A Law School Admission Council (LSAC) study, reported by the Business Insider web site, found that those who apply for law school also rate themselves above their freshman peers when it comes to academic ability, public speaking and academic drive.
Education
The survey canvassed the views of first year students at 1500 institutions of higher academic education. LSAC researchers compared the answers from some 40,000 freshmen who went on to apply for law school between 2006 and 2006 to those who did not apply for law school.
The survey also found that the parents of those who apply for law school tend to reach higher levels of education than the parents of non-applicants.
More than 40 per cent report their fathers have advanced degrees while 28 per cent say their mothers reached a similar level, compared to 23 per cent and 18 per cent respectively among the rest of first-year college students.
Expenses
The study also revealed that half of law school applicants had parents who covered at least $10,000 of expenses during their first year of college, compared to 37 per cent of non-law school applicants.
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