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Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
I live in Florida and would like to learn law here.
I don't want to mention which of these schools I've been accepted or rejected into, because I want the rankings to be as unbiased/honest as possible.
Let me request that this thread not turn into a "bash Florida schools" and "if you cannot go to UF or FSU then don't bother going" thread. It's not really the purpose of this request.
Below is the list of all Florida Law Schools. Please just give me a ranking from top to bottom of the order you'd choose to go to, and rank all the schools listed.
Thank you in advance. SRS
All Florida schools in no particular order:
Florida State
Florida Coastal
Barry
Ave Maria
Nova Southeastern
University of Florida
Florida A & M
University of Miami
St.Thomas University
Florida International
Stetson
Just asking this question because I want a completely unbiased listing without the knowledge of what my options are. Thank you TLS members.
I don't want to mention which of these schools I've been accepted or rejected into, because I want the rankings to be as unbiased/honest as possible.
Let me request that this thread not turn into a "bash Florida schools" and "if you cannot go to UF or FSU then don't bother going" thread. It's not really the purpose of this request.
Below is the list of all Florida Law Schools. Please just give me a ranking from top to bottom of the order you'd choose to go to, and rank all the schools listed.
Thank you in advance. SRS
All Florida schools in no particular order:
Florida State
Florida Coastal
Barry
Ave Maria
Nova Southeastern
University of Florida
Florida A & M
University of Miami
St.Thomas University
Florida International
Stetson
Just asking this question because I want a completely unbiased listing without the knowledge of what my options are. Thank you TLS members.
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
UF, FSU, Miami, and (to a lesser extent) Stetson are the only schools that place throughout the state. They are justifiably ranked in that order.
All the other schools on your list are regional schools, and really only place in their home market. It would be pretty pointless to rank them. FWIW I don't recommend going to any of these schools, ever, under any circumstances.
Hope that helps!
All the other schools on your list are regional schools, and really only place in their home market. It would be pretty pointless to rank them. FWIW I don't recommend going to any of these schools, ever, under any circumstances.
Hope that helps!
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Go gators.
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
1. UF
2. Miami
3. FSU
4. Stetson
2. Miami
3. FSU
4. Stetson
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1. University of Florida
2. FSU
3. U Miami
4. Stetson
5. St. Thomas/FIU/Florida Coastal
7. Barry/NOVA
8. Ave Maria
2. FSU
3. U Miami
4. Stetson
5. St. Thomas/FIU/Florida Coastal
7. Barry/NOVA
8. Ave Maria
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
Thank you for the full ranking.jennamc_85 wrote:1. University of Florida
2. FSU
3. U Miami
4. Stetson
5. St. Thomas/FIU/Florida Coastal
7. Barry/NOVA
8. Ave Maria
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
Egregious Miami trolling.plug1 wrote:1. UF
2. Miami
3. FSU
4. Stetson
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OP the fact is that if you are too embarassed to say what schools you are thinking about going to on TLS, you shouldn't go to them. Based on your previous posts, I know you didn't get in to UF or FSU. And those two are the only schools worth going to in Florida. I strongly suggest you retake and reapply early next year before you go to any of the lesser florida schools.
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You can assume what you'd like. You have 9 posts, so I'll assume also that you are trolling with a 2nd account, or that you simply are flaming. Either way you have a good one.RockyIII wrote:OP the fact is that if you are too embarassed to say what schools you are thinking about going to on TLS, you shouldn't go to them. Based on your previous posts, I know you didn't get in to UF or FSU. And those two are the only schools worth going to in Florida. I strongly suggest you retake and reapply early next year before you go to any of the lesser florida schools.
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1. UF
2. FSU
3. Miami
4. Stetson
5. FIU
6. Barry/Nova Southeastern/St. Thomas
9. Florida Coastal
10. Ave Maria/Florida A&M (Is this even currently accredited?)
Do not attend anything below FIU (FIU only because at least it's cheap).
