<p>Should I save money and stress by going to a less prestigious undergrad college or then go the prestigious law school OR go to a prestigious undergrad + grad?</p>
<p>I've heard that admissions do not look at your college, and if I decide to go to the less prestigious school then I will save money and stress of the college admissions process. Plus, I'll most likely get more financial aid at the lower-end college. I'm going to go to a top law school regardless, but what do you think? I am stressing out over this.</p>
<p>well, I'll agree that pretty much regardless of the field you're in, the grad school degree is more important than the undergrad. Not sure though at this stage how you can guaranty that you will go to a top law school. good luck though.</p>
<p>During your legal career, your skills will be more important than the names of the schools you attended. Why? Clients care more about your ability to represent them than the latest USNEWS law school rankings. I would suggest you attend the most difficult college you get into, perform extremely well at that college, take an LSAT prep course, and attend the best law school you get into. If you can't handle a lot of stress from a difficult college program, how confident are you that you will be able to handle the stress of law school four years later? I can't answer the financial question since that depends on so many personal factors.</p>
<p>Alright, I was looking at it from a different spectrum. If I were to go to a less prestigious undergrad then of course, top-ranked grad. I thought that I'd be saving money. If I get into my most selective college then I am sure that my courses will be diffcult and hard to obtain a high GPA, on the contrary, if I were to go to the less prestigious college then earn a high GPA, it'd work more in my favor since law schools, supposedly, do not differentiate on the undergrad ranking of the undergrad college you chose. They're going to look at my resume and not pay attention to my undergrad college, which could be.....Auburn University, but my law school was Yale or Havard. I think they'd pay more attention to that and so would firms seekings new talent? Although, there may be an edge with two prestigious universites on your resume, but undergrad cannot prepare you for law school simply because of the freedom of being able to choose ANY major and still be accepted to a top notch law school.</p>
<p>Though it is many years since I graduated from law school, two things remain the same: with top grades from a decent college/university and top LSATs you can get into almost any law school. And then, even from a "mid range" law school, top grades and Law Review will get you a second year summer job and then offer from top law firms (and often even clerkships).</p>
<p>Once you are in practice, if at a top firm, that's all that counts: the name of the firm. If you go out on your own afterwards, anyone who cares about where you went to school will only be interested in where you went to law school.</p>
<p>You should also be aware that many regional law schools will do very very well placing their graduates in top firms in the big cities where they are located.</p>