<p>Maroon8 - I said that out of the top 15 or so schools, FOUR schools (Harvard, NYU, Columbia, and Georgetown) are in the 450-550 range. I never said the majority of top law schools were that large. Also, you’re right, I forgot that Duke was around 200 students.</p>
<p>Also, LSAC gives us the exact numbers for how many Chicago applicants apply to law school every year. The number fluctuates from around 200-250 students per year. That’s similar to the number of applicants from Columbia, Brown, and Dartmouth. </p>
<p>Also, not to be harsh, but I still don’t think that, just because our “top” students aren’t applying, we (as in Chicago) shouldn’t still boast stellar law school placement stats. Fine, they may not be as strong as Yale’s, but when a class as uniformly strong as a Chicago class graduates, I would expect the MAJORITY of students to go on and earn impressive acceptances, jobs, etc. This may be greedy of me, but as an interested alum, I’m sure Yale etc. does a very good job with a good chunk of their class, and I’d hope Chicago is getting closer to being on that same page. </p>
<p>As JHS said, the “run of the mill” Yale grad interested in law school is still getting into a great school. Perhaps Chicago isn’t quite as strong because of its academic tilt, but it still should be quite competitive. In this regard, a look at the raw numbers would be helpful. I certainly don’t see how it would hurt. We already know roughly how many Chicago students apply each year to law school (220-250), why would it be detrimental to see more specific statistics?</p>