I have a sibling who currently attends Cornell and he suggested that I apply ED to ILR next year, I have also been considering applying ED to Wharton as I have strong business ec’s. I am interested in attending law school after graduation. Which one should I apply ED to?
I don’t know much about Cornell’s program, but I do know someone who graduated recently from Wharton and was able to go straight into a job on Wall Street. A lot of prestigious businesses recruit directly from Wharton, so you have a good chance at getting a great job if you go there. On the other hand, the benefit seems to be more on the business side of the job spectrum. If you want to go into law school, you might want to see whether Cornell’s program is more geared towards that.
Either way, you can’t go wrong. Both are fantastic schools. I would visit both of them and see which one feels like the best “fit” - that could be a deciding factor in the place where you’re going to spend the next four years, especially when the campuses are so radically different from one another.
Do you know anything about the practice of law? Do you know that we have a glut of lawyers and employment rates is dismal unless you attend the top 14 law schools? It wouldn’t hurt to read the law school forum for more information.
That said, with a Wharton degree you will likely have a job upon graduation and you save money by not having to attend grad school.
However if you really want to be a lawyer (people change their minds all the time), you should attend a school where you will get the highest GPA because top grades and top LSAT score play an important role in top law school admission.
Both schools are very strong academically, so visit both of them and try to figure out which one you would be happier at. They’re two very different campuses. Penn is in a city, whereas Ithaca is somewhat in the middle of nowhere.
One thing to note is that Wharton does have a submatriculation program with Penn Law (see https://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/policies_forms/acad_forms/Submatriculation_Law.pdf for more details). Also, Wharton’s curve is not as bad as people make it out to be, and from what I’ve heard from friends, it is much more generous than the curve at Cornell.
Cbreeze I have a very good understanding of the practice of law as I have a parent who is a corporate lawyer. I am also very well aware of how competitive the field is, that is why I am on here to find which school is best for getting into a top 14 law school.
Give your stats, your chances are also slim at ED Wharton.
Apparently not.
My post above is a bit harsh but your best bet is to attend a school where your stats place you in the upper 75% to ensure you can attain a high GPA. The name of your undergrad is not as important to law school admissions.
I’m not sure what you are trying to accomplish here or what you are trying to prove. I have a very good understanding of the legal system. I have a sibling who attends a top 14 law school and one who has recently been accepted into a top 14 law school along with a parent who attended a top 14 law school, all of them have told me that the name of the school you attend also play a large role in what law school you attend.
Law school is a common destination for Cornell ILR students. The program is jocularly referred to on campus as “I Love to Read”. About 1/4 of Cornell ILR students go on to law school. About 1/8 of the class of 2013 went there directly from undergrad.
“I’m not sure what you are trying to accomplish here or what you are trying to prove.”
The poster is suggesting that, with your stats, your chance of admission to Wharton is low. And even if you got in the poster is concerned as to whether you could earn high enough grades there to meet the criteria of a T14 law school. Poster also disagreees with your sources re: degree of importance of undergrad school to current law school admissions.
Hope this explanation clarifies what the poster was trying to accomplish.
DO NOT apply to Wharton just because you have “strong” business ec’s. Apply to schools that you will love and thrive in. If you want to go to law school, it does not matter if you attend Harvard or Montana State for undergrad. Go to a school that you will love and create your own journey. DO NOT attend a school because you believe it has a strong name, and you think that name could help you out in life. Be strong and create your own path. Stop listening to the crap that says the name of the school means so much because it does not at all. Create your own way to stand out. There are thousands of people that have Ivy League degrees, it is not as impressive to employers as you think.