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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A spinoff of sorts from the chasing merit thread.

https://hls.harvard.edu/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard-law-school/jdapplicants/hls-profile-and-facts/undergraduate-institutions/

Look at all the schools that are represented in Harvard’s L1 class for 23-24.

Yo[b]u don’t need a highly ranked school to get into an excellent grad program. This isn’t 80% of the class from T50’s. These schools are all over the board in ranking.

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You clearly didn't go there or you would know what is wrong with your post.  There are only 147 undergrad institutions given there.  The entering class of Harvard Law is 560.  The remaining 413 come predominantly from only from the Ivies + Stanford with Harvard undergrads making up about 30% of the entire class (in my year).  So if you really want to go there you go to Harvard undergrad, then Yale, Stanford, etc.  The leftover 147 are the valedictorians or token reps to fill in the rest of the class.[/quote]

Point taken about the class size. But the point still stands (from the misconception on the other thread) that almost all of the class is not from top schools.

And this 147 you speak of - you know it’s[b] only 1 person from each of these schools?[/quote][/b]

Yes, I was one of them. Like you, from an unimpressive SLAC, but no 1 in my class, Rhodes, 4.0, high LSAT, etc.[/quote]

[b]So wait - your rational is because you are the only one that came from your specific school, this must be the case for every other school on the list?  You can’t be serious. [/quote][/b]

That was certainly the case when I attended HLS.  560 in a class.  Most from Harvard and Ivy and Stanford undergrad.  And yes 140 or so valedictorians from SLACs.  I was certainly the only one from mine. My SLAC sent someone to HLS only once every ten years or so.  Maybe 15.[/quote]

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