UVA $ vs. Duke Forum
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UVA $ vs. Duke
Tied at 10, but seem to be treated pretty differently on the blogs. Thoughts?
- Grizz
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
UVA. Take the $, enjoy playing softball, broheim.
- Cavalier
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
UVA is (a) cheaper, and (b) not Duke. The choice is obvious.
- jmaan
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
this question offends me...only slightly
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- soullesswonder
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
Assuming UVA is offering at least 30k, take their offer. If not, just pick the one you like more. There is not a lot of daylight between the two in terms of placement.
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
Not quite true.soullesswonder wrote:There is not a lot of daylight between the two in terms of placement.
As an extreme example, UVA has placed 1-4 (1 or 2 being most common) Supreme Court clerks basically every year for the past long time. Duke placed 2 this year, but hadn't had any in 10+ years since then.
I know 'odds of clerking on the Supreme Court' isn't the ideal metric by which to measure the placement ability of two schools, but UVA really does have a noticeable bump in certain fields. The similarity in gross numbers belies the fact that UVA grads tend to have access to better / more-prestigious-er options even if very roughly the same portion of the classes from each school goes on to prestigious-y employment.
The difference isn't huge, but it's real and worthy of consideration.
- soullesswonder
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
I'll concede SCOTUS, but where's the data for UVA? I've got the list of last summer's 2L placement for Duke and they had 44 students at V20 firms.disco_barred wrote:Not quite true.soullesswonder wrote:There is not a lot of daylight between the two in terms of placement.
As an extreme example, UVA has placed 1-4 (1 or 2 being most common) Supreme Court clerks basically every year for the past long time. Duke placed 2 this year, but hadn't had any in 10+ years since then.
I know 'odds of clerking on the Supreme Court' isn't the ideal metric by which to measure the placement ability of two schools, but UVA really does have a noticeable bump in certain fields. The similarity in gross numbers belies the fact that UVA grads tend to have access to better / more-prestigious-er options even if very roughly the same portion of the classes from each school goes on to prestigious-y employment.
The difference isn't huge, but it's real and worthy of consideration.
- pearl_earrings
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
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Re: UVA $ vs. Duke
Durham is one scary place.