Pre-Law & Chicago

[sakky]

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Why won’t the University release it’s stats? I’m guessing they aren’t amazing. But not because lots of applicants are failing to get in to law school, but rather that fewer of the top students at UChicago are applying to Law School. With more students seeking other graduate degrees (i.e. PhD.'s), there are fewer top students applying to law school from UChicago.

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<p>Is it really true that UChicago undergrads seek PhD’s at a higher rate than students from other schools? I’ve always heard that assertion being made, but it seems belied by the data. According to the data, the percentage of UChicago undergrads who completed PhD’s in a recent 10 year period was 15.3%, not significantly higher than that of Yale (14.5%), Princeton (14.3%) and Harvard (14.3%). </p>

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<p>Hence, it seems that whatever dearth UChicago may exhibit with regards to sending undergrads to law school, it cannot be reasonably attributed to them obtaining PhD’s instead. Perhaps one could make the argument that a disproportionate percentage of UChicago undergrads attend PhD programs but don’t actually finish the degree. Yet I doubt that this would be an argument that UChicago would like to make.</p>