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

[Eagles_Legendz]

Floor fell out of Nova. Down to 84.

Meanwhile, Seton Hall, Temple and PSU all significantly ahead of them.

[FiveSermon]

Is it stupid for me to go to fordham over GW and BU. I'm trippin balls.

No. Fordham is better for NYC than both those schools.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

UF employed at graduation- 60%
FSU employed at graduation- 71%

shitttt...........??

That's class of 2008 too. PRE ITE.

Law school grads 08 and before might not have been affected as badly, but how can you say that 08 was not "this economy"?

[SirWilliam1022]

If you want to go to NYC then I could see going to Fordham over GW and Boston... but only under that circumstance. You can probably leverage money out of Fordham with those other offers too.

[DeSimone]

Since when have the rankings gone all the way to #145?

why would you even look?

[dakatz]

Is it stupid for me to go to fordham over GW and BU. I'm trippin balls.

Unless you really want to be in NYC, then hell yes it would be

[NZA]

Arthur Digby Sellers has the best name and avatar I've seen.

Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax

I just let out a hearty laugh.

ADS just won this thread.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

Pictured: WUSTL stylin' on the T18.

baller status... and so outrageously meaningless.

I just like it because 0Ls looking to validate attending non-T14s at sticker will now qualify the 'T18' as 'T18 - WUSTL'

So?????? What else do we have to live for?

[romothesavior]

Is it stupid for me to go to fordham over GW and BU. I'm trippin balls.

Yes. GW is ranked 10 spots higher and has the #3 national monument law program.

[Anacreon]

I honestly cannot fathom how Minnesota bested BU in this year's rankings. It's got to be the law library. Minnesota has a huge one and BU's is a relative joke.

Rankings seem pretty useless after the T17.

A few hours ago anyone on here would've said t18.

[Grizz]

Is it stupid for me to go to fordham over GW and BU. I'm trippin balls.

Yes. GW is ranked 10 spots higher and has the #3 national monument law program.

This. The rankings determine where firms OCI, and smaller firms and govt. agencies pay close attention to the ranking minutiae when making hiring decisions.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

UF employed at graduation- 60%
FSU employed at graduation- 71%

shitttt...........??

That's class of 2008 too. PRE ITE.

Law school grads 08 and before might not have been affected as badly, but how can you say that 08 was not "this economy"?

class of 08 did OCI in 06, summers in 07, and had their jobs in 08.

The problem of getting laid off once you had a job was not NEARLY as dire as the problem of firms simply not hiring as much as c/o 09, 10, 11 etc.

[maglialoro]

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[HeavenWood]

Floor fell out of Nova. Down to 84.

Meanwhile, Seton Hall, Temple and PSU all significantly ahead of them.

That's what they get for reporting their real stats this year.

[flcath]

I honestly cannot fathom how Minnesota bested BU in this year's rankings. It's got to be the law library. Minnesota has a huge one and BU's is a relative joke.

Rankings seem pretty useless after the T17.

A few hours ago anyone on here would've said t18.

What does ancient history matter?

Back in 2005 we would have used the term "T14" instead of the current T13... times change dude.

[romothesavior]

I honestly cannot fathom how Minnesota bested BU in this year's rankings. It's got to be the law library. Minnesota has a huge one and BU's is a relative joke.

Rankings seem pretty useless after the T17.

A few hours ago anyone on here would've said t18.

Eh, not really. I've seen more people say T17 than T18.

[Gotti]

If you want to go to NYC then I could see going to Fordham over GW and Boston... but only under that circumstance. You can probably leverage money out of Fordham with those other offers too.

My future husband is going to NYU in the fall. I love New York. I'm really trying to convince myself that $2-3k more per year for a school ranked 10 below GW is worth it. I want to be in NYC, but I'm just scared. I tried to Leverage $84k at UMN with Fordham and they didn't bite. Oh wells. I just need to be constantly reassured that this is the right decision. Does anyone know the approx % of BU and GW grads that go into biglaw?

[SirWilliam1022]

However, although I don't give much weight to rankings, I chose Northwestern with $75,000 over Texas with $93,000... Difference in debt off of tuition is $35000 because of respective tuition costs. The Northwestern program is the AJD which gives me an extra year of work (expecting I find work) and keeps living expenses comparable. Thoughts?

[keg411]

Floor fell out of Nova. Down to 84.

Meanwhile, Seton Hall, Temple and PSU all significantly ahead of them.

That's what they get for reporting their real stats this year.

Penn State and SHU are still way too high.

[FiveSermon]

If you want to go to NYC then I could see going to Fordham over GW and Boston... but only under that circumstance. You can probably leverage money out of Fordham with those other offers too.

My future husband is going to NYU in the fall. I love New York. I'm really trying to convince myself that $2-3k more per year for a school ranked 10 below GW is worth it. I want to be in NYC, but I'm just scared. I tried to Leverage $84k at UMN with Fordham and they didn't bite. Oh wells. I just need to be constantly reassured that this is the right decision. Does anyone know the approx % of BU and GW grads that go into biglaw?

Something like 31% for BU and 26% for GW?

[Grizz]

Holy shit Texas is T14 and I turned them down for Vandy which is only ranked 16. FUCK. I need to get my transfer app to there going RIGHT NAO

[Justathought]

St. Johns at 95. About damn time. I'm sure next year they'll be 65th somehow, but the year after that....bam! Regional school!









Also, I laugh at classifying the 100th best school as national. It would be absurd if it weren't in the realm of overt deception.

[lisjjen]

I honestly cannot fathom how Minnesota bested BU in this year's rankings. It's got to be the law library. Minnesota has a huge one and BU's is a relative joke.

Rankings seem pretty useless after the T17.

A few hours ago anyone on here would've said t18.

Eh, not really. I've seen more people say T17 than T18.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure everyone gets that T18 only exists between Orange County and San Diego, and everywhere else, it's just T17. Or whatever the hell everyone decides to call it. T13, T15, etc.

[HeavenWood]

Floor fell out of Nova. Down to 84.

Meanwhile, Seton Hall, Temple and PSU all significantly ahead of them.

That's what they get for reporting their real stats this year.

Penn State and SHU are still way too high.

I couldn't agree more. I think Temple's rank is spot-on, however.

[gobucks101]

Emory 2L here. I hope this means we get some hot and stupid 1Ls next year