BU vs. Fordham vs. GW Forum
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BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
I have been accepted to BU, Fordham, and GW. I definitely want to work in NYC but wouldn't mind moving to Boston or Washington for law school.
Which school would give me the best prospects of a biglaw job (corporate law - none of that international stuff) in NYC?
Which would give me the best prospects of transferring to a better school (NYU or Columbia) after 1L or 2L?
Which school would give me the best prospects of a biglaw job (corporate law - none of that international stuff) in NYC?
Which would give me the best prospects of transferring to a better school (NYU or Columbia) after 1L or 2L?
- cardinalandgold
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
Go w/ Fordham.
- im_blue
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
Fordham for NYC. It's not even a question.
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
Do I have a shot at transferrring to NYU after 1L if I do extremely well in 1L, or should I forget about it?
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
Fordham.anchuldigs wrote:I have been accepted to BU, Fordham, and GW. I definitely want to work in NYC but wouldn't mind moving to Boston or Washington for law school.
Which school would give me the best prospects of a biglaw job (corporate law - none of that international stuff) in NYC?
Which would give me the best prospects of transferring to a better school (NYU or Columbia) after 1L or 2L?
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- im_blue
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
You'll probably need top 5-10% to have a shot, so you shouldn't forget about it, but don't count it on either.anchuldigs wrote:Do I have a shot at transferrring to NYU after 1L if I do extremely well in 1L, or should I forget about it?
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- OneKnight
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
anchuldigs wrote:Do I have a shot at transferrring to NYU after 1L if I do extremely well in 1L, or should I forget about it?
Yes. Absolutely. But this, of course, is not something you (or anyone else for that matter) can count on. That's why the best advice is always to go to a school at which you can see yourself for three years.
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
Say I went to BU or GW anyway, would I have a chance at transferring to Fordham after a year?
- im_blue
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
This doesn't really make much sense. There are downsides to transferring (application process, possibly losing OCI privileges, harder to do law review), so you shouldn't do it unless there's a significant rankings jump.anchuldigs wrote:Say I went to BU or GW anyway, would I have a chance at transferring to Fordham after a year?
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
So the consensus is that I should go to Fordham, eh?
Is everyone 100% sure?
After all BU is 22 in the rankings and GW is expected to rise to the low twenties as well. Fordham is still about 28. Isn't that a significant difference?
Is everyone 100% sure?
After all BU is 22 in the rankings and GW is expected to rise to the low twenties as well. Fordham is still about 28. Isn't that a significant difference?
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- OneKnight
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
IF those are your best offers and IF you are not being offered a significant amount of money at GW/BU or that doesn't matter to you and IF you want to work in New York, you really really should go to Fordham. Just FYI, there would be no perceptible difference re: transferring from FU vs. BU vs. GW - you would need to do extremely well as a 1L regardless of the institution (that's less true for higher ranked schools of course)anchuldigs wrote:So the consensus is that I should go to Fordham, eh?
Is everyone 100% sure?
- im_blue
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Re: BU vs. Fordham vs. GW
+1. This isn't even a question for NYC. The small rankings difference is irrelevant outside the T14.OneKnight wrote:IF those are your best offers and IF you are not being offered a significant amount of money at GW/BU or that doesn't matter to you and IF you want to work in New York, you really really should go to Fordham. Just FYI, there would be no perceptible difference re: transferring from FU vs. BU vs. GW - you would need to do extremely well as a 1L regardless of the institution (that's less true for higher ranked schools of course)anchuldigs wrote:So the consensus is that I should go to Fordham, eh?
Is everyone 100% sure?
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