<p>I really can't decide between the two. I want to go to law school and I need to know if UCLA places well into top law schools. Btw, I live in socal already, and want to know if any of you can justify double ucla's tuition to go to Duke. I really like UCLA- I just want to hear why all of you chose it.</p>
<p>If you plan on doing anything but finance/consulting ucla would be the better choice (unless money is no big deal to you).</p>
<p>UCLA: great academics, great student body, great athletics, great city...enough said.</p>
<p>Duke has much better placement into top law schools than UCLA. A couple of years back, Duke was the most represented in Harvard Law School besides Harvard and Yale. The money is definitely worth it in this case.</p>
<p>Hmmm. I'm in the class of 12 for ucla and i already submitted my SIR. Both schools are obviously great. However I'm pretty sure that Duke is ranked higher in law than LA. I wouldn't pay double for tuition to go out of state, especially since its undergrad. If its grad then it matters. Why not stay at LA and then go there for grad? Or even someplace better? I live in socal too and that's what I plan to do w/ business. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Duke places better at law schools than UCLA. If money is an issue though, UCLA is not a bad option. But, Duke is definitely a better choice in terms of placement/prestige.</p>
<p>Duke doesn't place better in law, but the people at duke are smarter than students at ucla so it only makes sense that they'd place better at the major east coast law school that values gpa + lsat (standardized test). And yes, duke is ranked higher in law...but last time I checked this wasn't a law forum, and going to duke =/= help you out in getting into duke law. It is more prestigious however, and it will open up doors in the business world. For law school where you go for UG doesn't matter if it's between ucla and duke, princeton and indiana st is one thing but there's no diff coming from ucla or duke. Anybody who tries to tell you differently, such by saying "but x more student from duke got into harvard" doesn't realize that casaution =/= correlation.</p>
<p>it depends what you want to do post-undergrad. If you want to go straight into finance/banking, id go to Duke. If you want to do anything else, you have a choice...</p>