Does the undergraduate school matter?

nspeds
Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:07:10 +0000

Yet, my guess is that on average, more kids from Georgetown apply, and as a Texas boy, I know that on average the UT student is not as motivated or intelligent as a Georgetown student. Key words: “on average.”



But it is a guess, that is all. I am willing to bet the other way.



After large state schools are comprised of many students who go there because its cheap and easy.



I am not sure about that. I have read posts that claim the opposite: state schools, while cheaper, do not suffer from the grade inflation pervading Ivy League and top tier institutions.



Still, don’t transfer. There’s correlation, and then there’s causation.



I was not making that argument; my argument was that since there are more admits from Georgetown et al., it is probable that the reputation of the school factors in, say, HLS admissions. I would only be committing the fallacy if I argued that it is necesarily the case.

To be sure, the repeated truth of my claim year after year allows us to inductively establish that there is causation.



In other words, I think that if you’re good enough to transfer to Harvard, you don’t need to.



I think there is no harm in trying. Get accepted, and see what happens from there.



I have always wanted to live in CA and think I will apply as a junior tranfer ( I am still a freshman) and see what happens.



That is a good idea. Though it will not hurt as much to stay, there are many advantages in attending a top tier institution, not from a law school admissions perspective, but educationally.