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[Ruxin1]

I've heard it's really easy to get in.

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[Ruxin1]

I've heard it's really easy to get into to.

I think that's tcr, but maybe it's sarcasm ?

also, it's 3 years with jd/msw, so would you incur extra cost of tuition ?

Abandon ship

[gaud]

Came here expecting something different. Am disappoint.

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[Tiago Splitter]

Came here expecting something different. Am disappoint.

Me too. Thought the thread might take off when I saw:

I've heard it's really easy to get in.

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Came here expecting something different. Am disappoint.

Me too. Thought the thread might take off when I saw:

I've heard it's really easy to get in.

I just lol'd

[TheThriller]

There are many ways to enter into a JD/MSW (program)

[paratactical]

Came here expecting something different. Am disappoint.

Me too. Thought the thread might take off when I saw:

I've heard it's really easy to get in.

I just lol'd

I dunno. I heard only 50 have gotten in in the last 22 years.

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Para, you're right, but I've heard the rate of admission is actually quite high. Somewhere around 100%.

[JamMasterJ]

Came here expecting something different. Am disappoint.

lol this

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[gaud]

so i've been lurking / posting for enough time to get a sense of the tls community, but i have to say you guys never cease to amaze me. it's not surprising to hear peoples preconceptions of lawyers as scum, given the twat level of pretentious exemplified in the way you guys respond to innocent questions.

bring on the hate

lil breh, it seems you don't know what we're talking about. our comments are not about the jd/msw degree

[paratactical]

so i've been lurking / posting for enough time to get a sense of the tls community, but i have to say you guys never cease to amaze me. it's not surprising to hear peoples preconceptions of lawyers as scum, given the twat level of pretentious exemplified in the way you guys respond to innocent questions.

bring on the hate

Jokes. I get them.

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[dextermorgan]

thanks for clarifications. it's just a general feeling browsing tls, i'm sure you agree. a lot of first time posters get their shit derailed for the sake of lulz but it really detracts from tls being a decent place to go when you have a q

sorry for quick hate

Lawyers are assholes. Sorry.

For an actual answer to your question, I was a social worker and I'm a 1L now and honestly can't see the combined degree (especially from somewhere as expensive as Columbia) being worth it.

[JamMasterJ]

thanks for clarifications. it's just a general feeling browsing tls, i'm sure you agree. a lot of first time posters get their shit derailed for the sake of lulz but it really detracts from tls being a decent place to go when you have a q

sorry for quick hate

Really not intending to be a jerk, but if you don't like it here, why stick around?

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[NoodleyOne]

Bullshit, TLS is great. Not every topic can be treated with gravitas. The lulz breaks the monotony.

[Tiago Splitter]

In case you were curious OP, this is who we were talking about:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/m ... le&u=73560

No idea about your actual question. Sorry.

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[20121109]

Honestly, I was ready to lock/move it to the lounge before I realized you meant something completely different.

OP, don't take it personally. Your title is coincidentally the name of a prominent lounge poster on TLS so I apologize if your thread did not go as planned.

However, I do ask that regular posters keep the jokes to a minimum so OP can get some actual answers to his/her problem.

[twenty]

Some joint degrees make sense, a prominent one that comes to mind is Stanford's PhD/JD where both are fully funded. I'm sure there are similar joint-PhD programs that have the same deal going on, but that's the one I/everyone is aware of. Of course, the big problem with that is that you're in school for 7+ years...

A joint degree has to make sense. It seems like a lot of people (read: undergrads almost exclusively) see a JD as an opportunity to hide out in academia for three years, and hey, if you're already in academia, why not tack on an extra year and get even more degrees. This mentality is abundantly stupid (fun fact, it was also stupid in undergrad) unless you have 250k sitting around somewhere, and then it's only mostly stupid.

In a better economy where students from T14 schools had their pick of firms, a JD/MBA from somewhere like Penn could make sense. Unfortunately, the mythical entry level VC jobs that acted as a wormhole to becoming a hedge fund manager at age 30 are pretty much gone. If you want to do banking, go for an MBA. If you want to do law, go for a JD.

tl;dr, An MSW will not help anywhere close to enough to justify the joint degree.