<p>@xp1123 To answer your question specifically about “do people who get into better undergrad schools (like Chicago over Tulane) have a better chance at getting into really good grad schools”–the answer is ‘yes.’</p>
<p>I am not knocking Tulane, but look–we could argue all day about what are the top 5 or 10 schools in the country. But do you really think the admissions staff at Harvard won’t know that UChicago is one of the top few schools in the country whereas Tulane is maybe top 50?</p>
<p>If you are in doubt, here is the recruiting schedule for Harvard Law School:</p>
<p>[HLS</a> Recruiting Schedule](<a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/experience/recruiting.html]HLS”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/experience/recruiting.html)</p>
<p>You will notice they may make a special visit to UChicago, as they do to certain other schools. I don’t see Tulane on the list.</p>
<p>Now, I am not here to plug Harvard Law School. Hell, go to UChicago Law. But that was one link that a quick Google search turned up.</p>
<p>Of course, that does not mean you cannot get into great schools from Tulane. However, if there were two copies of you, and one went to UChicago and had a 3.9 and the other went to Tulane and had a 3.9, the copy of you that went to UChicago would have a better chance of getting in to the top schools–in whatever field.</p>
<p>And, yes, if you apply to the UChicago Law, as I noted elsewhere, you will have a better chance of getting in from UChicago than Tulane:</p>
<p><a href=“Saul Bellow, dead at 89 – Chicago Maroon”>Saul Bellow, dead at 89 – Chicago Maroon;
<p>Also, Yale Law School’s recruiting schedule:
<a href=“http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/recruiting.htm[/url]”>http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/recruiting.htm</a></p>