Does prestige of UG matter for top 3?

newguycomingthru
Sat, 05 May 2012 02:29:09 +0000

Hello,

I’m getting mixed answers from my law school friends to the question; does the prestige of the undergraduate school play a significant role in being admitted to the top 3 (Harvard, Stanford, Yale)?

Some are saying; it does, as most admittees(to the top 3) come from top tier schools such as Cal(Berk.), UCLA, Columbia, Cornell, UofC, etc.
So, I took the liberty to search through the forum only to find an old, outdated thread:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/326689-law-school-harvard-yale-uva-undergrad-representation.html

It basically shows that Harvard, and Yale indeed cares about the prestige of the applicants’ UG university as most of their admittees, if not all, are from tier 1 schools.

I was just wondering if this information was correct or not. And, if someone can prove the contrary that prestige doesn’t matter and mainly GPA/LSAT does.