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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read through all the responses, but I would say Georgetown for a more intellectual environment and for preparing for a top law school (I'm a law professor, for what it's worth).[/quote]

Law professor with an opposing view here, go to Vanderbilt[/quote]

Why? Please be specific.[/quote]

Because A. it is more prestigious, which will help if they don't want to go to law school and it will also help a bit if they do want to go to law school at the few schools that care about undergrad prestige, e.g. Yale and Stanford. B. The quality of the undergrad students is going to be a bit higher than at Georgetown simply by virtue of the greater selectivity and "prestige," which is helpful in making connections and just growing as a person. What I've seen at law school is that the students who went to better undergrads tend to do better on average. C. Greater undergrad prestige generally helps with things like clerkships D. despite all of these professional advantages, Vanderbilt also has the reputation of being fun compared to Georgetown, which I hear has very little school spirit if that matters. E. Being a "double 'dore", meaning going to Vandy law after Vandy undergrad, is a pretty good option for law school as Vanderbilt law is comparable to georgetown Law and vanderbilt law generally gives more generous scholarships to "double 'dores". Vanderbilt law seems to do quite well in clerkships and biglaw[/quote]

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