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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the takeaway is if you can't get into a top 20, 30 school. Or more relevant to the topic, can't PAY for that type of school, you're basically screwed out of top grad schools and relegated to the mid-tier or low castes of society? LOL

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Not at all. See my posts. I worked a long time in admissions for a (lower) T10 law school. We loved strong GPA’s in good majors from state schools. We wanted socioeconomic diversity. [/quote]

See the quote below for a group tracking the top feeder schools for law school.  Understand the schools they reference are the Top 30 schools...which includes the University of Michigan, UVA, and Berkeley (the only State schools listed).

Again, one way to look at is that 43% of law school students at the Top law schools did not attend the Top 30 undergrads.  Another way, is that 57% of all law school students at Top law schools came from only 30 schools... 1% of all 4-year colleges in the United States produced 57% of all law school students.

Also, the #1 feeder to each Top 10 law school was that very same undergraduate institution.  I.e., the #1 feeder to UVA law school is UVA, the #1 feeder to Northwestern Law School is Northwestern, etc.

Does institutional selectivity matter?
When applying to law school, yes, it appears that institutional selectivity does in fact play a role. In our sample, of the students who went on to enroll at America’s best JD programs, approximately 57% graduated from colleges categorized as “Most Selective” or “Extremely Selective.” However, 21% of elite law school students in our sample did graduate from schools indicated as less selective or non-selective, suggesting that attendance at a highly selective undergraduate college or university isn’t a prerequisite to earning a top-flight JD. Click here to see how we group colleges by selectivity.[/quote]

Firstly, kids attending Top30-40 schools are almost 50-60% full pay students.  So exactly the students who can afford to go onto law school (med school and the like).  However, 43% did NOT attend the Top 40 schools.  Those kids are the high stats kids (or high stats in college at least) who worked their asses off to get to law school.  Plenty of kids do it from Non-T40 schools.  But it's not hard to understand that the kids at T30-40 school are also more likely the ones to end up at Top law schools, even if they went to a school ranked #100....it's about their upbringing, their family friends/environment and money.  
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