Does undergraduate prestige matter

parentologist
Sun, 13 Feb 2022 04:21:06 +0000

This post makes me understand why you will be just fine starting college at the age of 15. Take the full ride at the Texas school. You will be an academic superstar there, and you’ll still probably get into any law school in the country - just as good a chance as if you had gone to Chicago. Honestly, even if Chicago were to offer you the same deal as Texas (which they might, if you were to call them and explain the situation), it still might make more sense for you to choose Texas. Aside from the other reasons that you’ve already mentioned, you might value being present in the lives of your younger siblings, which would be virtually impossible from as far away as Chicago.

Depending upon what area of law interests you, when the time comes, perhaps you might consider getting a masters degree before you start law school, just so that you’d be closer in age to your law school classmates.

A relative decided to spend the full four years at an Ivy, because they knew that no employer would hire them, graduating at age 17. They were way ahead academically - but not socially. This turned out not to have been a good thing for them.