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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP here.  Additional factor is they want to go to grad school so UVA Law also a good option and I hear they take UVA grads.  Do you save the money for grad school in case they get into a top grad school out of state?  [/quote]Don't top tier law schools take the best students? I don't think they are beholden to the undergraduate divisions.[/quote]

So I am OP and a lawyer.  Generally, they (like private schools in high schools and colleges) want the best academic students.  The difference is that extracurricular activities compensate much less for law school.  I believe UVA Law likes UVA undergrads meaning that they consider it a strong academic school and respect grades out of there.  I went to GW but did not apply to GW Law because I didn't want to be in the same place for 7 years.  That being said, the rumor was it was "harder" to get into the law school there from its own Undergrad because they wanted ivy kids or they wanted diverse undergrads.  Trying to figure out how other law schools would view their own undergrad.  [/quote]

I went to Chicago undergrad but was waitlisted for law school. Word was that Chicago preferred diverse law students over homegrown ones. I don't know whether I would have gotten off the wait list or not - I declined the spot and went to another top 10 school where I was very happy. [/quote]

I went to big state U and got into every top 10 law school except HLS and YLS. WL at HLS and rejected at Yale. I wasn't an extracurricular all star either. I just had good grades and LSAT. My parents gave me the money they didn't spend on undergrad for Law School. [/quote]

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