Yes, the prestige of U Chicago will matter for law school admissions and even during your career as a lawyer. Given your situation, however, you should probably lean toward your state school option unless there is a 3rd choice not being mentioned in the post.
Prestige seeking is annoying and takes away the fun of going to college. If you’re a young reader and you really want to be an IMO/IBO medalist etc. don’t waste hours of youth with your face in a biology book if all you care about is prestige and looking good.
My question is, although Berkeley might be very prestigious around the world (esp. East Asia), and on par (and in some cases MORE) with the big-dogs like Yale, MIT, Stanford and (especially) Princeton, does that prestige correlate with the public perception of selectivity? Do people perceive Berkeley STUDENTS to be extreme geniuses on par with Harvard, Yale, etc? Do they view getting into ...
Advice for USC admit wanting to transfer to higher prestige schools [international, physics or computer science major]
Advice for USC admit wanting to transfer to higher prestige schools ...
So the Prestige package (24 cards) of announcements looked somewhat more appealing because at least they have the kid’s pic. on it so you could always cut the pics out to give to family/friends that you maybe wouldn’t send the announcement to.
I don’t think you need to break the prestige mindset- as long as you aren’t defining prestige by “appears in the top ten of a magazine which publishes these listings to sell more magazines”. Identify what YOU are looking for in a college. Want a rigorous program in mechanical engineering? Yes, MIT and Cal Tech are prestigious.