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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would guess it's more likely for med school because pre-reqs and MCATS are very objective data on which they can determine likely success in medical school. Law school is probably much more subjective and very much driven by prestige. [/quote]

It is very driven by LSAT score. [/quote]

Yes - speaking as a lawyer, the irony of law school admissions is that it’s so incredibly and objectively stats-based with the combo of GPA and LSAT score. This is much more so than undergrad admissions. The most subjective schools beyond GPA/LSAT are the very top ones (Harvard, Yale, Stanford), but it’s otherwise a pretty direct line between stats and admissions virtually everywhere else.

[b]To the extent that grads from top undergrad schools are overrepresented in top law schools, it’s really more that those people are overrepresented among top standardized test takers in general (including the LSAT and MCAT) as opposed to the fact that they attended those particular undergrad schools themselves.[/b][/quote]

I do not buy that for one second. Could it be that more applications come out of those schools? Maybe? But no, those students are not overrepresented over large state universities.[/quote]

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