<p>The reason more Michigan kids go to Michigan Law is the same reason that more Emory kids go to Emory Med School. They already go to the school, so when they’re applying to professional schools, they’re already intimately familiar with the school, and thus apply. </p>
<p>Law school stats can be easily manipulated, and especially with regards to law school admissions, it’s worth noting where the students were accepted into. Anyone can get into Willamette Law, but very very very few people get accepted into Yale Law. You can probably get a decent law job coming out of the latter, but it’s much much much more difficult to even be considered if you graduate from the former. </p>
<p>Also remember, that law school is EXTREMELY expensive, so it’s best to keep the undergrad debt to a minimum. Besides, prestige has been shown to play a relatively small part in law school admissions. </p>
<p>Though Michigan and Emory are both good schools, they are extremely different. UMich has D1 sports, while Emory competes with such athletic power houses as UChicago, Case Western, and Brandeis. Emory is located in suburban Atlanta, while UMich is in Ann Arbor, a true college town. Both schools have a relatively high percentage of Northeasterners and Californians, but Emory has more geographic diversity, simply owing to the fact that Michigan is the flagship state school, while Emory is a well known private. There’s also the enormous size difference. Emory’s entire undergrad population is about the size of Michigan’s entering freshman class. Both school’s faculty are excellent, but owing to Michigan’s status as the state flagship, Michigan will offer more majors than Emory. Emory’s weather is much nicer than Michigan’s, unless you’re a fan of freezing your *** off.</p>