<p>@ Pinoiako
I agree that there isn’t much difference in prestige between UCB and LA and I doubt that prestige alone is the factor that causes the discrepancy between UCB and UCLA in admission to top 5’s. I don’t know exactly what causes it; all I know is that more people go from UCB to top 5’s than from UCLA and, from what i’ve heard, many of those that do go from UCLA tend to be URM’s (which makes quite a difference).</p>
<p>@jg2290
Don’t rule yourself out of the top 5. If you can maintain or even raise your GPA and get a great LSAT score, you will be very competitive for Columbia (#4) and UChicago (#5) law</p>
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<p>Even Yale/Harvard/Stanford may not be out of reach if you raise your GPA a little and absolutely dominate the LSAT.</p>
<p>To answer your question though, the difference between UCB and UCLA becomes less pronounced after the top 5. If you honestly believe that is where you want/will end up then UCB vs. UCLA probably won’t make much difference. Go wherever you will get the highest GPA.</p>