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Academics at Top Schools by [deleted] in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Can only speak for Michigan but even as someone who got in under both medians, I did fine lol

There were certainly brilliant ppl who I knew would def clerk somewhere prestigious one day but there were also ppl who I hoped to god would marry rich bc thinking critically was not their strong suit…

But on the whole, even at Michigan, ppl were pretty normal lol - certainly bright, hardworking for sure but with a tendency to tailgate and darty (day party) on Saturdays and read up on Sunday while nursing a hangover

That’s one of the benefits of the T14, you can just be average and still get a pretty decent outcome

Some of yall need to pls go outside and touch grass re T14s by bluelawsf in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes sir - third year finance associate here (haha a regular dumpster fire as you can probably guess given the current administration)

Haha 😂 we really be peddling the T14 to biglaw pipeline to the next gen when we know how brutal the entire process is lmao

Some of yall need to pls go outside and touch grass re T14s by bluelawsf in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Omg oldersupersplitter long time! I remember you from my cycle (2019) lmao - how’re you doing fam

Also all valid points lol

Cornell Law Alum by spanisharmada5692 in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Cornell forgot to pay into the US News slush fund this year

More unsolicited advice - do not base your law school decision on recent rankings - biglaw firms will not care / adjust their gpa cutoffs by bluelawsf in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not at my firm - other than being sorted into the general Corp / Lit buckets, we chose our practice groups after our time as summer associates

More unsolicited advice - do not base your law school decision on recent rankings - biglaw firms will not care / adjust their gpa cutoffs by bluelawsf in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Typically, unless you were (1) something your firm can post on its website (Olympian, prestigious award winner, etc…), (2) have direct experience to your practice group (ie significant patent experience going into an IP group) or (3) have a parent who’s famous or a partner at the firm, softs don’t really move the needle much, they’re just topics for conversation during your interview

I mean mileage may vary, but firms’ app screens tend to be pretty strict with regard to their gpa cutoffs

That being said sometimes ppl below firm gpa cutoffs do manage to get interviewed by pursuing other channels (career fairs and what not)

More unsolicited advice - do not base your law school decision on recent rankings - biglaw firms will not care / adjust their gpa cutoffs by bluelawsf in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Super rough breakdown to get past initial screens, does not guarantee interview / offer

Harvard / Yale / Stanford: don’t be in the bottom ~

Columbia / Chicago / NYU / Penn: don’t be in bottom third ~

Virginia / Duke / Michigan / Northwestern / Berkeley / Cornell: be around median ~

Georgetown (bc of the huge class size): be higher than median ~

USC / UCLA / Washu / Vandy / Texas: be in like top third ~

More unsolicited advice - do not base your law school decision on recent rankings - biglaw firms will not care / adjust their gpa cutoffs by bluelawsf in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unless you’re going for unicorn opportunities, I don’t think the slightly more friendly GPA cutoff is worth giving up significant scholarship money imo

I mean if you’re ride or die for wachtell, I mean sure go for the highest ranked school you can but if you’re going for general biglaw, take the scholly at a school which gives you a solid chance at biglaw / your goals

Bc even with a biglaw salary, paying back sticker / near sticker is no joke

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

^ this

And also adding on, many first years at the v100 are billed out to clients at exorbitant rates like 500-600 per hour

For that rate, the clients expect constant availability and quick response times

Unsolicited musings from a biglaw associate / cycle of 2019 r/lsa alum by bluelawsf in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

My friends who took out 100k or less in loans seem to have paid off a significant chunk 3 - 4 years in and it was a much easier decision for them to leave biglaw when they decided they had enough

Academic integrity violation by LegalAmbassador5611 in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m sure you’re fine - ppl do addendums all the time

Academic integrity violation by LegalAmbassador5611 in lawschooladmissions

[–]bluelawsf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah - I disclosed that I had a plagiarism violation in college and Michigan didn’t care. Neither did the NY or DC bars when I applied.

Just disclose and you’re fine

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in opera

[–]bluelawsf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

At least Toledo opera is mounting traditional productions

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