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<p>In 2009-10, 89 Middlebury students applied to law school.
In the same year, 88 Williams students applied to law school.
In 2 of the last 5 years, more Williams students than Middlebury students applied to law school. I’m talking absolute numbers, not percentages.
(source: <a href=“http://www.lsac.org/LSACResources/Data/PDFs/top-240-feeder-schools.pdf[/url]”>http://www.lsac.org/LSACResources/Data/PDFs/top-240-feeder-schools.pdf</a>)</p>
<p>Williams students do have among the highest average LSAT scores. That’s not surprising, given their high average entering SATs and apparently very high interest in attending law school. But (as I think warblersrule was suggesting), this does not necessarily have anything to do with the school’s academic quality per se. It’s a good school that attracts good test-takers. Law schools reward that. Is there any evidence that they consistently prefer Williams over Middlebury students with the same (or higher) grades and scores? I don’t think so.</p>