<p>I know of at least three ILRies who went to Harvard Law School from my graduating class-- there could be more I’m not aware of. A friend of mine is in a class at HLS where the Prof refers to the ILR students as “the Cornell Three,” since they already knew the material and have been at the top of the class. Ironically there’s a fourth student from Cornell Arts & Sciences who wasn’t counted in the so-called “Cornell Three.” It’s kind of a funny anecdote-- of course you can’t be sure you’ll get into HLS out of ILR or any program, but that’s still a good representation. I also know of someone who turned down Yale Law School for Harvard from ILR, so it’s certainly possible to get into Yale as well. </p>
<p>As Cayuga mentioned, my ILR chums are doing just fine. In addition to himself (and those he mentioned), they’re doing: PhDs at Penn (Education), MIT (Econ @ Sloan), and Princeton (in History); Masters at Cornell, Stanford, and Harvard Business School; Law School at Harvard, Columbia, and Penn; and jobs at Deloitte, Goldman (HR), McKinsey, Coca Cola (HR), Proctor & Gamble, and the labor movement. A few also followed their BFs and GFs, and so had to put their careers on hold, but for my five-or-so other ILR chums, if they’re not in school or working on their career it was their conscious decision. </p>
<p>Also, I’d echo my impression that maybe 30% of ILR is more academic/liberal artsy at heart, but they’re probably not as visible on the ILR-“scene” as much as those who are focused on good careers. I think this 30% finds satisfaction in research, out-of-college electives (or a few ripe ILR ones), or study abroad.</p>