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app wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:05 pm

RichardMilhousNixon wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:29 pm

ggocat wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:16 pm

C'mon we all know it's Columbia.

any reason why people here think it's col? confused on what makes it different or worse than other CN in ccn?

Still think it's Chicago personally

So I need some advice. I am scheduled to take the December LSAT wasnt ready for September and my application is pretty much done minus my LSAT score. Do you think this will hurt my chances or turning in my application early January will be ok? Im not sure how the ED program will affect my chances t...

lawschooladmissions.reddit.com has the usual Reddit problem where it's well past 10,000 subscribers and consists mostly of vapid meme posting. It used to be better but this was inevitable.

hello adcoms, with the new lifetime and 5-yr retake limits, do you think there is a chance that this may change soon or in foreseeable future to revert to more or even unlimited retakes? Highly unlikely IMO - they've created a lot of uncertainty already by changing the rules as much as they have, a...

I wouldn't stress too much about writing an "excellent" personal statement - you don't have a ton of control over how it's going to be perceived at the end of the day and people disagree wildly about what separates the B+ PSs from the A+ ones. I literally have work experience, and obvious determinat...

If you're concerned about getting into a T14, then either getting some post-grad work experience or retaking the LSAT would make a much bigger difference than applying ED. The former could also help with the job search later, depending on what you do. The evidence for ED improving admission chances ...

What I'm referring to has not hit the news... As a result of what's been happening on campus, students have been put in secret disciplinary hearings, expelled and/or have been fired from their jobs this past year. If you are impacted, or directly involved in these incidents, or otherwise close to t...

This isn't bad in terms of what you're actually saying but I'd cut down on the purple prose. Aside from the literary references and thesaurus-mining, it feels like every paragraph is saddled with its own mini-conclusion. IMO, you'd be better off letting the story find its own legs and then tying thi...

they implemented some new rules limiting LSAT retakes. spivey covers it here: Great link, very interesting! Also noticed something about 40 schools now accepting GRE's? I just spotted at least 3 of my target schools on that list. Should I consider taking the GRE instead of the LSAT? Silly question,...

LSAT is digital now and we're not quite sure yet what the implications are. Pretty much the same tbh. Thanks! And does our study prep change because of this? I mean, how do we practice electronically, instead of scantrons? Thanks! Wish I could help you there. Everyone I know who is studying for the...

LSAT is digital now and we're not quite sure yet what the implications are.


Pretty much the same tbh.

Mine is fucking awful. It's a sham and a farce [...] It is a school that absolutely does not give a shit about its students and does everything in the worst way possible. If you're unreasonable enough to think this about any of Columbia/Chicago/NYU then it might comfort you to know you would've fel...

Nony wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:43 pm

Why did you come to regret going to the CCN?

WEED_QUESTIONER_420 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:28 pm

I first came to regret this decision in January or February of this year,

Chicago polar vortex?

"Don't restate your resume in your PS" means don't blandly recount your achievements like a CEO's website bio or an author's bookflap bio. Of course it's possible to write a compelling statement about, for example, the student clubs you founded during college.

Thanks for the information! This has been really helpful. Curiosity question: How much of someone's LSAT score is a result of innate intelligence? i.e.; Do you believe there is a "score cap", a maximum score that someone cannot break just due to their inherent intellect, or can anyone achieve a top...

It very rarely makes sense to transfer "horizontally" like this. In terms of outcomes, the top third of the class at HLS (which I assume would be the minimum to transfer without a compelling personal reason -it might well be even more selective) is already doing at least as well as a randomly-chosen...

https://law.yale.edu/system/files/area/ ... e_hour.pdf

This is starting to show its age but is a nice illustration of what Slytherpuff is talking about

NYU, along with Columbia, is hurt by its especially eye-watering cost of attendance - this is also doubtlessly helping UVA and Duke. Maybe that's a good thing. In the head-to-head comparison between USC and UCLA, for example, it should definitely hurt the former that it's about $70k more expensive f...

https://abovethelaw.com/law-school-rank ... ools-2019/

It seems their algorithm is really hard on HYS, which makes sense given their narrow goals but will make it harder to get the credibility needed to break the USNWR monopoly.

Summa from NYU should pass the sniff test at most places but you're right that you missed the traditional hiring timing for 2019. I'm not sure taking another swing next year would work so well - they like hiring fresh grads for a number of reasons (e.g., one can pay them less). At this point you nee...

Frankly, it sounds reasonable. Its validity as a predictor was based on average scores, rather than best attempts, so limiting the number of attempts means more applicants applying with more representative scores. If that marginally brings down some reported means, so be it. Basically. I think peop...

Reddit got the scoop.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmis ... t_retakes/

Great concepts, thanks for this!

On LSN it looks like most CLS students get scholarships ranging from $60,000 to $90,000 and $100,000 at max. Are these folks ultimately not going to CLS? It seemed to be the typical discount short of getting a butler or Hamilton. A large chunk of the people at T6 schools have wealthy parents who ar...

Aren't London/Paris the main centers of arbitration? NYC and DC are the main centers if you have an American law degree. Your international background/languages and HYS pedigree will improve your odds of getting to a satellite office across the pond, but if you go to an American law school you shou...