New York Law School class of 2011 Forum

[HandsomeDan08]

Working as a legal lawyer is one of the most lucrative career option.

What's a legal lawyer? Are you just being redundant or do you actually mean to set this up in opposition to being an illegal lawyer? I guarantee you that it is much more lucrative to be an illegal lawyer...

[Curious George]

Just something to consider...

I was accepted to NYLS and thought the $30,000/year scholarship was nice, then realized it required Top 15% in the class.

It was, by a good margin, the highest requirement of any school I had gotten scholarships to.

Don't get me wrong, I think I would be Top 15%, but there's an awful lot on the line to have such tight standards.

Also, and I never pursued this, I was curious as to what percentage of the class gets scholarships that require Top 15%.

Like I said, just something to consider.

Best of luck, I wish I was living there.

[alimania]

Definitely something to consider. I would think most people in the top 15% are those who are receiving scholarships anyway, although I'm sure this is not the case with everyone in the top 15%. As for how many people are offered some kind of scholarship, I don't know the answer to that question, but yes, I assume the number is higher than 15% (probably closer to 30-40%?). But remember, some people might be receiving 10,000 / year, others more..

[keith65657]

Anyone know anything about Orientation yet? I know some schools like WUSTL go all out for orientation and make the 1Ls really comfortable. Anything that you may know or have heard about NYLS' orientation would be great

[alimania]

I've looked on the website, and I think NYLS' orientation is basically a "First Week of Classes" in which only First Year students start classes, and attend a bunch of faculty lectures, etc...

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[alimania]

Just sent in my 2nd deposit!

[alimania]

Anyone living in the res hall??