While I agree that there could be many changes in plans between 18 and 22, as well as the fact that other factors like college GPA obviously make more of a difference to law schools, you have to proceed with the information you have at hand. Assume that her college GPA will be good enough, and that she’ll still want to do law school. So all we can do at this point is to choose the college we think will give her the best chance for law school admission.
So would a 3.6 or 3.7 GPA from W& Mary be more likely to get her in vs a 3.8 or 3.9 GPA from Clemson or USC Columbia?
We’re not necc. thinking of the Top 14 law schools (why is it Top 14 instead of Top 15??), just a good solid and reasonably ranked law school. So looking at the colleges that Yale and Harvard draw from isn’t really that helpful. And very few of the other law schools provide that information. Not with any detail. The best suggestion I’ve gotten is to look at the undergrad and law schools that the law school professors attended. The assumption being that they would have strong ties with their alma maters. But I’m not sure how that may translate to who the admissions counselors decide to admit. I have no doubt there are undergrad colleges that law schools favor. It’s just not easy to figure out which those are, given the dearth of information.