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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When choosing undergrad colleges with an eye toward law or graduate school, is it better to graduate at the bottom half of the most rigorous college, perform in the top half of a lower ranked college, or the very top of an even lower ranked college? Assuming these are all T100 and majors are the same. We don’t care as much about prestige as outcomes and ROI.[/quote]

It is better to be the top half or top third of an elite college on the phd med and law "feeder" lists. Within the feeder lists, some have slightly less competitive student cohorts than others (looking at median SAT scores from the pre-test optional years on prep scholar to get a proxy): stay within the top feeder lists and adjust "down" until you find schools that will likely lead to yours being in the top 1/2 at a minimum. For the true superstars, they will easily be top 25% at any school in the country, not common to be in that group.

No one in the recent years of the grad/prof schools DH and went to, both T5 different fields,  came from below a T150 or so unless they were a hooked demographic, and most of those were from T75-150. Almost every white kid and asian kid is from their home-state flagship or from a T30/top LAC, excluding internationals. 
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