prestige = probability increase

NOT a guarantee

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Prestige—it can make your hair look good, but you can’t eat it or take it with you when you die. (Photo by John Karlo Mendoza on Unsplash)

Hi Cece! This question is more to dissuade my own insecurities or ground myself a bit. I attend a SUNY that is considered prestigious WITHIN the SUNY hierarchy but not outside of it. I am a little concerned about applications to T10 law schools, due to the fact I won’t have as much prestige factor when it comes to applications. I could have attended NYU or BU, however it was not financially viable, but now I only wonder that I’ve set myself back in the long …