AP credits from high school do not count; however, beware of duel enrollment credits (classes taken at your high school taught by a high school teacher certified to teach a college course. Most of these require a community college tuition fee so you…
Disclaimer: I don't have any experience personally applying here but my s/o is a 3L at UVA and this is just what I can remember from his application process/ our experience in C'ville.
He applied early decision because UVA was his first choice, I r…
@"Mo Zubair" said
I don't think anyone in this entire post has denied here that a t14 school gives the best possible shot at big law job. Do not think there are two views on this. But a t14 school is the only way for a big law job is just not tr…
Hi, fellow podcast junkie here. Those are all great. I would suggest adding Skeptics Guide to the Universe! Love this podcast. If I had a dollar for every time I recognized a science RC passage topic the minute I start reading because of info i've l…
@"Alex Divine" said:
If you want big law.... Go to a top 13 school. I'd even count GT out as of late. BL is a lot like being a gladiator and NYC is Rome!
^this. can confirm. great metaphor. GT has become somewhat of a happy hour punching bag a…
If your goal is to work in biglaw in a large market (NYC/CHI/DC) I think that you should absolutely take on the debt and go to Chicago. I really do get your concern here -- it's a lot of money. It's a plus that you have partner connections at large …
Basically what @BinghamtonDave said. Correct me if i'm wrong, 7sage, but I can't think of any example that would counter this: Correlation (in either direction) is necessary but not sufficient for causality. So, if I notice a correlation, or a relat…
I would use this site to leverage your decision making: http://employmentsummary.abaquestionnaire.org.
My gut here is that the t-14 would give you a huge leg up with policy/govt positions considering that there are very few of these jobs and many s…
I have not heard of this approach nor do I have any non-anecdotal advice so take this with a grain of salt, but two minor concerns come to mind:
1. You might want to be sure that the particular culture of the law school that you are attending alig…
Yes, maybe? I know a few people with your numbers or similar numbers paying sticker at UVA. *But* I don't know when they applied in their respective cycles. So if money isn't an object, apply anyway! That being said, if you delay a cycle and retake …
Hi,
I think we have very similar goals. I postponed in December, delayed a cycle and will also be busy with work after the new year so I am taking in June. I am also aiming for a 173+ and I am worried about burnout since 6 months for a 3-4 point in…
@bbutler ahh, I see. That's interesting, thanks!
Then maybe my comment does not apply. Another thing to not discount is money. Law school is already expensive, 3 1L semesters must be more expensive than 2, and if there are currently no data to sup…
**Another huge disclaimer because this is mostly speculation: but do you know how many people typically go for this option/what they advertise the advantages as being? If, for example, the 1LS classes are small and full of the same kind of people wi…
So LR is my favorite section, but I went from going anywhere between -5 and -9 per section to consistently going between -0 and -2 with kind of intense BR.
I usually take a a timed section or two on Monday before work and circle any that I am unsu…
@stepharizona, thank you for the encouraging words!
Unfortunately for me, NYU's numbers have changed quite a bit in the last couple of cycles, and according to their 2016 entering class profile the most recent percentiles for GPA are 3.9/3.8/3.7, …
Essentially all that this is doing is breaking the class into frequency distributions, so if the 25th percentile LSAT score in a class is a165, that means that 25% of the class members have LSAT scores that fall at or below a 165. The trouble is tha…
I know I kind of evangelize about ABA data on this forum.. but I would really recommend leveraging this website:
http://employmentsummary.abaquestionnaire.org/
If, for example, you want to work in biglaw (500+ employees) and you see that last yea…
Nah, don't worry about it. They use the data for stats. In part to be sure that the test is fair.
http://www.lsac.org/docs/default-source/research-(lsac-resources)/tr-14-03.pdf
Clearly, I procrastinate too much.
I think it depends on 2 things.
1. Do you want to work in biglaw?
2. Do you know where you want to practice?
If working in biglaw isn't important to you or if you want to do public interest law AND you have a general idea of where you would like t…
Thank you @desire2learn! I will absolutely look into a similar LR strategy. I think If I can get to 25 in 25 with skips I will be in a very good place.
@blah170blah Thank you! This sounds like me. I think I have definitely been fostering two sets o…
@"Cant Get Right" Yes. 100% agreed on the LG point. I usually get through games 1, 2, and 3 with -0 and then end up rushing the game 4 so i'll be fool-proofing games to get faster!
I'm interested in hearing if you have a skipping or pacing strateg…