I do go to STCL. My time here has been fine but I'm at or close to the top of my class. And even then, it hasn't been exactly easy to find good summer work. I'm transferring out at the end of this semester. I would not suggest planning on transferring either. I took a huge risk.

for those of you wondering I am 158/3.89 and was offered 13k/year renewable today with a 3.0 stip. Will probably be withdrawing

I would not come out with 250,000 in debt at SMU. A more realistic number would be around 80,000. STCL scholly has the 3.0 stipulation, and SMU has no stipulation.

This "pulling files at random" policy needs to change. I had to put down a deposit already, and will no longer consider STCL.

Any others still holding out? Or have you gone the ways of Bluewavesix and now totally disregard STCL!

I do not mind the 'at random' policy since I applied later in the game (Jan), but if this is their modus operandi, they should work a little overtime and release all decisions before seat deposits become due at most other institutions. Also, I never heard about any type of scholarship offer and will be withdrawing today. I hope that my spot goes to someone who is still waiting! Good luck everyone!

lol, well in all honesty, I probably would have not attended STCL either way. I'm sure it's a fine school. Things just didn't pan out that way for me. I'm not withdrawing quite yet. I still have the opportunity to go, should they offer me a decent scholarship.

I'm still in the random draw pile. I put down a deposit elsewhere yesterday. We'll see.

I am still waiting to hear as well... from both UH and STCL. It is a bit frustrating to not know anything, especially since I do NOT want to leave Houston whatsoever. I will take acceptance to either school, but would prefer STCL given my network there (both current students and attorneys that have graduated). I also prefer the convenience of being downtown (I live in The Heights). So we shall see...

Hopefully those of us waiting will hear something very soon. Sending positive thoughts to everyone!

It's certainly your right to choose STCL over UH, but you realize that you would be purposefully limiting your options out of law school, right? There are dozens of employers that recruit at UH and refuse to recruit at South Texas. Regardless of your network with STCL grads, most if not all recent grads would say you would be making a bad decision.

This just in: mce252 HATES STCL.

Hate is inaccurate. I give it the respect it deserves. There are just too many people that have distorted views of what going to an unranked law school really means. To turn down a high T2 school for South Texas is a big mistake.

I understand where you are coming from. However, a person's choice to attend a law school, whatever school that may be, is their choice alone. Some people are rely on scholarship money they receive, some people rely on where the school is geographically located, and some people just have an affinity to one school over another. I prefer South Texas because of my legal network, the partners that have been a mentor to me over the years that went to STCL, and because I just prefer it. That's it. Will I turn down UH if I don't get into STCL, of course not. But it is not fair of you to say I am "purposefully limiting my options out of law school"... you do not know me at all, my resume, my work ethic, or my reasons for pursuing a law degree... you know nothing about me or anyone else on this forum for that matter.

I have been in the legal industry all through undergrad and since I graduated from college 3 years ago... the firm I worked at in Fort Worth and the firm I currently work at here in Houston have STCL graduates as partners and employees. My boss is a former STCL graduate that has been at this firm since she graduated from law school. She worked her way to partner within only a few years out of school. This firm isn't huge, but it is one of the largest boutique firms in the city for the type of law that we practice, and is very well respected throughout central Texas.

STCL is a fine school. Just because someone attends a top law school in the country or state does NOT guarantee them anything. The legal profession is not all about who is going to recruit you and what corporate job you think you can get that pays big bucks right out of law school. It is also about PASSION for the law and providing your expertise of the law to those in need of your knowledge. It is a career choice of service, should you use your degree it to actually serve people, as opposed to being a pawn in the corporate world and/or not even use your JD to practice law. Your schooling is what you make of it... I know of quite a few people in desperate positions because their school was their "ticket" in their mind, and I also know plenty of very, very successful attorneys that did not attend a "top" school.

I get that you are trying to be helpful, but it seems like you are just trolling this forum with comments that are cynical as opposed to supportive for those of us still waiting to hear back.

If you don't get into STCL, you're def not getting into UH.

All of that seems fine and dandy but it would still be unwise to choose a school that most legal professionals across the state find subpar (according to peer stats from USNWR) -- all based upon an employer that went to STCL.

If you have a sure-thing connection, I'm not saying you're in a bad position going to South Texas. But it still doesn't make sense to go there over UH.

This is supportive. You just might be seeking blind optimism.

You know nothing about anyone's situation. I am guessing I am quite a bit older than you are and you have no idea about my situation or where my decade+ long career has taken me....and it isn't headed towards big law. These broad stroke comments of gloom you make may be applicable to some people's situations, but they are not to everyone's. You are at a law school you are miserable at - perhaps this is your way of making yourself feel better. Whatever the case may be, nobody asked for these comments. I know I certainly didn't.

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I'm not sure why it's so frustrating that going to UH over STCL if you have both options is clearly the best thing to do. This is about employment statistics. Everyone thinks they are unique going into law school.

I can see why you hate law school.

There is nothing frustrating about this at all, other than the fact that your cynicism and negative commentary are not warranted here.

I love law school. Enjoy STCL too. Just wish so many people didnt graduate without jobs.

To the other poster: there is nothing I have said about STCL that cannot be confirmed by a study of the employment numbers. Call me negative but I'm being realistic.

The other posters are not saying that you are wrong, just that this is the wrong thread for that kind of talk. In fact, there is a notice about not doing this.
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Ban me. It's finals season.

Have you decided which school you would try transferring to?