<p>I am currently in the process of transferring to The University of Maryland, College Park from Howard University. I dont want to sound arrogant but, Im pretty sure that I have a high probability of getting in, seeing as I have a 4.0 GPA & high SAT scores. Again, Im not trying to sound like a jerk, Im just thinking positively.</p>
<p>Anyways, I've had wetdreams since HS of going to Stanford for Grad School. I really want to get my JD/MBA & Im starting to fear that it would be almost impossible to get in graduating from University of Maryland. Stanford is already one of the toughest schools to gain admittance to, so I fear that even if I graduate from UMD with a 4.0 GPA, it would pale in comparison to let's say, someone who matriculated at Yale, Princeton, MIT, Cal or Harvard.</p>
<p>Advice please???? How hard is it to jump from a public undergrad to a top 5 grad school?????</p>
<p>If you have a 4.0 gpa and a high LSAT you can definitely get into stanford law. law schools don’t care much for what school you went to (although there is a lot of correlation between high lsat scores and going to very good schools, so perhaps they do implicitly).</p>
<p>For stanford gsb, you just need to get some good work experience. May be tough coming out of maryland to find that. It’s just a fact that a ton of the kids at Stanford GSB come from the top consulting firms/investment banks. There’s also a big group that comes from the start up community. You’ll need to find a job that will allow you to get some really strong experience pretty early on.</p>
<p>As a result, I think the barriers to entry are probably going to be higher for you when it comes to Stanford GSB rather than Stanford Law, since for SLS you just need to do very well on the LSAT.</p>