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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of the best lawyers I know majored in disciplines that demand and cultivate analytic skill, like chemistry, math, and music. [/quote]

I'm a STEM major who went to law school and graduated at the top of my class.

I thought the law degree was easier than my undergrad degree.[/quote]

That's generally true, it's those that attended less rigorous institutions and less academically rigorous programs of study that really struggle.  Of course it's difficult to graduate in the top ranks a T14 schools because everyone has high cognitive abilities and [b]those in less serious programs and institutions don't get admitted in the first place[/b].[/quote]

Not true. If you have a high enough GPA and LSAT, no one cares where you went or what you studied. I had a fluff major at a liberal arts college and got into every T14. I knew plenty of people in law school who went to undergrads I’d never heard of and studied elementary ed. [/quote]

Elementary ed majors from SUNY Potsdam are graduating at the top of the class at Cornell Law?  I have my doubts. [/quote]

Yes. I graduated with honors, was on law review, and had a federal clerkship. My peers went to undergrads ranging from HYPSM to West Chester University, Sacred Heart University, Western Michigan University, University of Michigan Flint, UMBC, St. Mary's College of Maryland, UC Merced, and SUNY Buffalo. And these are just the people I'm thinking of off the top of my head. [/quote]

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