Not even with a scholarship (the Florida schools especially have ways of taking them away)
2. FSU
3. Miami
4. Stetson
5. FIU
6. Barry/Nova Southeastern/St. Thomas
9. Florida Coastal
10. Ave Maria/Florida A&M (Is this even currently accredited?)
Do not attend anything below FIU (FIU only because at least it's cheap).
Not even with a scholarship (the Florida schools especially have ways of taking them away)
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TOMaHULK wrote:You can assume what you'd like. You have 9 posts, so I'll assume also that you are trolling with a 2nd account, or that you simply are flaming. Either way you have a good one.RockyIII wrote:OP the fact is that if you are too embarassed to say what schools you are thinking about going to on TLS, you shouldn't go to them. Based on your previous posts, I know you didn't get in to UF or FSU. And those two are the only schools worth going to in Florida. I strongly suggest you retake and reapply early next year before you go to any of the lesser florida schools.
I'm sorry I didn't realize how many posts you have correlates to how qualified you are to give advice. Fine, waste your money on a Third Tier Toilet, it's your life.
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
Heyyy USF (I'm from Tampa). Is the school you're considering Stetson? If so, it's not bad if you intend to stay in Tampa, all the major firms in the area interview there.
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
duckmoney wrote:Egregious Miami trolling.plug1 wrote:1. UF
2. Miami
3. FSU
4. Stetson
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Yes, I'm considering Stetson. I'm a Bull.rman1201 wrote:Heyyy USF (I'm from Tampa). Is the school you're considering Stetson? If so, it's not bad if you intend to stay in Tampa, all the major firms in the area interview there.
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Yes Florida A & M is accredited and it's a state (is state tuition) tuition school.rman1201 wrote:1. UF
2. FSU
3. Miami
4. Stetson
5. FIU
6. Barry/Nova Southeastern/St. Thomas
9. Florida Coastal
10. Ave Maria/Florida A&M (Is this even currently accredited?)
Do not attend anything below FIU (FIU only because at least it's cheap).
Not even with a scholarship (the Florida schools especially have ways of taking them away)
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
UF
FSU
Stetson
Miami
FIU
Barry/Nova
St. THomas
Ave Maria
Florida A&M
Florida Coastal
FSU
Stetson
Miami
FIU
Barry/Nova
St. THomas
Ave Maria
Florida A&M
Florida Coastal
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Schools to go to at sticker if you want to stay in state, with in state tuition, and don't mind the possibility of living poor for a long time, for the love of the law, because it is a serious possibility:
1. Florida
2. Florida State
Schools to go to at near full scholarship if you have very local interests, but if you have local interest then you're probably from that area and have contacts and if you're getting a near full scholarship then you're probably going to have some scholarship money at one of the first two schools in which case it would make more sense to go to one of them instead for the larger geographic draw and cheaper tuition but for some other justifiable reason you decide to stay local:
3. Miami
4. Stetson
Schools to avoid, no matter what, with the one exception that you have a job waiting for you (guaranteed) when you graduate:
5. FIU
6. four-way tie amongst the inseparable garbage-
Florida Coastal
Barry
Nova Southeastern
St.Thomas University
mostly dysfunctional law schools that privately owned by fast food moguls with weird religious convictions that devalue the education and should be avoided no matter what
10. Ave Maria
entirely dysfunctional law schools that should never have even earned provisional accreditation
11. Florida A & M
1. Florida
2. Florida State
Schools to go to at near full scholarship if you have very local interests, but if you have local interest then you're probably from that area and have contacts and if you're getting a near full scholarship then you're probably going to have some scholarship money at one of the first two schools in which case it would make more sense to go to one of them instead for the larger geographic draw and cheaper tuition but for some other justifiable reason you decide to stay local:
3. Miami
4. Stetson
Schools to avoid, no matter what, with the one exception that you have a job waiting for you (guaranteed) when you graduate:
5. FIU
6. four-way tie amongst the inseparable garbage-
Florida Coastal
Barry
Nova Southeastern
St.Thomas University
mostly dysfunctional law schools that privately owned by fast food moguls with weird religious convictions that devalue the education and should be avoided no matter what
10. Ave Maria
entirely dysfunctional law schools that should never have even earned provisional accreditation
11. Florida A & M
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
I'm going to venture as far as to say
3. Stetson
4. Miami
Miami has terrible placement statistics, deffered most of their incoming class just the other year, and is surprisingly TTT for its rank. Stetson, for its non-existent rank, seems to do very well in central florida, especially in the mid-law scene in tampa and orlando. If I had equal money to both, I'd go stetson.
