Law school admission and elite colleges

Data10
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 01:08:20 +0000

CU123:

@Data10 Yes you do state the obvious about URMs, but if you would do more analysis on the preference of shools for their own you would find that the numbers simply can’t be attributed to these other factors, they are just too many alumni admits.

I posted stats for Emory kids applying to Emory law earlier. The admit rate was for Emory kids applying to Emory Law 35/109 = 32%. The overall admit rate for students from all undergrad colleges applying to Emory Law that year was 1338/4316 = 31% – not a huge difference. Rather than having a high admit rate, the large number of Emory admits primarily relates to the majority of Emory undergrad kids choosing to apply to Emory law. Emory undergrad kids were more likely to apply to Emory law than any other law school. Do you think kids attending Ivies for undergrad will not have a similar large portion of students applying to their home law school?

I would not be surprised if some law schools do give a boost to applicants from their home school, but seeing an overrperesentation among matriculating students is not good evidence of this. To draw conclusions you need to have information beyond just number of matriculating students, such as admit rate for particular stat range.