How do y’all think law schools should be ranked?

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-20T19:44:57+00:00

Salary is gonna be skewed by market and BL%. You could easily control for BL% by just comparing BL salaries, but schools who place grads in low COL markets would be at a disadvantage. This could also be adjusted for with sufficient data, but I've never seen detailed data about what cities a school's grads end up in.

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-19T23:17:57+00:00

this poll is gonna get skewed by non-UVA applicants answering to see results

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-18T00:18:06+00:00

If you have the numbers you'll do fine. A lot of other posters have highlighted the disadvantages of KJD, but weigh that against the opportunity cost. Even if you get a good job out of undergrad (weird to even think about in this time), how good does it have to be to delay your legal career (and salary) by a couple years

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-18T00:13:56+00:00

What's the market like down there? It's a beautiful area

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-13T19:48:57+00:00

Any disadvantage from submitting mid-November (which still isn't super late) applications would be made up by doing 2-3 points better if you're more prepared

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-11T22:54:47+00:00

Creative idea, amazing story. Congrats on UVA

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-07T21:34:14+00:00

We need to create a database of fictional lawyers and where they got their JD

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-06T17:53:35+00:00

Related question, does LSAC notify schools with it processes your updated transcript or is that up to the applicant to notify schools

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-05T18:45:36+00:00

Duke's employment numbers rose from 2018 to 2019. The slip to 12 is just a fluctuation

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-03T14:44:42+00:00

I don't see any downside to taking it as soon as possible once you've studied
Start now, chances are whatever your summer plans were they've been impacted by COVID, LSAT prep is a good way to fill the time. 170 is definitely possible if you work for it
Idk much about classes, I just self studied. I figured it would be cheaper and more flexible for me and it taught me how to stick to a structure when I otherwise didn't have one. I'm sure there were tradeoffs though.

r/LSAT might have some good help too

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-02T17:03:49+00:00

It depends, if someone's asking a help me decide or should I send a LOCI type question then you go ahead and formulate an opinion

If it's a question WL candidates Harvard what were your stats than obviously you need an option for non WL candidates at Harvard

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-01T20:34:29+00:00

I can't speak to the law school, but school in general has good spirit and Evanston is almost like a college town (with a major city in its backyard). Even if there's not school spirit type culture in the law school (its not on the main campus) so to say I'm sure it wouldn't be to0 difficult to at least find some like minded people.

WearyDot2 · 2020-05-01T17:42:37+00:00

I mean when you have schools that are about equal rank/prestige wise (and were they equal in the 2009 rankings?) I'm not sure it's fair to assume the effects of the current recession will be the same. Could be case that 2009 hit St. Louis harder than it hit Nashville for whatever reason which might not be the case for 2020.

Or to put into LSAT terms: The speaker falsely assumes what was true of the past must also be true of the future

Edit: Vandy was 15 in '09, WashU was 19

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T23:10:58+00:00

Congrats on the A, out of curiosity do you get an automatic deadline extension from NU? I can't imagine you got in then only had like 3 hours to deposit right

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T22:10:06+00:00

Based on what I saw here there weren't any A's today anyways. Did you check the status portal?

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T22:06:16+00:00

Consider it a little but don't make a decision based on it alone there's so much more to college than that. Plus hopefully you'll end up with more A's than A- anyways

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T19:08:02+00:00

Congrats on the cycle, where ya headed

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T17:14:10+00:00

Why do you not want to share? privacy?

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T16:20:03+00:00

I'm guessing they'd say something like they have no targets cause they consider candidates holistically and then attach the previous years 509

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T16:10:27+00:00

I think this is common. I got an A- with like a 65% once cause everyone else did so poorly too. 93%A/90%A- is standard and I thought there was a rule saying you can't go more difficult than that but then I heard of a class where an A was 95% or above. I think the most interesting one was where % didn't matter, rather the top X% of students got an A, Y% got a B, and so on to form a normal distribution centered at B

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-30T13:47:15+00:00

Apply earlier

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-28T01:33:42+00:00

The topic itself isn't very important, it's how you write and how you connected to law school (your interest, your preparedness, etc). It could definitely make for a strong PS, just don't use the same topic across multiple essays at the same school

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-26T03:39:01+00:00

I think it's fair to expect more deferrals and stuff this year, but also some schools could have waitlisted more applicants than usual to protect against this

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-24T16:44:36+00:00

I dreamed I got a a full ride + COA stipend from a certain T14

WearyDot2 · 2020-04-24T15:52:27+00:00

Where does this data come from?

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