<p>"First, if you have, say, a 3.7 from Williams or Middlebury, with the same LSAT scores, the odds are you will get accepted at the same schools. Law schools care about LSAT first, GPA second, and undergrad reptuation third, but school only will compensate for a SLIGHTLY lower LSAT or GPA if you are Williams vs. say, the 50th ranked liberal arts schools, rather than one in the top ten. The odds of choosing Midd over Williams having any affect on whether you get into Yale Law are too infinitismal to really matter. You are going to need at LEAST around 3.8 and 172 plus at either (or from Amherst) for Yale unless you bring something really unusual to the table. And you’ll need at least around a 3.6 and 170 plus for UChicago. "</p>
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<p>Exactly. Thanks for posting and saving me the time. </p>
<p>Also keep in mind that you may think you may know what you want to do in future but that could change multiple times in a few short years. However, you should at least have a darn good idea WHY you want to go to a school like Williams and Middlebury. If you think they are a good fit, say no more. If you think you want to be in an academic challenging grind, that’s fine too. But, unfortunately as far as law school goes, IF you are a strong standardized test scorer, you might be better off going to a less competitive school and getting a better G.P.A. (big fish in smaller pond theory) then slugging it out at Williams/Middlebury for a potentially lower G.P.A. As the poster said, G.P.A. is much more important than where you went to college. That’s just the harsh reality of Law School rankings.</p>