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OP, there are people with full rides at my school who are at the bottom of the class and vice versa. If you're taking 3 years of your life you should probably ask what happens if you're in the bottom third or worse at any of these schools and if you're okay with that outcome

*work visa required* I am not an expert but this is the only thing that would make me lean more into Cornell. I don't know how hard it is to get a work visa outside of big law, someone else will have to chime in. If it's pretty much "big law or leave the country" Cornell is a MUCH more risk averse o...

Great advice, Rowdy. What process would you recommend for the questions that you cannot get to in 35 minutes. Say I am doing an LR section and I can't get to the last 2-3 questions in the time allotted. Should I continue on to those questions and make note of the additional time it took me to finis...

I'm not here to shit on Oregon law schools but it's a tough, tough market and there are half as many jobs for new grads as there are new grads every year. The state would be better off if one of those schools closed.

I interviewed on Feb. 6th and got an email today that I’m on the waitlist. Does anyone know the chance of possibly being admitted before the fall semester? I would appreciate any advice! This is not the advice you asked for, but I'd be really hesitant to pay full price for L&C, which is what you'll...

Once you’re at the firm, your quality and body of work is essential ― Harvard or not. Annually, when the partnership committee confers to review the candidates and makes it’s selections, being a Harvard grad is a big plus. If you can’t get your head around that, check out Stranger’s easy-to-underst...

Please only answer if you are associated with H.

quiver wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:36 am

Would you rate the number of H partners at Skadden

A) MUCH better than expected
B) Better than expected
C) Slightly better than expected
D) As expected
E) No change from last year

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Dusty taking a long time to realize this is a losing and stupid battle. It is a big-time losing battle...for you! Harvard 31. UVA 0. To be fair, according to the updated partnership results…..Harvard 31 UVA 6 As I posted earlier, best to consider the long-range partnership advantages of Harvard. Th...

I'll repeat hog's question, but tag North. Are we doing this again? North didn't want to run it again, and I think I volunteered to host but I'm not sure how to do the numbers Ah, that makes sense. If Robb is willing to provide the software support he did last year, the numbers do themselves. If no...

What I've gathered about Harvard is that once you're 29 and they stop looking at your parents' money entirely (and the percentage drops the few years before this), the need-based aid can actually be pretty sweet (assuming you haven't amassed a small fortune on your own by then). Also, their LRAP is...

Stranger wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:46 am

I'll repeat hog's question, but tag North. Are we doing this again?

North didn't want to run it again, and I think I volunteered to host but I'm not sure how to do the numbers

We've finally made it as a forum. We've now gotten big enough we have 0Ls commenting on the virtues of a preftigious Harvard LAW degree, and its pricelessness. should I try to transfer to H if (1) it will not cost me more and (2) I don't really have a reason to other than the presftige, also I don'...

We've finally made it as a forum. We've now gotten big enough we have 0Ls commenting on the virtues of a preftigious Harvard LAW degree, and its pricelessness. should I try to transfer to H if (1) it will not cost me more and (2) I don't really have a reason to other than the presftige, also I don'...

Since this is a megathread now can I just as some generic advice or should I go to the right on-topic

Dusty 2020 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:41 pm

It is a big-time losing battle...for you!

Can we get this on an official LSL t shirt

Unless you have a monster split in your stats that $$ difference doesn't make sense.

But FWIW if you go to a T14 and have that much debt it will probably take you 3-7 months before you decide that you're "just going to do biglaw for a few years to pay off loans"

I need to transfer to Georgetown so I can make partner at Skafden

Stranger to the rescue

I finally submitted my application today! I'm a non-traditional applicant with 5 years of WE and three kids in the Portland Metro area, so Lewis & Clark is my target school unless U of O can make me an offer worth commuting to Eugene for. I'm a native Oregonian from the Willamette Valley and attend...

Similar question-- would it be crazy to turn down the Rubenstein for full sticker at Harvard? I want to go into politics or public interest in DC and I see the Harvard and Yale name all the time in jobs I'm interested in but rarely UChicago... You gotta remember that Harvard just cranks out graduat...

I discovered today that the all genders bathroom in the quiet area of the library has a couch (I don't frequent the quiet area often). If I ever need a 2 AM cry at the law school, I think that may be a winning location for it. There, there buddy. We all need a toilet couch cry every now and then.

Other than "because Yale might ding me if I score lower than my first LSAT score," is there any reason to not retake when I didn't score a 180 on my first and only LSAT, and I have a fee waiver that allows me to take a second LSAT for free? I'd argue that even with a 179, it would still be worth a ...

I need pt86 urgently. My area does not have it yet. I ordered it through a book store but they just informed me that it would be another three days. Could not find it on Amazon with speedy delivery either 😟 All practice tests are more or less equivalent. There isn't any special sauce in PT86. If yo...

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