3. Stetson
4. Miami
Miami has terrible placement statistics, deffered most of their incoming class just the other year, and is surprisingly TTT for its rank. Stetson, for its non-existent rank, seems to do very well in central florida, especially in the mid-law scene in tampa and orlando. If I had equal money to both, I'd go stetson.
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I feel like, for the total opportunity opened up by each one, Stetson doesn't have much reach in Orlando, and Miami is a much larger market, so if anything I would feel more comfortable at Miami because there's simply more market to spam with your resume and not be going beyond your reach.Cupidity wrote:I'm going to venture as far as to say
3. Stetson
4. Miami
Miami has terrible placement statistics, deffered most of their incoming class just the other year, and is surprisingly TTT for its rank. Stetson, for its non-existent rank, seems to do very well in central florida, especially in the mid-law scene in tampa and orlando. If I had equal money to both, I'd go stetson.
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Mickey-
Is there any semblance of a legal market in Orlando? I'll be heading to FSU this fall and while I love south Florida, I've always enjoyed my time in Otown.
Is there any semblance of a legal market in Orlando? I'll be heading to FSU this fall and while I love south Florida, I've always enjoyed my time in Otown.
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Florida/FSU >>>> everywhere else
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Re: Please rank Florida Law Schools for me.
Mickey Quicknumbers wrote:Schools to go to at sticker if you want to stay in state, with in state tuition, and don't mind the possibility of living poor for a long time, for the love of the law, because it is a serious possibility:
1. Florida
2. Florida State
Schools to go to at near full scholarship if you have very local interests, but if you have local interest then you're probably from that area and have contacts and if you're getting a near full scholarship then you're probably going to have some scholarship money at one of the first two schools in which case it would make more sense to go to one of them instead for the larger geographic draw and cheaper tuition but for some other justifiable reason you decide to stay local:
3. Miami
4. Stetson
Schools to avoid, no matter what, with the one exception that you have a job waiting for you (guaranteed) when you graduate:
5. FIU
6. four-way tie amongst the inseparable garbage-
Florida Coastal
Barry
Nova Southeastern
St.Thomas University
mostly dysfunctional law schools that privately owned by fast food moguls with weird religious convictions that devalue the education and should be avoided no matter what
10. Ave Maria
entirely dysfunctional law schools that should never have even earned provisional accreditation
11. Florida A & M
LMAO. Damn, tell us how you really feel. LOL
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Haha, I'll be able to tell you a lot more clearly in about 5 months after I OCI, because that's the main place i'm trying to hit. But there is definitely a semblance of a legal market. There are about a 10ish "biglaw" offices in Orlando, and after the crash they went from hiring 10-12 SA's a year to 3-4. There are also a good handful of midlaw firms in the area. But it's going to be near impossible without good grades and significant contacts to the area (it's a small enough city that contacts do tend to matter).FeelTheHeat wrote:Mickey-
Is there any semblance of a legal market in Orlando? I'll be heading to FSU this fall and while I love south Florida, I've always enjoyed my time in Otown.
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Unfortunately, that's pretty objective.TOMaHULK wrote:Mickey Quicknumbers wrote: mostly dysfunctional law schools that privately owned by fast food moguls with weird religious convictions that devalue the education and should be avoided no matter what
10. Ave Maria
entirely dysfunctional law schools that should never have even earned provisional accreditation
11. Florida A & M
LMAO. Damn, tell us how you really feel. LOL
<3 Florida
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But you would miss out on being taught by this guy:TOMaHULK wrote:Damn, tell us how you really feel. LOLMickey Quicknumbers wrote:
mostly dysfunctional law schools that privately owned by fast food moguls with weird religious convictions that devalue the education and should be avoided no matter what
10. Ave Maria
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