<p>Pardon my ignorance of the entire law school application progess, but as a fresh admit to Cornell’s CAS, I am very curious as to how Cornell’s reputation fairs among the top law schools.</p>
<p>Of what I do know about law school admissions, I know that it is largely a numbers game. The law schools have all pre-assigned certain institutions a “number,” which is later multiplied by the LSAT score, GPA, etc, and the resultant quantity is factored into the entire application.</p>
<p>My question is: WHAT IS THAT “CERTAIN NUMBER” THAT CORNELL HAS BEEN ASSIGNED, IF ANY?</p>
<p>I’m torn between Cornell CAS and Williams College. I’m aiming to use that certain number as the major criterion: I love both schools, visited them both, and I feel that I would fluorish at either one.</p>
<p>you definitely should not pick which school you will attend by some number used by law schools. CAS and williams are both outstanding liberal arts colleges, you can’t go wrong with choosing either. cornell probably has the better reputation.</p>
<p>Williams is one of the top feeder school. I think it will be better choice for a law school…</p>
<p>LSAT and GPA are very important factors in law school admission. Cornell’s harsh curve will make your study laborious… Not that williams’s standard is low, but you will have more time to study LSAT, and earn good GPA (You still have to work your butt off at both school!)</p>
<p>I’m planning on going to law school after college, and this “number” idea is intriguing. I’ve never heard of it before… I say just go where you want… I don’t think either school is going to harm law school admission. As long as you work hard, either school is a great choice.</p>
<p>i know someone personally (a girl to boot) who got accepted EVERYWHERE she applied…cornell, HAHVAHD, YALE, columbia, etc. all of them. she is sweating them now for all the money they will give her to attend.</p>
<p>How do you get to become a Cornell Scholar? Aren’t you and about 30 other CAS people chosen by the faculty? I know this would certainly boost anybody’s law school application.</p>
<p>Cornell has much better medical and engineering placement, but I don’t know the numbers for williams…are you sure you want a williams ugrad degree for the rest of your life? You may not get another shot at a top school during grad applications…just a concern to think about.</p>
<p>Well … aside from that … I mean, I’m just not all that interested in wine. What are the disadvantages of having a Williams degree? I think that in terms of undergraduate education alone, Williams can top that of Cornell’s CAS.</p>
<p>Something to keep in mind, the general population for the most part has never even heard of Williams and the other liberal art schools. This is not something to say to bring down Williams, b/c its a fabulous school. However, one day when you are getting a job in some place outside of the east coast, your employer may be clueless about Williams/Amherts, etc whereas, Cornell would probably be more highly regarded in that sense.</p>
<p>that is true, and Cornell has greater success in placing students in grad and law schools…in my Harvard Law class, 39 from Cornell, 2 from Williams…</p>