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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t understand what law school is about.

- biglaw partner [/quote]

+1 It's all about the creds.  Give me the summa cum laude poli sci major rather than the cum laude physics major, because who wants to have a super pricey lawyer who wasn't at the top of their class.[/quote]
I get it's all about creds but why wouldn't a law school want a chemistry major from MIT who got a 3.5 vs. a Dickinson (nothing against Dickinson! I happen to think it's a good school. Just not as prestigious as MIT) grad who majored in majored in Amercian Studies and got a 4.0?[/quote]

MIT chem major with a B average, PhD from an almost equally prestigious university, and a perfect LSAT score.  Didn’t get into Harvard.   I’m actually very glad I didn’t, as things wouldn’t have worked out the way they did if I had gone there. I don’t think I’d be a better lawyer or a happier person had I gone to Harvard.  Instead I went to a very strong school, with a scholarship, did well in Big Law and then chose to prioritize life over work.

Granted, it was a 3.1 or so GPA, not 3.5, but that GPA got me into the top chemistry PhD programs which are ranked by reputation, rather than admittance stats.  [/quote]

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