inflation curbing policies, capping A’s to 1/3 of the grades at most, it dropped in H/Y law placement from around Stanford level to Columbia/Dartmouth level, in some years coming behind Brown, which is known for grade inflation. </p>
<p>This is particularly significant when one considers that the average LSAT score at Princeton is at the 93/94th percentile; at the others it’s at the 90th percentile. One can only assume that grades are indeed pretty significant in admissions, even with the very best schools. </p>
<p>That said, it’s still important to attend a good school. Choosing a school purely based on how you think it will get you into law school is a terrible idea. Many students end up changing their minds, after all, and then you’re stuck with a school you may or may not like as much. Additionally, the difficulty of a curriculum tends to vary much more by major than by school.</p>
<p>There are other threads on this topic but at the top law schools you will find a larger number of students from the top college and universities. The undergraduate school choice will not preclude you from going to the top law schools but you may need to do more to distinguish yourself.</p>
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Look at the Discussion Menu on the left hand side.
1st topic is Discussion Home. Click.
Scroll down and click on the Law School link. You can read and post questions there.</p>
<p>From what I’ve read (and we are in the process now), the LSAT and GPA are most important. There is a calculation made with LSAT weighing more than GPA.</p>
<p>If you go to the toplawschools link provided above you will see the average LSAT and GPA scores for each school.</p>