Stand out in weak peer group or blend in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If going to law school, it is better to get As in undergrad.

Harvard Law seeks variety, for example, and not just students from T20.

Look at your child’s goals and go from there.

While this is true, they still take the majority from T20 and top LACs.

Not true. The GPA and LSAT are just about all they look at. A few other factors but not which school. The LSAT will indicate how well the student will do. Anyway who wants to go to law school? No one.

You are an idiot. Take a look at the admits to HYS law.

DP. Red herring bc most law students aren’t going to het HYS and are aiming for other T14 schools anyway. LSAT most important.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are visiting a school with a very high acceptance rate and an academically weak cohort of students.

DC is a very strong student and will possibly get in into a T20.

In this school, however, DC will stand out and be on top academically.

Does it make sense to go to this low ranked school and be on top of class, get all research and internship placement opportunities, etc.

In top 20 DC will just blend in with other academic overachievers.

Define "blend in".

It's totally fine if "blend in" means in the top 25%. No one is expecting to be in the top 1% in college.

It's most likely a miserable experience if "blend in" refers to in the bottom 25%.

Nobody normal thinks about class rank in college.

It’s cute that they think any of this will matter in the new economy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If going to law school, it is better to get As in undergrad.

Harvard Law seeks variety, for example, and not just students from T20.

Look at your child’s goals and go from there.

While this is true, they still take the majority from T20 and top LACs.

Not true. The GPA and LSAT are just about all they look at. A few other factors but not which school. The LSAT will indicate how well the student will do. Anyway who wants to go to law school? No one.

You are an idiot. Take a look at the admits to HYS law.

DP. Red herring bc most law students aren’t going to het HYS and are aiming for other T14 schools anyway. LSAT most important.

It is not a red herring if applying from within a top undergrad environment. There are several students who get HYS every single year at kid's ivy. Dozens more who get the top 5-7 of T14. The admits to the bottom half of T14 stretches well into the 3.8x GPA range, average to above average. T5 law is common enough that everyone chases it. T14 is essentially expected.
Random state-flagship student need not care about HYS because it is not happening, and neither is T14 unless they are one of the very top kids. The ivy kids have a completely different perspective because so many of them get in.

Back to OP, go to the best school they can get into, barring a big hook that makes it likely they will sit in the bottom 25% of said top school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are visiting a school with a very high acceptance rate and an academically weak cohort of students.

DC is a very strong student and will possibly get in into a T20.

In this school, however, DC will stand out and be on top academically.

Does it make sense to go to this low ranked school and be on top of class, get all research and internship placement opportunities, etc.

In top 20 DC will just blend in with other academic overachievers.

Define "blend in".

It's totally fine if "blend in" means in the top 25%. No one is expecting to be in the top 1% in college.

It's most likely a miserable experience if "blend in" refers to in the bottom 25%.

Nobody normal thinks about class rank in college.

You definitely do not have a student at a top school. Rank, no, but general tier they definitely care! They want to be above that mean on Econ, gen chem, calc. The ones who find staying above the mean not too hard chase 3.9X, settle for 3.8X.
Most of the undergrad population want top MD, phd, law or top jobs(consulting, finance, or big-name tech companies).