Where You Go to Undergrad & Graduate

Applying to College
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<p>I am curious about how much you feel where you attend college as an undergraduate affects your chances of getting into a graduate school of your choice?</p>

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<li>Student at the University of Denver (starting my junior year)</li>
<li>BS or MS in accounting / minor in political science</li>
<li>3.98 GPA (hopefully it'll stay that way)</li>
<li>Studying abroad with an emphasis in international relations and Chinese studies</li>
<li>Was an RA sophomore year</li>
<li>Invovled in a fraternity and will end up invovled in 3 to 5 clubs/organizations with leadership roles in a couple</li>
<li>Looking to get an internship with a law or accounting firm</li>
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<p>Hopefully my courses and EC will show I'm a well-rounded person. I'm wanting to go to law school and I know that it depends heavily on my LSAT score and GPA. However, does going to DU (rather than, say, an ivy league) greatly decrease my chances of getting into a top ten law school? Am I on a good track?</p>

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<p>My opinion is probably not. AS a statistical issue -it might reduce your chances to some specific school , but not so much to "one of ... " the top tier schools .</p>

<p>That is not to say you will get in , just that I think your undergrad school is not a significant negative</p>

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<p>It basically has very little effect at all. Considering two applicants with the same LSAT, one from Harvard and one from Denver, a top law school will take the Harvard applicant if they both have a 3.98. However, they will take the Denver student with a 3.98 over a Harvard student with say, a 3.8 every time.</p>

<p>In short, if you ace the LSAT, you have as good a shot as anyone at any law school in the country.</p>