<p>Hi,
I would love to go to yale/harvard law, and I was wondering which undergrad school looks better: wellesley or barnard? I would apply to one now, but my parents are pushing for an all girls school. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Either one is fine - it all depends on how well you do there, and how good your LSAT scores are. The two are quite different though - at Barnard you'll be in NYC and will take a a lot of courses at Columbia, so it's less of an all-girl atmosphere than Wellesley.</p>
<p>There are also a lot of good law schools out there. Concentrate right now on finding a college at which you can thrive, and worry about law school later.</p>
<p>Wellesley has an insanely strong alumnae network, and it's indubitably the best college of its kind.</p>
<p>If men are a concern, Harvard and MIT's resources should suffice.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! Putting my social life aside however, does wellesley have a better reputation for sending grads to top tier law schools? I am applying ED to either barnard or wellesley, so i reallllly need help deciding! :)</p>
<p>Any difference between the reputations of Wellesley and Barnard at law schools are going to be essentially irrelevant to any particular individual student at either, so this really isn't a criterion you should use to make your choice. </p>
<p>In general, I suspect Wellesley has a very marginally superior reputation almost everywhere. Barnard went through a period of being not so attractive to applicants. I think that has pretty definitively ended, but if you look back 8-10 years (i.e., people who just graduated from law school recently, and who will be responsible for whatever reputation the colleges currently have at law schools), Wellesley had probably attracted somewhat stronger students. And Barnard still suffers somewhat (though less and less) from a perception that it's a stepchild at Columbia University, while Wellesley was always one of the most academically rigorous of the Seven Sisters.</p>
<p>But. As I said, the differences are minimal, the reputations are always fluctuating slightly, and each individual applies to law school on her own merits. Any modicum more of happiness, engagement, and academic success will make much more difference in your law school applications than reputational differences between similar colleges. So what you should do is choose the college where you are a little likelier to be a little happier, more engaged, and successful.</p>