Any chance your dad might be exaggerating a bit? V5 firms routinely hire Yale grads...

how did this semi-ridiculous pissing contest between yale and stanford admits get in here in the first place - i think i'm gonna go make a(nother) why yale thread so that people who want to debate the obvious can have it out over there

It's funny cause I thought I said something that was highly uncontroversial. Apparently not

yes, by all means, take the marshall/rhodes instead of sitting on yale's waitlist - agreed - /debate

[and in closing let's note that IF someone were stupid enough to ride the waitlist instead of taking the marshall/rhodes, they might ALSO be stupid enough to be doing it for reasons other than wanting biglaw a year earlier; i mean, good god, we've already decided they're stupid, but that's no reason to paint their motives in such a one-dimensional, lowest-common-denominator way]

I guess if you really want to work at your Dad's law firm, you have no choice but to go to yls since he won't hire graduates from any other school (especially hls) because they're all such dummies. I don't understand how people who didn't apply to yls or those that chose other schools over them didn't see how superhumanly special "yalies" are

It also sounds to me like your dad made your decision to go to yale cause it's really all about what your dad thinks.

HAZMAT, no way do I want to work for my father! He's a hard-driving bastard.

I want to do my own thing, and while I'm not sure what I want to do yet, I don't think it's going to be biglaw and it ain't working for my dad either. I have bigger aspirations than that. I do want to clerk, that's a definite. But beyond that, it's kinda hazy.

I was just trying to make a point that you only make what you will out of attending HYS. It's often the self-selection that's a gotcha. Going to YLS is certainly not that big of a hurdle to biglaw as people make it out to be, just saying.

legend, I think my father was saying that "tongue-in-cheek" but sometimes I wonder.

Hoopster, you remind me of this guy who invaded Iraq to impress his dad

...also a Yalie.... (I know, not YLS, but still...)

Jackie, this is funny. My old man would have laughed so hard over that he would have sustained a few broken ribs.

This thread is not the right place for this conversation.

<3 mal

Hahahaha, I like that.

I was the guilty party that prompted the derailment when I chose to defend generic applicants that might prefer to ride Yale's WL as opposed to taking advantage of Rhodes/Marshall opportunity. Sorry, everyone!

it's cool, dres...this:



made it all worthwhile

Not a waiting on Yale comment (since the good folks in New Haven unceremoniously ended that wait a couple weeks ago), but figured I'd let people in here know that I ended up choosing HLS over SLS (on the grounds that my brothers both live in Boston, and I like the library better, not any sort of judgment on Stanford, which I love). I'm deferring enrollment for a year, but I'm sure I'll see some of you all up in Cambridge in 2010!

uh thanks for letting us know, we can all exhale now

congrats pushkin. you'll soon be able to drop the H-bomb as often as you like. enjoy cambridge and the red sox!

If this is of any encouragement to those who still might be waiting, I just withdrew from YLS last week.

to go where

<3 <3 <3 - if you can round up about 100 others to do the same, i'm sure the tls waitlist crew would find a very special place for you in our hearts (and wallets)

I'm regretting staying on the waiting list a little bit. I'm not sure if I'll be able to stay positive all summer watching other people get accepted off of it. I do expect there to be some movement this year now that Harvard and Stanford are both on pass-fail systems.

wait, you're regretting staying on it?

It's never too late to send in that withdrawal letter, buddy. You'd have my gratitude... but then again I'd just as readily take your Harvard seat : )

Ha. I guess that's true. I do really want this, but I know I'm not going to get it, and I know I'll be crabby if somebody else does.

come on mallard, think +ve!!!