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<li><p>I suggest you go to law school in the state you are going to eventually practice. I have many reasons for suggesting this. </p></li>
<li><p>There is a rather big difference between the ranking of UMich and UI. While I agree totally that your LSAT and GPA is going to determine what law school accepts you I would research the law school(s) and see how much, if any, influence that ranking might have on acceptance. </p></li>
<li><p>I agree that one consideration might be whether you think you will get B’s at UMich but A’s at UI. </p></li>
<li><p>I would strongly recommend you stay away from Political Science or any other Pre-Law program. Law schools have a gazillion of those applicants and it’s the diverse major that has the advantage. (The part in Legally Blonde where they said ‘well we have never had one of those’ is totally true)</p></li>
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