Rank based on name prestige Forum
- MysticalWheel
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Rank based on name prestige
Random thought: I was wondering what would be the rank of the top 6 schools, as reported by USWNR, based on prestige of name to the layperson? I'm thinking something like this:
1.) Harvard
2/3.) Tie between Stanford and Yale
4/5.) Tie between Columbia/NYU
6.) Chicago
Any thoughts?
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1.) Harvard
2/3.) Tie between Stanford and Yale
4/5.) Tie between Columbia/NYU
6.) Chicago
Any thoughts?
MW
- im_blue
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
NYU
Chicago
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
NYU
Chicago
- The Gentleman
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
I'd say
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
Georgetown
(Georgetown law has some serious lay prestige)
EDIT: Princeton Law School would be third. Just tell some idiot you go to Princeton Law School and I guarantee they Ooh and Aah.
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
Georgetown
(Georgetown law has some serious lay prestige)
EDIT: Princeton Law School would be third. Just tell some idiot you go to Princeton Law School and I guarantee they Ooh and Aah.
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- 4for44
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
This + NYU and Chicago only have limited regional lay prestigeThe Gentleman wrote:I'd say
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
Georgetown
(Georgetown law has some serious lay prestige)
- cinephile
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
The average layperson probably thinks both Chicago and NYU are public, state universities. I've seen this happen far too many times with Chicago.
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
i would argue chicago has a very minimal amount of lay prestige.
- rayiner
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Chicago has zero lay prestige, and Columbia's is pretty close to zero outside the NE.
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- James Bond
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- Cupidity
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
Cooley
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
Cooley
- MysticalWheel
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Probably same for Brown, lol.The Gentleman wrote:
EDIT: Princeton Law School would be third. Just tell some idiot you go to Princeton Law School and I guarantee they Ooh and Aah.
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- James Bond
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Brown and Dartmouth don't carry prestigeMysticalWheel wrote:Probably same for Brown, lol.The Gentleman wrote:
EDIT: Princeton Law School would be third. Just tell some idiot you go to Princeton Law School and I guarantee they Ooh and Aah.
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- arism87
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Stanford
5. Columbia
6. Georgetown
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Stanford
5. Columbia
6. Georgetown
- IAFG
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
it is the least panty-dropping school in Chicago, which is sad because the student body does not have much else going for it in terms of being able to affect panty movement.wildcathighfive wrote:i would argue chicago has a very minimal amount of lay prestige.
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Harvard
Yale
Georgetown
Stanford
Cornell
(For law schools that actually exist, that is.)
Everything else from here on down is a crapshoot depending on the education and exposure of your layperson. I know people that ARE in law school (tier 1, too) that thought Cornell was top 5.
Chicago = public school in the city, often confused with the University of Illinois in Chicago
NYU = big public NYC school that the Olsen twins go to
UPenn = Penn State (we all know this, though)
Columbia =
a) South America?
b) Oh like in Gossip Girl?
c) (if you're from the midwest) Oh yeah, the one in Chicago?*
UVa probably takes the cake for the least lay prestige in the T14, ever
*As you may gather from this, there is a Columbia College in Chicago
Yale
Georgetown
Stanford
Cornell
(For law schools that actually exist, that is.)
Everything else from here on down is a crapshoot depending on the education and exposure of your layperson. I know people that ARE in law school (tier 1, too) that thought Cornell was top 5.
Chicago = public school in the city, often confused with the University of Illinois in Chicago
NYU = big public NYC school that the Olsen twins go to
UPenn = Penn State (we all know this, though)
Columbia =
a) South America?
b) Oh like in Gossip Girl?
c) (if you're from the midwest) Oh yeah, the one in Chicago?*
UVa probably takes the cake for the least lay prestige in the T14, ever
*As you may gather from this, there is a Columbia College in Chicago
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
no way, everyone i worked with in DC still thinks i am crazy for not going thereczelede wrote: UVa probably takes the cake for the least lay prestige in the T14, ever
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
+1, honestly Chicago sounds to the untrained ear like a bootleg for-profit, IMHO.rayiner wrote:Chicago has zero lay prestige, and Columbia's is pretty close to zero outside the NE.
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
My list would be:
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
Cornell
Georgetown
Berkeley
In that order.
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
Cornell
Georgetown
Berkeley
In that order.
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- James Bond
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Although in the northeast and the mid-atlantic, everyone is well aware of its awesomeness. that should count for something.rayiner wrote:Columbia's is pretty close to zero outside the NE.
- James Bond
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Berkeley is well known, although I wouldn't call a school that everyone thinks is full of a bunch of douchebag hippies "prestigious"artichoke wrote:My list would be:
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
Cornell
Georgetown
Berkeley
In that order.
- arism87
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Mind if I ask where you're from?artichoke wrote:My list would be:
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
Cornell
Georgetown
Berkeley
In that order.
Found Berkeley's inclusion interesting, lol
- AreJay711
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When I got their pamphlet in the mail when applying to undergrad I just threw it away lol. If I could go back and go anywhere now it would be my first choice.artichoke wrote:+1, honestly Chicago sounds to the untrained ear like a bootleg for-profit, IMHO.rayiner wrote:Chicago has zero lay prestige, and Columbia's is pretty close to zero outside the NE.
Harvard
Yale
Georgetown
Duke
Stanford
Cornell
NYU
<person's state school>
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- rayiner
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
I think Columbia's prestige is too regional for my list. Same thing with Penn and Berkeley. People on the west coast think that Berkeley is like Harvard, but that reputation doesn't carry. Meanwhile, everyone thinks Georgetown is a top law school, regardless of where you are in the country.James Bond wrote:Although in the northeast and the mid-atlantic, everyone is well aware of its awesomeness. that should count for something.rayiner wrote:Columbia's is pretty close to zero outside the NE.
- IAFG
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TEH RIGOR?AreJay711 wrote:
When I got their pamphlet in the mail when applying to undergrad I just threw it away lol. If I could go back and go anywhere now it would be my first choice.
- James Bond
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Fair enough. I had no idea Columbia's prestige wasn't nation-wide. Weird because I knew Penn wasn't and I'm from PA.rayiner wrote:I think Columbia's prestige is too regional for my list. Same thing with Penn and Berkeley. People on the west coast think that Berkeley is like Harvard, but that reputation doesn't carry. Meanwhile, everyone thinks Georgetown is a top law school, regardless of where you are in the country.James Bond wrote:Although in the northeast and the mid-atlantic, everyone is well aware of its awesomeness. that should count for something.rayiner wrote:Columbia's is pretty close to zero outside the NE.
- 4for44
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Re: Rank based on name prestige
Berkeley is really well respected in the West. I'm from CO and I would list it similarlyarism87 wrote:Mind if I ask where you're from?artichoke wrote:My list would be:
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
Cornell
Georgetown
Berkeley
In that order.
Found Berkeley's inclusion interesting, lol
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