In high school, I got the same reaction when I informed people in my hometown that I would be attending Bryn Mawr/Smith/Mt. Holyoke.sdv wrote:I recently ran into an old middle school friend's mother, who asked what I was doing, and when I told her I was going to Vanderbilt Law her response was "oh that's nice, I hear that's a good school. Are you going to try to transfer to Duquesne if you do well?"pjo wrote:haha YES! This is funny but incredibly true. The red "D" ring has a characteristic all of its own in the city (and actually worldwide...so they claim)sdv wrote:one would be astonished at how many lay people in Pittsburgh think Duquesne is a better law school than Pitt. I guess it's because the undergrad is better regarded, but still. FWIW, though, it probably has better employment prospects than many of its T4 peers bc of its location.
Silliness.