Darrow vs. Yale
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:01 am
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looks like you said it yourself. yale is yale. the cynic in me says that most people faced with your decision will go to yale. congratsasdlfjsafn wrote: Right now I'm leaning towards Yale.
Agreed. You can't get into the Yale Club if you go Michigan, so this is really a no brainerblackacre10 wrote:looks like you said it yourself. yale is yale. the cynic in me says that most people faced with your decision will go to yale. congratsasdlfjsafn wrote: Right now I'm leaning towards Yale.
OP actually strikes me as super unsure about his/her goals, which is usually a strong reason to take the money and run. Some of the things OP wants--clerkship, "international human rights"--would definitely benefit from the Yale name but I can't tell how much OP wants them or has thought about how to attain them--and at least as far as PI goes that hustle is what will help OP actually do one of them rather than just following the biglaw path of least resistance. And OP is right that insofar as his/her goals are flexible being debt-free is a huge advantage.Clearly wrote:You're one of the rare people with some crazy goals and admission to the school that could actually open some crazy doors.
Wait, your parents will only pay for a year of school of its Harvard or Yale, but not if its CCN?asdlfjsafn wrote:I received around 90k from CCN. However, my family's contribution of that 'one year of tuition' would probably only apply for Yale or Harvard (would have to confirm). So the actual difference is less.Clearly wrote:Just how much at CCN?
Because it's Harvard or Yale. My parents probably would have paid full tuition if I had gotten into those.bearsfan23 wrote:Wait, your parents will only pay for a year of school of its Harvard or Yale, but not if its CCN?asdlfjsafn wrote:I received around 90k from CCN. However, my family's contribution of that 'one year of tuition' would probably only apply for Yale or Harvard (would have to confirm). So the actual difference is less.Clearly wrote:Just how much at CCN?
Why is that?
That makes zero sense, especially given CCN has almost identical employment outcomes to Harvard. Sounds like your parents just suck ManoftheHour, its not like its YH or some TTT. I refuse to believe any actual parents would help pay for Harvard but wouldn't do the same for Columbia.ManoftheHour wrote:Because it's Harvard or Yale. My parents probably would have paid full tuition if I had gotten into those.bearsfan23 wrote:Wait, your parents will only pay for a year of school of its Harvard or Yale, but not if its CCN?asdlfjsafn wrote:I received around 90k from CCN. However, my family's contribution of that 'one year of tuition' would probably only apply for Yale or Harvard (would have to confirm). So the actual difference is less.Clearly wrote:Just how much at CCN?
Why is that?
As for OP's case: It's a tough decision. But I'd go with Yale.
And you're absolutely right. Not saying they're logical at all. They do a lot of things that don't make sense. At the end of the day, it is their money and I would think that neither me or OP can really complain about that.bearsfan23 wrote: That makes zero sense, especially given CCN has almost identical employment outcomes to Harvard. Sounds like your parents just suck ManoftheHour, its not like its YH or some TTT. I refuse to believe any actual parents would help pay for Harvard but wouldn't do the same for Columbia.
Then again, OP seems like he really just wants to go to Michigan or Yale
Most parents aren't meticulously researching the employment statistics of law schools. If the parents aren't lawyers and don't know any lawyers, it makes complete sense that they would only pay for HY because they are HY. Those two are absolutely above and beyond every other school as far as lay prestige goes. I mean my parents, for example, probably would have had to ask where CLS is, or if UChi was better than UIUC, and I really don't think they're unrepresentative of a majority of parents who are largely uninformed about law school.bearsfan23 wrote: That makes zero sense, especially given CCN has almost identical employment outcomes to Harvard. Sounds like your parents just suck ManoftheHour, its not like its YH or some TTT. I refuse to believe any actual parents would help pay for Harvard but wouldn't do the same for Columbia.
Then again, OP seems like he really just wants to go to Michigan or Yale
It looks like he graduated literally first in his class. Not exactly representative of a expectable outcomeChiller303 wrote:One thing you might do is reach out to people who have taken the Darrow (discounting what they say slightly, given their bias). I go to NYU, and one person that comes to mind is Adam Cox, who's a professor here. He was a Darrow at Michigan and so has experience there and at NYU and Chicago (both schools at which he's taught). Given his status as a professor, I imagine he'd have some insight into the faculty and culture at Yale, as well. You might shoot him an email; I would bet he'd be happy to talk to you.
This part actually doesn't surprise me. Lots of parts of the country (like my hometown) really don't think of any schools as being that good aside from Harvard, Yale, and the state's flagship University. I had no idea Columbia was anything special until I started researching law schools. And it's impossible to shake that mindset even with employment outcomes. People are still like "yeah, but come on, it's Harvard!"That makes zero sense, especially given CCN has almost identical employment outcomes to Harvard. Sounds like your parents just suck ManoftheHour, its not like its YH or some TTT. I refuse to believe any actual parents would help pay for Harvard but wouldn't do the same for Columbia.Because it's Harvard or Yale. My parents probably would have paid full tuition if I had gotten into those.
As for OP's case: It's a tough decision. But I'd go with Yale.