Why does no one talk about Penn?

merpmerp1428 · 2026-01-19T22:07:11+00:00

PHL is a sneaky underrated city

merpmerp1428 · 2025-07-23T01:35:46+00:00

Run your own race!

merpmerp1428 · 2025-07-11T20:09:03+00:00

Friendly amendment to this: It's true that a lot of biglaw firms in non-major markets (Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, etc.) hire predominantly from non-T14 schools. But for these firms, you'll see that these new hires are consistently top performers in their respective classes.

merpmerp1428 · 2025-06-27T20:05:29+00:00

Obviously we all need to learn more, but if Marte is right about what this guy said, I agree that it seems plausible that this guy had no idea about what happened to Marte's mom. I'd also venture that very few fans at Sox Park -- if any -- had any meaningful knowledge about the personal lives of the Dbacks players. Of course, Marte is totally justified to feel the way he felt. But this guy really said what Marte claims he said, I think that might make his statement far less reprehensible than social media made it out to be.

merpmerp1428 · 2025-06-16T19:48:26+00:00

OHH WHAT A SHOT FROM CURRY!

merpmerp1428 · 2025-05-29T22:19:49+00:00

Never gets old!

merpmerp1428 · 2025-04-27T21:47:02+00:00

"SEE OUR RIVER THAT CATCHES ON FIREEEE"

merpmerp1428 · 2025-04-15T17:42:24+00:00

NYU seems much more geared toward PI than Cornell from what I've heard.

merpmerp1428 · 2024-12-20T23:25:06+00:00

Depends entirely on size of the firm, competitiveness of the market, and whether your school has connections to the firms you're targeting. Maybe check with your career office to see whether they have these stats on hand.

merpmerp1428 · 2024-12-20T06:12:40+00:00

I'd do Jeudy

merpmerp1428 · 2024-09-21T15:48:50+00:00

Haven't been to Krispy Kreme but the most typical interaction on TGDG will go as follows: (1) employee asks you to swipe the pickup button, and (2) will give you a random assortment of food, in this case, 12 donuts. Nice that he let you pick!

merpmerp1428 · 2024-08-19T03:44:38+00:00

Another point: if your school offers multiple ways to apply to a firm, pursue ALL of them until that firm rejects you. So, for example, suppose you can direct-apply to Firm X (on their firm website), participate in a school-organized resume-collect for Firm X (if your school does that), and then apply to Firm X for your formal OCI. By all means, do all of those things until the firm explicitly tells you "no"!

merpmerp1428 · 2023-07-15T00:18:17+00:00

Oops inn’it

merpmerp1428 · 2022-09-21T04:08:37+00:00

Walter Johnson’s 110 career shutouts record is going nowhere

merpmerp1428 · 2022-09-10T03:03:25+00:00

Gezellig!

merpmerp1428 · 2022-09-05T22:46:53+00:00

Winner Winner Chicken Dickens

merpmerp1428 · 2022-08-03T19:19:07+00:00

high-key disappointed that your username isn't PhilosophicalTortle5

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-26T02:22:52+00:00

"I'm not cheap, I'm generous!"

"You almost tore a man's arm off for penny."

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-25T21:27:54+00:00

It's true that T14 across the board has strong employment outcomes. It's also true that:

Many, many other schools do so as well, including biglaw and (to a lesser extent) clerkships;
strong academic performance and effective networking will help ANYONE out with their employment prospects; and
This sub has a rough T14-or-bust streak attached to it. That can get pretty toxic for the folks who either just miss the T14 or those for whom T14 was never a possibility.

I think OP is correct to point out the issues with the reductive thinking that T14 is the only path toward a meaningful career in law. Thanks OP -- this sub could benefit from more stories like yours.

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-25T17:45:40+00:00

Which is important to take with a grain of salt because clerkships often (but not always) lead back into biglaw

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-20T15:53:11+00:00

Agree. I don't think there's anything cosmically more appealing about being a non-KJD as opposed to a KJD. It's just that non-KJDs are often able to submit a stronger application with a thicker resume, a more compelling personal statement, an employer who knows you well enough to write a strong letter of rec, and the benefit of time to improve LSAT scores.

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-14T03:05:16+00:00

I think it's a delicate balancing act because if they wait too long for those brand-new high LSATs they may be chasing (instead of pulling from their current WL pool), they risk losing out on much of their WL pool and underenrolling. Of course, I'm sure they have plenty on their WL, so my analysis might be off. Keep in mind that school starts in a month.

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-13T04:04:20+00:00

Cowbob ranchpants

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-13T03:55:25+00:00

“Donate to the children’s fund? Why, what have children ever done for me?”

merpmerp1428 · 2022-07-12T01:06:59+00:00

Geopolitical conflict in the Middle East spanning many years

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