Why is it that the T14 is the 'elite'? Forum
- Hank Chill
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Why is it that the T14 is the 'elite'?
Why can't it be the T13 or the T15 that is considered the best? When did the law school gods designate the T14 as the top schools?
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- mr_toad
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
I was going to reply "who cares?". Then I saw where you're going to school.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?

HTH
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
T-14 have been the same 14 schools every year, except maybe UCLA was in there the first year or something. Use the search function, you'll find thousands of threads on this. Or just open up basically any forum and you will see several threads about it.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Translation: use the search box.acrossthelake wrote:It's referred to as the T14 because they're schools that have been in the T10 consistently for some amount of time. For practical purposes, the fact that UCLA is 15 and Gtown is 14 should not be important to you when selecting schools, nor do I think that the T14 is the "elite", but a useful short-term.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Pretty much this. All of them have at least once been in the T10, no non-T14 school has ever been in the top 10, and for like the last 15 years no school has fallen out of or climbed into the T14.Pricer wrote:T-14 have been the same 14 schools every year, except maybe UCLA was in there the first year or something. Use the search function, you'll find thousands of threads on this. Or just open up basically any forum and you will see several threads about it.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Is this true? I thought Texas has been in the top 10 in the past... maybe it was a different rankings system?Renzo wrote:Pretty much this. All of them have at least once been in the T10, no non-T14 school has ever been in the top 10, and for like the last 15 years no school has fallen out of or climbed into the T14.Pricer wrote:T-14 have been the same 14 schools every year, except maybe UCLA was in there the first year or something. Use the search function, you'll find thousands of threads on this. Or just open up basically any forum and you will see several threads about it.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Better question:mr_toad wrote:Is this true? I thought Texas has been in the top 10 in the past... maybe it was a different rankings system?Renzo wrote:Pretty much this. All of them have at least once been in the T10, no non-T14 school has ever been in the top 10, and for like the last 15 years no school has fallen out of or climbed into the T14.Pricer wrote:T-14 have been the same 14 schools every year, except maybe UCLA was in there the first year or something. Use the search function, you'll find thousands of threads on this. Or just open up basically any forum and you will see several threads about it.
does it matter?
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Texas has been in the top 10. I'm not disagreeing with the direction this thread is going, however.Renzo wrote:Pretty much this. All of them have at least once been in the T10, no non-T14 school has ever been in the top 10, and for like the last 15 years no school has fallen out of or climbed into the T14.Pricer wrote:T-14 have been the same 14 schools every year, except maybe UCLA was in there the first year or something. Use the search function, you'll find thousands of threads on this. Or just open up basically any forum and you will see several threads about it.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Sure, agreed it doesn't matter much. Factual query receives subjective slapdown. I love TLS!
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
It doesn't matter. I was wondering if 14 was just an arbitrary number someone started using one day or if there is a reason behind it.mr_toad wrote:Sure, agreed it doesn't matter much. Factual query receives subjective slapdown. I love TLS!
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
I don't want to start a huge war, but I don't think so. They were #11 in 1987, but never cracked the ten-spot.Aberzombie1892 wrote:Texas has been in the top 10.Renzo wrote:Pretty much this. All of them have at least once been in the T10, no non-T14 school has ever been in the top 10, and for like the last 15 years no school has fallen out of or climbed into the T14.Pricer wrote:T-14 have been the same 14 schools every year, except maybe UCLA was in there the first year or something. Use the search function, you'll find thousands of threads on this. Or just open up basically any forum and you will see several threads about it.
See: http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_schoo ... _1987_1999 and
http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_schoo ... 00_present
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- Pricer
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Ha I love that the OP goes to Texas, which is #15.
I am not picking on UT, because that is my top choice, but why does T14 even matter? Outside of the legal world, no one has any idea what the T14 is. The difference between T14 and T15 is nothing.
I am not picking on UT, because that is my top choice, but why does T14 even matter? Outside of the legal world, no one has any idea what the T14 is. The difference between T14 and T15 is nothing.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
THAT'S ONE STEP TOO FAR, BUDDY!!!!!Renzo wrote:I don't want to start a huge war, but I don't think so. They were #11 in 1987, but never cracked the ten-spot.
See: http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_schoo ... _1987_1999 and
http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_schoo ... 00_present
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Shouldn't this be the only "world" that matters?Pricer wrote: Outside of the legal world, no one has any idea what the T14 is. The difference between T14 and T15 is nothing.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Renzo wrote:I don't want to start a huge war, but I don't think so. They were #11 in 1987, but never cracked the ten-spot.Aberzombie1892 wrote:Texas has been in the top 10.Renzo wrote:Pretty much this. All of them have at least once been in the T10, no non-T14 school has ever been in the top 10, and for like the last 15 years no school has fallen out of or climbed into the T14.Pricer wrote:T-14 have been the same 14 schools every year, except maybe UCLA was in there the first year or something. Use the search function, you'll find thousands of threads on this. Or just open up basically any forum and you will see several threads about it.
See: http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_schoo ... _1987_1999 and
http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_schoo ... 00_present

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- MrPapagiorgio
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
I'd be willing to bet my scholarship on the fact that this is the reason why OP posed this question.Pricer wrote:Ha I love that the OP goes to Texas, which is #15.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Agreed.MrPapagiorgio wrote:I'd be willing to bet my scholarship on the fact that this is the reason why OP posed this question.Pricer wrote:Ha I love that the OP goes to Texas, which is #15.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
His willingness to consider the T13 was a red herring of sorts. But our society is so 'ten-based' in many ways that it's surprising to have 14 of anything be a 'group'. Confusion is inevitable.MrPapagiorgio wrote:I'd be willing to bet my scholarship on the fact that this is the reason why OP posed this question.Pricer wrote:Ha I love that the OP goes to Texas, which is #15.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
As an analogy, we'll say that the the T14 is the OU in this video and texas is texas.
-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1MpHG5x6q0
Texas cannot handle eliteness.
-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1MpHG5x6q0
Texas cannot handle eliteness.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
If you told Texas they were elite, they would probably be offended. It's kind of like telling Brett Favre he's a ladies man. (That was for you packerbacker).gbpackerbacker wrote:As an analogy, we'll say that the the T14 is the OU in this video and texas is texas.
-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1MpHG5x6q0
Texas cannot handle eliteness.
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Re: Why is it the T14 the 'elite'?
Brag.MrPapagiorgio wrote:I'd be willing to bet my scholarship on the fact that this is the reason why OP posed this question.
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Re: Why is it that the T14 is the 'elite'?
Don't worry. When you go to law school, you can change around the distinction for "elite" however much you want. Go to Stanford? Well I guess only the T3 are the true elites. Chicago? Well, maybe T5 is where there's a real drop off. USC? Well I heard T18 is the new T14 in trendier circles. 

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Re: Why is it that the T14 is the 'elite'?
A bunch of Georgetown students thought it up as a "fuck you" to their friends at UCLA.
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