Tufts vs. Emory for undergrad if child wants to be lawyer

[Anonymous]

It makes no difference where you go to undergrad. Get high grades and do interesting things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It makes no difference where you go to undergrad. Get high grades and do interesting things.

This. 1000 times this. This is how you get into law school. Read this. Copy it. Repeat this.

[Anonymous]

These two are equally dull.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These two are equally dull.

Omg yes!! And I’m a parent of a kid at one of them. They’re fine, great schools, great educations. Why anyone is feeling competitive between these two is beyond me. It makes zero difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They are the same academically, equal prestige, and many kids at one turned down the other to attend it, and vice versa. GPA is everything for law school. Go where they acclimate the easiest and fastest, so they hit the ground running on acing their classes. I’d pick Tufts.

They are not the.same academically nor do they have equal prestige. Emory has a much higher reputation, 4.2, vs Tufts 3.7

What does 4.2 and 3.7 mean?

I see them as equal in prestige and I would pick Tufts personally.

There reputation scores on US News. Academics don't see them equally

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are the same academically, equal prestige, and many kids at one turned down the other to attend it, and vice versa. GPA is everything for law school. Go where they acclimate the easiest and fastest, so they hit the ground running on acing their classes. I’d pick Tufts.

They are not the.same academically nor do they have equal prestige. Emory has a much higher reputation, 4.2, vs Tufts 3.7

What does this mean and why are you so emotionally invested? Why can’t they be essentially equal?

Because they aren't
Tufts is similar to BC. Emory is similar to Georgetown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes no difference where you go to undergrad. Get high grades and do interesting things.

This. 1000 times this. This is how you get into law school. Read this. Copy it. Repeat this.

+1000

Law School admin at a T-30 school. And take a couple of years to get work experience between undergrad and law school. Employers care A LOT about soft skills, and K-JD's don't have 'em.

[Anonymous]

How could it possibly matter? Maybe Tufts because you will be trapped in the library all winter and fall (and spring)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember 11 or 12 Emory students getting into Harvard law in one year not too long ago. Like 2019. Either way Emory is in a different league academically from Tufts.

This is very difficult to believe.

[Anonymous]

https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true#id=168148
Only top school that thinks Tufts is a peer is Wellesley

Emory is clearly the better school, Tufts is continually declining
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true#id=139658

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember 11 or 12 Emory students getting into Harvard law in one year not too long ago. Like 2019. Either way Emory is in a different league academically from Tufts.

This is very difficult to believe.

Shouldn't be

[Anonymous]

For me it would come down to not wanting to be in Georgia. Massachusetts is a much better place to be, especially if your child is female.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are the same academically, equal prestige, and many kids at one turned down the other to attend it, and vice versa. GPA is everything for law school. Go where they acclimate the easiest and fastest, so they hit the ground running on acing their classes. I’d pick Tufts.

They are not the.same academically nor do they have equal prestige. Emory has a much higher reputation, 4.2, vs Tufts 3.7

What does 4.2 and 3.7 mean?

I see them as equal in prestige and I would pick Tufts personally.

There reputation scores on US News. Academics don't see them equally

These are almost entirely influenced by the how well or badly the ranked college does in creating positive personal interactions with the ranking colleges dean/provost who fills out the insipid USNWR reports. It’s not an objecting measure of a college’s actual academic quality. What does that even mean? Teaching strength? Research strength? Access to resources? Student cohort? Even if you can measure these things, every person rating will weigh these differently. Not to mention the halo effect that may artificially and unjustly inflate some college’s reputation. College rankings are so ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true#id=168148
Only top school that thinks Tufts is a peer is Wellesley

Emory is clearly the better school, Tufts is continually declining
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true#id=139658

Actually..., NYU, Wake Forest, Boston College, Northeastern, and Boston University also chose Tufts. Unless these schools aren't top schools to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true#id=168148
Only top school that thinks Tufts is a peer is Wellesley

Emory is clearly the better school, Tufts is continually declining
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true#id=139658

Again…why does this make you so angry?