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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP doesn't understand how T14 law admission works, and accordingly, is confusing a lot of people.[/quote]

So please tell us about your understanding of how T14 law admission works! [/quote]
T14 law school admission is almost entirely LSAT and college GPA combined. Plus URM hook, if applicable.[/quote]

If the median LSAT score is in the high 160s/low 170s for most of these schools, does the simple combination of LSAT and college GPA really provide enough of a differentiation?  Just by the enrollment numbers, isn't is reasonable to think that it's at least easier to get into Yale Law from Yale and Chicago Law from Chicago?  As people note, there are plenty of smart people going to plenty of colleges.  It just seems that you would not see a consistent preference for the same few undergraduate institutions if this is all that is involved.

otherwise, you should definitely attend Yale or Harvard because the grade inflation is so awesome.[/quote]

Grade inflation is pretty big everywhere, but yes, particularly at elite schools.  Certainly there are other factors in admission, but these schools are significantly numbers driven due to rankings.

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It's not just grade inflation, it's the sort of go-getter ambitious teens who sought out an elite college when they were 17 y/o also obsess over their GPA and are laser-focused on post-college goals. They realize how important GPA is for those goals, while the average college freshman really doesn't. The average college freshman doesn't sweat a B here and there or even a C. They're partying that first semester, letting loose and letting the GPA slack a bit. While the freshman go-getter is using test banks, obsessing over certain sections taught by certain professors, starting study groups with like-minded peers, things like that. Not just striving for not just a "good" GPA but a perfect GPA. Those sort of kids also exist at the state schools but nowhere near the % of each class is like that.

And let's be honest, all things being equal, elite law schools are giving the nod to the applicant from the more elite undergrad. Elitists are elitists, after all.[/quote]

all that might be true, but the sheer number of students at the other schools should cancel out this effect.  UT Austin alone is about 2/3 the size of all the Ivy League schools combined.

it seems that the correct statement is "not all things are equal and elite law schools give the nod to applicants from more elite undergrads."[/quote]

I think it largely tracks to the GPAs, LSATs, and number applying from each school.  You can see from the link below that applicants from the "elite"{ schools are much more likely to have "elite" stats.

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/legal_education_and_admissions_to_the_bar/council_reports_and_resolutions/May2018CouncilOpenSession/18_may_2015_2017_top_240_feeder_schools_for_aba_applicants.authcheckdam.pdf 
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