<p>Does the college you go to for UNDERGRADUATE work play a role in the ADMISSIONS process of the graduate schools you apply to?
thankkss!</p>
<p>Yes, but the role is a lot less than LSAT and GPA</p>
<p>How much do EC's weigh?</p>
<p>Not as much as LSAT and GPA, those 2 are the MAIN factors everything else is considerably below</p>
<p>What's the highest you can make on the LSAT?</p>
<p>highest score 180</p>
<p>In order of importance: 1. LSAT 2. GPA 3. National Fellowships 4. Publications 5. Legacy 6. URM status 7a. difficulty of coursework 7b. ECs 8a. Undergrad school 8b. Recommendations</p>
<p>If I might add I think the above is different for every school (ie lower ranked schools usually do not consider legacy status as much) but LSAT scores and GPA are always the most important.</p>
<p>Again this has been asked but when you say difficulty of coursework do law schools just look at the level number or do they assume subjects like Physics are harder than subjects like Government even though the levels of difficulty varies between institutions.</p>
<p>Are your recommendations and essay really valued less than "national fellowships" and "publications?" I would figure that if you had a top econ or law professor write you a sterling recommendation, that would hold a lot of merit. And I've heard that a very well-thought out essay can be worth a few points to your index.</p>
<p>Rhodes or truman or Marshall etc vs. a recommendation?</p>
<p>John Galt, by publications do you mean in the school newspaper? also please answer my question above. Would a law school frown upon me taking a 3000 level Dinosaur (Geosciences) class as a science elective rather than taking a 3000 level Diseases Classes (Biology)? Even though the latter is actually easier?</p>
<p>I posted the following comment on the Boston College/Grade Devaluation thread regarding how UMich Law School made admissions decisions in 2000:</p>
<p>As to whether law schools adjust an applicant's GPA depending on where they went to college, I think the answer is yes and no. In Grutter v Bollinger, the trial court set forth the admissions standards for UMich Law School. The first step in the admissions decision was to calculate the student's index score, a combination of the student's LSAT and GPA. The court also discussed the admissions committee's next step - a consideration of the following variables:</p>
<p>"When the differences in index scores are small, we believe it is important to weigh as best we can not just the index but also such file characteristics as the enthusiasm of recommenders, the quality of the undergraduate institution, the quality of the applicant's essay, and the areas and difficulty of undergraduate course selection."</p>
<p>Here's a link to the trial court decision: <a href="http://vpcomm.umich.edu/admissions/legal/grutter/gru-op.html%5B/url%5D">http://vpcomm.umich.edu/admissions/legal/grutter/gru-op.html</a>. The quote is from pages 6-7 of the opinion. Since the Supreme Court approved the UMich Law School admissions on appeal of this case, I assume UMich Law School still follows this format and I suspect that other Law Schools have adopted similar admissions since then.</p>
<p>John--what do you mean by nat'l fellowships?</p>
<p>I think he means Trumans, Marshalls, Rhodes, etc</p>
<p>Btw to elaborate on what I said above Im considering dropping out of the dinosaur class and taking the diseases class next semester in its place as a science elective. Even though I may be more interested in the dinosaur class, I want to switch because not only does the diseases class sound harder but it is actually way easier (as well as more practical) according to pick a prof, is this a good idea?</p>
<p>Galt? anyone?</p>
<p>I've never heard of the importance of publications and legacy.</p>
<p>So by publications, are you referring to graduate students' dissertations or what exactly?</p>
<p>Also, legacies are more important than ECs and recommendations?</p>