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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
As a top 5% student, you are set based on what your goals are. You don't spend tens of thousands extra just to "keep options open" or any other indeterminate reason. Sure, if you had a concrete reason (i.e. I want to work for a V10 firm, or I want a prestigious clerkship), then a transfer up may be warranted. But where you are right now, you will likely have great opportunities with any firm in the secondary market you seek. So I don't see what the point would be.
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
Because you seem unhappy at Notre Dame & because you have done well during your first year of law school, you owe it to yourself to submit transfer applications to Stanford, Yale & Chicago, in my opinion. (As well as to the others in the Top 6).
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
Conservative school in a crappy city? Was it that obvious that it was ND? LOL.CanadianWolf wrote:Because you seem unhappy at Notre Dame & because you have done well during your first year of law school, you owe it to yourself to submit transfer applications to Stanford, Yale & Chicago, in my opinion. (As well as to the others in the Top 6).
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
How unhappy are you? Because I don't see another reason why you should transfer.
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
Haha it really was. Think about how few T25s could be described as 'conservative'. Anyway, apply away, why not? You've already saved on the first 1/3 of your total COA if you succeed.theantiscalia wrote:Conservative school in a crappy city? Was it that obvious that it was ND? LOL.CanadianWolf wrote:Because you seem unhappy at Notre Dame & because you have done well during your first year of law school, you owe it to yourself to submit transfer applications to Stanford, Yale & Chicago, in my opinion. (As well as to the others in the Top 6).
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
A factor to consider is the liklihood of getting published in the Notre Dame Law Review if you remain. With faculty support & a business oriented perspective, publishing an article or two in the Notre Dame Law Review might create some interesting opportunities. Even so, in light of your dissatisfaction with your environment, a degree from Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Harvard or Columbia should open up lots of additional doors. Apply & see what happens. Notre Dame might fight to keep you.
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE transfer out of ND so it will be easier for me to transfer in. I will gladly take your spot. Good luck to you at your new school.theantiscalia wrote:Conservative school in a crappy city? Was it that obvious that it was ND? LOL.CanadianWolf wrote:Because you seem unhappy at Notre Dame & because you have done well during your first year of law school, you owe it to yourself to submit transfer applications to Stanford, Yale & Chicago, in my opinion. (As well as to the others in the Top 6).
Sincerely,
A T2 student
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
I don't see why a CCN transfer would be such a bad thing. I think that the benefits of leaving LR at ND in favor of CCN start to get a little, uh, abstract, but if you don't like it here...
You're the accountant, though. You know how debt works.
Frankly at top 5% you should've skipped the ND write-on and done it at a (write-on friendly) target school; top 15 kids at ND are pure grade-on.
You're the accountant, though. You know how debt works.
Frankly at top 5% you should've skipped the ND write-on and done it at a (write-on friendly) target school; top 15 kids at ND are pure grade-on.
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Re: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
I'd apply to HYS and that would be about it, if I were you.