<p>Based on the thread about High GPAs, I'm now curious - how do Chicago grads now do in terms of law school placement? People have made vague assertions, such as "law schools love Chicago grads," but I would like some more hard facts. When I was at Chicago (I graduated around 8 years ago), I went to the pre-law adviser and received a booklet with stats about Chicago applicants. I looked online, but I don't think this is posted on the web for more recent Chicago classes. </p>
<p>As a point of comparison, here are Penn's pre-law statistics:</p>
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<p>Now, Penn is about TWICE the size of Chicago, and is much more pre-professional than Chicago. Nevertheless, I would expect that, to be comparable, Chicago's hard numbers would be about 40-45% of Penn's hard numbers.</p>
<p>So, for example, each year, Penn sends about 20 kids each to Harvard, NYU, Georgetown, and Columbia. (So there are around 20 Penn grads a class at each of these schools.) To be comparable, Chicago should send around 8 kids to each of these schools. </p>
<p>Also, Penn sends around 5-10 kids each to Virginia, Michigan, and Berkeley. To be comparable, Chicago should send at least 3-6 kids to each of these schools. </p>
<p>Has anyone seen the current book of numbers on Chicago's law placement? I'd imagine that the Chicago numbers would be a bit more skewed toward the midwest (more placement than Penn at Michigan, Chicago, and Northwestern), but the schools should be comparable. </p>
<p>I'm curious to see the hard numbers here. When I was thinking about law school, Chicago's numbers weren't great, but that's mainly because of a lack of grade inflation and students not being savvy about the admissions process (not taking the LSAT seriously enough, etc.). I would imagine that now, Chicago should perform admirably in comparison to its immediate peers (Duke, Penn, Brown, etc.).</p>