<p>I'm currently facing the decision of where to go for my undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>I've narrowed it down to Wake Forest and Trinity College (CT). </p>
<p>My question is, how do law schools view Trinity? Looking at Harvard law's student body (the only data of that kind available to my knowledge), there are no students from Trinity College. Would I stand a chance for competitive law school admissions with a degree (and solid gpa/lsat, of course) from Trinity?</p>
<p>Also, how is the grade deflation at Wake viewed by law schools?</p>
<p>It will not make a difference. Go wherever you want.</p>
<p>Haha. Nice links!</p>
<p>I echo what has already been said in that your choice of college will have little or no bearing on your chances for law school admission. To put things into perspective, scoring one more point on the LSAT will be more influential than which one of those two colleges that you attend. </p>
<p>I would suggest NOT letting law school admissions affect your decision in this case -- with the exception of learning about the difficulty of each college's grading because that can in fact have an impact on law school admissions, seeing that you are more likely to have a higher GPA at a college where there is not rampant grade deflation. Getting a high GPA is particularly important if you apply to a very top law school where a high LSAT is not enough to get admitted.</p>
<p>It really is a simple matter of correlation and (lack of) causation. The Harvard undergraduate student ranked in the top 20% of his class does in fact have a better chance in getting into a top law school than does the state school student ranked in the top 3% of his. However, I doubt that any of this discrepancy can be attributed to the quality of their respective schools. It's statistically supported that the former would have a significantly higher LSAT score than the latter (the average LSAT at Harvard is a 166, whereas at most state schools its nearer to 150)- not to mention their SAT scores which probably largely determined where they went in the first place. If you can defy this standard, however, it really does not matter. Regardless of which college you hail from, a 170+ LSAT puts you in the running for any law school so long as you have a comparable GPA. Likewise, a 150 LSAT at Harvard means you won't be going to a top 10 law school. The only difference is that odds dictate it is more likely for you to have the former score at the latter school, but this is dependent on factors that are entirely unrelated to which school you attend for undergraduate.
If you so choose to attend the lesser school then you will be an anamoly among that student body. Your LSAT score is likely to be more proximate to the mean score of Wake Forest students than to that of Trinity, likening your chances for admissions into a top law school to that of students at Wake Forest moreso than to those at Trinity. When you then consider the fact that you will probably have a better GPA and readier access to great professor reccs/honors programs/awards/research opportunities as a top student there, it seems to be of little wonder why you would choose the ''lesser'' school!</p>
<p>How often is this question asked? A for UG or B for UG? If it's not Harvard, Yale or Princeton, it really doesn't matter, ONLY IF YOU'RE GOING INTO LAW. With that being said, I think that you should go to Trinity. It's a great LAC and it will give you more options if you don't end up going to LS</p>
<p>Trinity would be a more intimate academic experience.</p>
