<p>uchicagoalum - exactly. The problem is, too many Chicago students do NOT know this until too late, and a big reason for it is because the advisers throw out a lot of propaganda about how law schools “love Chicago students,” and how Chicago students should just concentrate on “doing what they love” and “expanding their minds.”</p>
<p>The very first pre-law meeting I attended, the adviser told all of us to relax, and to rest assured - law schools knew about the rigor of a Chicago curriculum. This may be true when an admissions committee compares a Chicago application to some applicant from Ohio State, but overall, this argument was complete garbage. Chicago is no more respected than Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, etc. in the law school admissions world. </p>
<p>The other big problem at Chicago is since placement wasnt great when I was there, there were few future Harvard Law upperclassmen I could talk to for info on law school admissions. I couldn’t get “real deal” info from the guy who took the LSAT without much prep and was heading to Univ of Iowa. A culture of success in placement breeds even more success, and Chicago needs to get on board with this.</p>