2012 U.S. News Rankings (March 15th... It's official) Forum

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

LOL, "trending":

"Percent employed in all judicial clerkships"

Notre Dame: 15.1%
Boston College: 8.2%
Indiana: 7.5%
Illinois: 6.7%
WUSTL: 4.0%

"Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge"

Notre Dame: 7.6%
Indiana: 4.7%
Boston College: 4.3%
Illinois: 4.2%
WUSTL: 3.0%

WUSTL has more a larger student body than all 4 of the other schools, and there are a finite number of fed and Art III clerkships to go around. You do the math.

I want you to think for a second about why that doesn't matter.

[FuManChusco]

Its not looking good for Emory...

Rank School % Employed at Graduation (c/o 09) % Employed at 9 months (c/o 09)


#23 University of California--Davis

#23 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

#23 University of Notre Dame 83.80% 93.40%

#27 Boston College 79.20% 94.30%

#27 College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) 84.30% 93.70%

#27 University of Iowa

#30 Emory University 65.10% 87.10%

#30 Fordham University 79.40% 91.50%

What is up with Davis and others' missing data?

Apparently Davis just submitted a photo of SBL's face in lieu of employment data.

[09042014]

Shit, I gotta start my DUKE transfer app.

[chup]

LOL, "trending":

"Percent employed in all judicial clerkships"

Notre Dame: 15.1%
Boston College: 8.2%
Indiana: 7.5%
Illinois: 6.7%
WUSTL: 4.0%

"Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge"

Notre Dame: 7.6%
Indiana: 4.7%
Boston College: 4.3%
Illinois: 4.2%
WUSTL: 3.0%

WUSTL has more a larger student body than all 4 of the other schools, and there are a finite number of fed and Art III clerkships to go around. You do the math.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[General Tso]

Its not looking good for Emory...

Rank School % Employed at Graduation (c/o 09) % Employed at 9 months (c/o 09)


#23 University of California--Davis

#23 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

#23 University of Notre Dame 83.80% 93.40%

#27 Boston College 79.20% 94.30%

#27 College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) 84.30% 93.70%

#27 University of Iowa

#30 Emory University 65.10% 87.10%

#30 Fordham University 79.40% 91.50%

What is up with Davis and others' missing data?

This is from a spreadsheet I started making, just with schools I care about atm

ah okay...can you fill in when you get time?

[chup]

"Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge"

Is that data for class of '09?

'08

[rman1201]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

[AreJay711]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

Meaning if you weren't employed at graduation you are fucked even more than you would be at other schools.

[09042014]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

Even a part time mc donalds job counts. That category is fucking useless.

[JusticeHarlan]

"Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge"

Is that data for class of '09?

'08

Ah, thanks.

So for those with the premium (tm) subscriptions, were there '09 clerking data?

[Blindmelon]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

All the stats are manipulatable, except basically the GPA/LSAT. US News is a crock of shit.

For the sheer lol factor, anyone notice Vanillanova's rank?

[JusticeHarlan]

For the sheer lol factor, anyone notice Vanillanova's rank?

84, drop of 17

[rman1201]

"Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge"

Is that data for class of '09?

'08

Ah, thanks.

So for those with the premium (tm) subscriptions, were there '09 clerking data?

No. The 09 data is VERY limited.

[stratocophic]

LOL, "trending":

"Percent employed in all judicial clerkships"

Notre Dame: 15.1%
Boston College: 8.2%
Indiana: 7.5%
Illinois: 6.7%
WUSTL: 4.0%

"Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge"

Notre Dame: 7.6%
Indiana: 4.7%
Boston College: 4.3%
Illinois: 4.2%
WUSTL: 3.0%

WUSTL has more a larger student body than all 4 of the other schools, and there are a finite number of fed and Art III clerkships to go around. You do the math.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Why, praytell, would judges hire more WUSTLers just because HORDES of unemployed WUSTL grads descend upon them? I don't think more WUSTLers are going to get more (numerically, not percentage-wise) clerkships from grads of other schools just because WUSTL has 5 or 6 more people in the top 10%. WUSTL used to be much smaller - the number of grads isn't proportional to the number of alumni out there. I'm not trolling for the school, I'm just telling you that I don't think that it's solely because of the TTT effect.

[General Tso]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

dude I knew they were doing that shit. last year they claimed 98% at graduation when that was really their 9 month rate. first, what are the odds that a mediocre school like Davis can place THAT well (~20% better than their 2003-2007 placement rates) in this bad economy? second, what are odds that the exact same set of students that are employed at graduation are the same set that is employed 9 mos. out?

shenanigans

[FuManChusco]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

Even a part time mc donalds job counts. That category is fucking useless.

true, unless you go to Emory, in which case you should immediately drop out, retake, and reapply.

[Hannibal]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

mediocre school

Elitism Alert

[Blindmelon]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

mediocre school

Elitism Alert

18-40 is pretty fungible. Each year there will be "upsets" but really, same shit, different year.

[chup]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

mediocre school

Elitism Alert

Hey man we can't all be BIGTENDERLOINLAW secure like Hastings grads.

[thexfactor]

Its not looking good for Emory...

Rank School % Employed at Graduation (c/o 09) % Employed at 9 months (c/o 09)

#30 Emory University 65.10% 87.10%

this is the part where i seriously consider transferring back home to state school. am i really paying $40k/yr for 65% employment rate? and i love how all year the deans have been talking about how great things are looking, how emory is a mover & a shaker, blah blah blah. but i mean come on... 65%...

65% is pretty damn bad.
It s so bad out there that they couldn't pull any "magic tricks" to boost up their numbers.

[20160810]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

dude I knew they were doing that shit. last year they claimed 98% at graduation when that was really their 9 month rate. first, what are the odds that a mediocre school like Davis can place THAT well (~20% better than their 2003-2007 placement rates) in this bad economy? second, what are odds that the exact same set of students that are employed at graduation are the same set that is employed 9 mos. out?

shenanigans

It's good enough for USNews, but TLS poster General Tso has a hunch. The same hunch he gets every year when his school gets beat in a relatively meaningless ranking game. I guess this closes the book on that mystery.

[09042014]

Davis is 95.8% at graduation and 95.8% 9 months out. It outperformed its rank pretty well in that aspect.

dude I knew they were doing that shit. last year they claimed 98% at graduation when that was really their 9 month rate. first, what are the odds that a mediocre school like Davis can place THAT well (~20% better than their 2003-2007 placement rates) in this bad economy? second, what are odds that the exact same set of students that are employed at graduation are the same set that is employed 9 mos. out?

shenanigans

It's good enough for USNews, but TLS poster General Tso has a hunch. The same hunch he gets every year when his school gets beat in a relatively meaningless ranking game. I guess this closes the book on that mystery.

It's probably bullshit, but then again all schools are.

[doinmybest]

Its not looking good for Emory...

Rank School % Employed at Graduation (c/o 09) % Employed at 9 months (c/o 09)

#30 Emory University 65.10% 87.10%

this is the part where i seriously consider transferring back home to state school. am i really paying $40k/yr for 65% employment rate? and i love how all year the deans have been talking about how great things are looking, how emory is a mover & a shaker, blah blah blah. but i mean come on... 65%...

65% is pretty damn bad.
It s so bad out there that they couldn't pull any "magic tricks" to boost up their numbers.

+1 Honestly, someone was asleep at the wheel at that school.

[doinmybest]

Side note: Lucky #7 bitches!!

[Bildungsroman]

I vote we keep calling it the T14 since I got into Texas.