Hmmm - where have you gotten your stats. Your #s are very high.
Here is Macs career report. 1/5 do not even go to grad school - at least not directly - let alone top 14
Public schools are larger and most not as selective. They get just as sticky kids but not as a percentage.
That’s why you see what you do.
I’d surmise the kid at Harvard Law could/would be at Harvard Law no matter where he went - that’s why they have 146 schools represented.
That’s why you see schools like Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma as top ten UVA feeders depending on the year. Bama and OU are top NMFs. A stud is a stud is a stud but certain schools have a larger chunk of studs. But that stud will be successful no matter - why there was a Furman and a Clemson on the Harvard Poli Sci PhD. Those students are studs.
I am not disputing your hypothesis but it seems to me your # s are overstated.
I’m trying to find where Harvard or Yale undergrads end up in law school - I’m sure their own plus schools like UMN.
Anyway, I can’t find it but I started looking at the Yale law list of where they are coming from - this is just the first few.
Don’t over think it.
Find the affordable, kick butt academically and crush the LSAT and you’ll have options.
- Allegheny College
- American University
- Amherst College
- Arizona State University
- Barnard College
- Bates College
- Birmingham Southern College
- Boise State University
By the way they have both SE Missouri State and Southern Utah. Clearly stud students went there.
This is a bit dated but you can see an old thread. So there’s been varying ‘thoughts’ on this for a long time.
I’d just say this - you don’t have these top 20 schools on your undergrad list. You have who you have and all are great. And will get you anywhere.