<p>Will Duke vs. Emory make that big of a difference in getting into law schools?</p>
<p>Duke has a phenomenal admit rate to law schools…and several places that prelaws often prepare at Sanford School of Public Policy and in a super Econ Dept, but you can do many interesting routes and be well-prepared for Law School. I am sure Emory can offer good prelaw tracks as well…it all comes down to if you put the sweat equity in the four years.</p>
<p>I posted this before on a Duke vs. Emory forum, but I think it’s appropriate again. Let Emory speak for itself on the matter, based on these quotes from its student newspaper (The Wheel):</p>
<p>“…Emory will forever be mired in mediocrity and will never escape the shadow of schools like Duke (N.C.), Harvard (Mass.) and Stanford (Calif.) universities.”</p>
<p>“If the administration hopes to compete with the national reputations of Duke University and Stanford University, it must vastly improve how they treat the undergraduate population.”</p>
<p>“If we believe Emory should be more than a babysitting squad for students who could not get into Duke University (N.C.) or the University of Pennsylvania, we should start acting like it and begin a serious dialogue about concrete solutions to bring a sense of community to our campus.”</p>
<p>“After all, the Woodruff gift is the reason all of us are at this university and not at home wondering why we didn’t get into Duke University (N.C.).”</p>
<p>By the way, you might wanna look at these data for the number of kids from the following undergraduate schools at Harvard and Yale law schools last year:</p>
<p>Harvard University 294
Yale University 170
Princeton University 99
<<<duke university=“” 90=“”>>>
Stanford University 86
Columbia University 74
Brown University 70
University of California - Berkeley 60
University of California - Los Angeles 57
Cornell University 56
University of Pennsylvania 51
University of Texas - Austin 50
Georgetown University 38
Dartmouth College 33
Brigham Young University 33
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 30
University of Virginia 28
Williams College 26
Amherst College 23
Rice University 23
University of Chicago 21
Northwestern University 21
<<<emory university=“” 20=“”>>></emory></duke></p>
<p>Duke has over four times as many kids at Harvard and Yale law than Emory, and Emory is a lot more generous with merit aid. Everything that is negative about Duke applies to Emory as well, but Duke has a ton of positives that Emory doesn’t have and not as many negatives as Emory. I think there shouldn’t be too hard a decision here!!!</p>
<p>But is that because the kids who graduate from Duke are just generally more motivated and hardworking, or do a similar number of students with similar statistics apply each year?</p>
<p>Essentially, all other things excluded, would a degree that says “Duke” really help much more than one that says “Emory”?</p>
<p>gmf05 wrote :</p>
<p>“Essentially, all other things excluded, would a degree that says “Duke” really help much more than one that says “Emory”?”</p>
<p>If you plan to attend Emory Law School it probably wouldn’t matter. If you plan to attend anywhere else then the numbers speak for themselves. Duke pre-law 90% admit, Emory 70% you decide.</p>
<p>Thats an awesome list, where’d you find it at?</p>
<p>I googled it and couldn’t find it</p>
<p>Duke is just a higher quality school.</p>
<p>I live in Atlanta and go to Emory every week for Chinese Academy.</p>
<p>It’s a good school, and its pretty, but visit both campuses and you feel a definite difference in atmosphere.</p>
<p>Also, a lot of kids at my average public high school get into Emory, especially those who are known for slacking off, cheating, and a general lack of interest in studies. I would say a top 25% rank with 1200 will get you in, which wouldn’t pass at Duke.</p>
<p>Of course, very good students go there as well. My friend decided against Duke because he got the Woodruff Scholar, which is higher than Emory Scholar. Full ride+research grants for 4 years vs. Duke which he had to pay 9,000</p>