Back to my original post: the reason that I don’t get this whole BTL thing is because my buddy took college as a joke and dropped out after the first year. It doesn’t make sense how he’s in Harvard law with this BTL. I doubt he wouldn’t gotten into Harvard law had he stayed in college.
I think what your portraying is not so accurate. First of all, if it were true that he slacked in college even for one year, it’s unlikely that he could have gotten into Harvard. In order to get into Harvard he would have had to have a GPA of at least 3.7 including all courses that he took before getting his BTL, even if they weren’t counted toward his degree. Most people don’t even get a 4.0 in Yeshiva, and if he got straight Bs in college his GPA would have taken a hard hit.
Second of all, slackers don’t do well on the LSAT. I know there’s a yeshivishe myth of the guy who takes the LSAT on a whim and gets a 180, but that is, as I say, pretty much a myth. I took the LSAT myself; I know other people who have taken it and gone to top schools; none of them fell into it. They literally worked hundreds of hours to prepare for the LSAT.
Third and less relevant, if it’s any consolation to you, if he did indeed exploit the system to get into Harvard, he is in for a rude awakening. He will be graded on a curve against people who are used to getting straight As in top schools around the country, people who have worked in the most intellectually demanding fields, and people who have known nothing but hard work and success their entire lives. If he’s the slacker you seem to think he is, he will certainly be exposed and forced to drop out.