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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. They point to the extremely rare individual from a random low ranked college and jump to the conclusion that one's ability to get into medical or law school from that school is the same as it would be from a top ranked college. [/quote]

The thing is, it’s not at all rare.  I went to Law School (T14). There were plenty from schools most of you think as safeties or open enrollment.  Schools like Elmira, UMass, SUNY, Arizona State, Mary Baldwin, St Olaf. But those came in with high GPAs (usually summa) and LSATs.  We also people from Princeton, Yale, McGill, Bowdoin, Williams, Tufts, Tulane and Vandy, and those had a bit more leeway in their GPAs. LSAT range was probably pretty narrow. I was on Law Review and it wasn’t dominated by Top 25 universities or top SLACs.  It was a mix. I came from a top 30. That was basically the beginning of my evolution that the name of the school matters very little if you plan on professional school (business, law or medicine).  It might still matter more if someone wanted to go to consulting or we’ll street without getting an MBA.[/quote]

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