Columbia vs. U Chi
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Columbia vs. U Chi
Trying to decide between these two schools. Plan on going into politics/public interest. Finances aside, what's the better option?
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U Chi because clerkships, size, intellectualism, and CoL. Nyc is dirty. The subways are sweaty and make you feel like a mole-person. (Columbia is a great school with a lot of smart people, I'm sure).
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xn3345 wrote: Nyc is dirty. The subways are sweaty and make you feel like a mole-person.
This is accurate
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xn3345 wrote:U Chi because clerkships, size, intellectualism, and CoL. Nyc is dirty. The subways are sweaty and make you feel like a mole-person. (Columbia is a great school with a lot of smart people, I'm sure).
Columbia 1L vouching for this.
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Uchi12344 wrote:Plan on going into politics/public interest.
If you plan on going into politics, neither. Don't go to law school.
But if you're actually thinking of practicing law, then go to Chicago. Those guys are weird, and you're weird enough to have started three extremely vague threads on this in the past few days.
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lol, politics
Columbia has superior resources for public interest.
Columbia has superior resources for public interest.
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go to whatever is cheaper (and adjust for COL)
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Nebby wrote:lol, politics
Columbia has superior resources for public interest.
Not that I want to pick a fight over this but I think that really depends on what sort of public interest you want to do. Chicago's clinical offerings are pretty gr8 especially if you're interested in things like police accountability, federal criminal defense, or mental health issues.
Honestly the only two factors that should matter between these two schools are whether you want to be in NY or Chicago and cost.
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BlendedUnicorn wrote:Nebby wrote:lol, politics
Columbia has superior resources for public interest.
Not that I want to pick a fight over this but I think that really depends on what sort of public interest you want to do. Chicago's clinical offerings are pretty gr8 especially if you're interested in things like police accountability, federal criminal defense, or mental health issues.
Honestly the only two factors that should matter between these two schools are whether you want to be in NY or Chicago and cost.
Columbia has a better LRAP. The clinical offers are similar between the two. Columbia also has a better public interest alumni network and access to a much larger public interest market.
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Yeah, to address that question seriously: Columbia is objectively better than Chicago for PI, and the numbers reflect that. I'd say that NYU would probably be better than either, but it would come down to money, regardless.
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cavalier1138 wrote:Uchi12344 wrote:Plan on going into politics/public interest.
If you plan on going into politics, neither. Don't go to law school.
But if you're actually thinking of practicing law, then go to Chicago. Those guys are weird, and you're weird enough to have started three extremely vague threads on this in the past few days.



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BrainsyK wrote:xn3345 wrote:U Chi because clerkships, size, intellectualism, and CoL. Nyc is dirty. The subways are sweaty and make you feel like a mole-person. (Columbia is a great school with a lot of smart people, I'm sure).
Columbia 1L vouching for this.
Lol. No.
"Intellectualism"? Get outta here
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jbagelboy wrote:BrainsyK wrote:xn3345 wrote:U Chi because clerkships, size, intellectualism, and CoL. Nyc is dirty. The subways are sweaty and make you feel like a mole-person. (Columbia is a great school with a lot of smart people, I'm sure).
Columbia 1L vouching for this.
Lol. No.
"Intellectualism"? Get outta here
Lol, also you wanna trash the MTA but you think the CTA is any better????
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blerggggg wrote:jbagelboy wrote:BrainsyK wrote:xn3345 wrote:U Chi because clerkships, size, intellectualism, and CoL. Nyc is dirty. The subways are sweaty and make you feel like a mole-person. (Columbia is a great school with a lot of smart people, I'm sure).
Columbia 1L vouching for this.
Lol. No.
"Intellectualism"? Get outta here
Lol, also you wanna trash the MTA but you think the CTA is any better????
CTA doesn't turn you into a mole person
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You should not ED either.
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Columbia b/c of Ivy League--lay prestige--for politics.
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Jchance wrote:Columbia b/c of Ivy League--lay prestige--for politics.
One again, nobody should go to law school for the sake of furthering their political careers.
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OP is going to end up picking Harvard so let's save our energy.
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Rigo wrote:OP is going to end up picking Harvard so let's save our energy.
This shit is hilarious.--This is like the second time I've seen Rigo come with that response to a poster who's thinking of law as a "come up" for a future in politics. So funny.
And either way, good luck to the OP in the cycle.
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