middlebury for business/law

<p>does middlebury college send kids to the top law and business schools? how good is it at getting top internship oppurtunities?</p>

<p>Business schools rely less heavily on what you accomplished in your undergraduate years as what you have done since then working at a consulting firm/ibank etc. These are by no means the only path to getting an acceptance at a top business school, but by far the most common. With that said, Middlebury is heavily recruited by top firms including Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Bros., JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley etc. A full list of recruiters at Middlebury can be found here-</p>

<p><a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/cso/achieve/recruiting_program/recruitingemployersbyindustry.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/cso/achieve/recruiting_program/recruitingemployersbyindustry.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As for law, you have just as good a shot coming from Middlebury as anywhere else. Law school admissions really is a number game, with probably 90% of the decision resting on your undergrad GPA and LSAT scores. You have just as good a shot going to a top law school coming out of Middlebury than anywhere else, as Law Schools take into account the academic rigor of your undergraduate program. A 3.8 at the University of Oklahoma is not as impressive as a 3.8 at Middlebury, but it shouldn't be- it would be easier to achieve. This is a list Boalt Law School at UC Berkeley (if you're really interested in law, then you know this is a tip top school) used to measure the intensity of undergraduate programs, though it not longer "officially" uses it.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/t-167716.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/t-167716.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As you can see, Middlebury is very highly regarded for its academic rigor, and if you get a good GPA here (which is difficult, according to the list), you will have no problem convincing a top law school that you are indeed qualified. </p>

<p>Another site you want to check out is lawschoolnumbers.com, they have very informative graphs that show you who gets rejected/accepted/waitlisted at lawschools, and you begin to see very quickly that its not so much a reflection of which undergraduate program one attends as much as what grades they get there and LSAT scores. That being said, most students going to top law schools come from top top undergraduate programs, but that's simply because these undergrauduate programs get the best students. </p>

<p>Haha, okay, to finally answer your question. Yes, Middlebury does send a good amount of people to top business and law schools, not as many as say, Harvard, but its right up there with Northwestern/Cornell/JHU. </p>

<p>So my point-- it doesn't really matter where you go undergrad for law, law school admissions folks are smart, and know how hard it is to get a GPA at different schools. The only advantage Middlebury might present is that in a small, undergraduate focused school, you have more of an opportunity to get to know your professors who will write your reccomendation letters. Business school, it does make a difference to go to a school that has strong ties to Wall Street or other financial groups, and Middlebury certainly does, but that is not the end all.</p>

<p>Sorry for the long response, but I really would have liked to know all these things before the college app process started. You'll find that it typically takes a lot longer to get a response in the small LAC forums...much less posting activity. </p>

<p>Take care, PM me if you have any more questions...I was very interested in some of the questions you have when I was applying to schools this past year. I'll be attending Middlebury.</p>