NYU vs Columbia (both sticker) Forum

[zanda]

I've only been a student at NYU, so I can't say one is better than the other. I've loved NYU. In my 2 and a half years here, all but 2 of my profs had been at least very good if not better. The students are generally cool, the neighborhood is great, and though the market sucks it sucks a lot less at schools like CNN (which I'm sure you already knew).

[Guchster]

I've only been a student at NYU, so I can't say one is better than the other. I've loved NYU. In my 2 and a half years here, all but 2 of my profs had been at least very good if not better. The students are generally cool, the neighborhood is great, and though the market sucks it sucks a lot less at schools like CNN (which I'm sure you already knew).

*Yawn* tl;dr

[sky7]

Do you enjoy impressing people that know nothing about law?

If so, choose Columbia. Milk that lay prestige!

[Guchster]

Anyway, 0Ls, go to Columbia.

To clarify, that is short hand for the University of the District of Columbia (http://www.law.udc.edu/).

ETA: You can see what a kickass school it is right on their homepage!

Ranked 10th in the U.S. for Clinics and 2nd for Diversity by US News & World Report
3 Top-Ten Rankings in The Princeton

And the neighborhood is nice! http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 8&t=126480

OMG... that thread gave me the scareds. People think like that?

Wow, get your facts str8. the neighborhood's nice-ness is 2nd only to its bar passage rate. 36% MD bar passage rate in 2005 at UDC. (quoted from that forum, so you know this is accurate). Far higher than its peer schools! I'd like to see NYLS numbers!

[Perdevise]

So I am understanding correctly that the decision is between UDC and NYLS?

UDC is better for public interest and NYLS is better for biglaw.

Correct. But either one will open up doors to pretty much every firm and every PI organization/government job. You really can't go wrong with these as options.

I lost it here. Bravo.

[Guchster]

So I am understanding correctly that the decision is between UDC and NYLS?

UDC is better for public interest and NYLS is better for biglaw.

Correct. But either one will open up doors to pretty much every firm and every PI organization/government job. You really can't go wrong with these as options.

I lost it here. Bravo.

Yeah i lost it here too, I mean these posters assume everyone will be finish in top 50% of zer class, but lets be honest, 1/2 the class will not finish in the top half (I studied stats in college, bro).

Can anyone tell me, though, if you need to finish in top 50% for big law at UDC? I think after torts, I'll be around 79% (bottom). Advice?

*thread hijack* (taking notes form Dixie)

[ahduth]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

[thelaststraw05]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

#1 - You thinking going to NYU would be ironic.

[kaiser]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

Because there are people like you at Columbia...

[ahduth]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

Because there are people like you at Columbia...

No no no, there are people like me at NYU. I have no clue what goes on uptown.

[kaiser]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

Because there are people like you at Columbia...

No no no, there are people like me at NYU. I have no clue what goes on uptown.

Haha, gotcha. To be honest though, I think its the lay prestige that would have ultimately swayed me if I had the choice of both. I mean, I go to NYU, and its awesome. No doubt about it. But if I had no connection to either school, I think I probably would have been swayed by the prestigewhore in me. I don't really care about neighborhoods all that much, and getting biglaw jobs in a decent economy is easy out of either school. So I could certainly see why, if I had to make the unbiased choice of where to attend, I probably would have chosen uptown.

[snehpets]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

I'm pretty sure you're just being ridiculous, but you picked NYU over CLS, right?

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&start=25

(I like NYU better than CLS and am desperate for validation... )

[Guchster]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

Because there are people like you at Columbia...

U mad 2?!

Why is everyone mad at NYU? Dixie, come get your cousin.

[Guchster]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

I'm pretty sure you're just being ridiculous, but you picked NYU over CLS, right?

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&start=25

(I like NYU better than CLS and am desperate for validation... )

They're both shitty scam schools. CHECK UR FACTS! There's plenty of info about this in the forum. You just need to forum search "scam schools" also New York Times and Washington Post has great info about why it's not worth it to get a law degree at these kinds of places.

[snehpets]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

I'm pretty sure you're just being ridiculous, but you picked NYU over CLS, right?

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&start=25

(I like NYU better than CLS and am desperate for validation... )

They're both shitty scam schools. CHECK UR FACTS! There's plenty of info about this in the forum. You just need to forum search "scam schools" also New York Times and Washington Post has great info about why it's not worth it to get a law degree at these kinds of places.


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[birdlaw117]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

I'm pretty sure you're just being ridiculous, but you picked NYU over CLS, right?

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&start=25

(I like NYU better than CLS and am desperate for validation... )

Yeah, ahduth chose NYU over CLS. I would have, but I didn't get into CLS, so I didn't actually have the choice to make. Plenty of people choose NYU over CLS every year. If you have the choice between NYU and CLS you can't make a bad decision.

[birdlaw117]

Also this:

They're both shitty scam schools. CHECK UR FACTS! There's plenty of info about this in the forum. You just need to forum search "scam schools" also New York Times and Washington Post has great info about why it's not worth it to get a law degree at these kinds of places.

[dixiecupdrinking]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

I'm pretty sure you're just being ridiculous, but you picked NYU over CLS, right?

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&start=25

(I like NYU better than CLS and am desperate for validation... )

Yeah, ahduth chose NYU over CLS. I would have, but I didn't get into CLS, so I didn't actually have the choice to make. Plenty of people choose NYU over CLS every year. If you have the choice between NYU and CLS you can't make a bad decision.

I did too. I used to be kinda defensive about it but honestly NYU just made a tiny bit more sense for me for a couple of reasons. At least to me, they feel like similar but still distinct schools. I'd be surprised if you can visit both and not have some gut feeling about where you'd be happier.

[Guchster]

Yeah, I see little to no reason to enroll at NYU, if you've gotten into Columbia. Can we have a list of the reasons you'd want to enroll in NYU, given this?

I'm pretty sure you're just being ridiculous, but you picked NYU over CLS, right?

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&start=25

(I like NYU better than CLS and am desperate for validation... )

Yeah, ahduth chose NYU over CLS. I would have, but I didn't get into CLS, so I didn't actually have the choice to make. Plenty of people choose NYU over CLS every year. If you have the choice between NYU and CLS you can't make a bad decision.

I did too. I used to be kinda defensive about it but honestly NYU just made a tiny bit more sense for me for a couple of reasons. At least to me, they feel like similar but still distinct schools. I'd be surprised if you can visit both and not have some gut feeling about where you'd be happier.

Dixie you're "insufferable"!

[jbc7]

serious answers please

[crit_racer]

go to whichever school you like more...both are outstanding.

[chasgoose]

The correct answer is get into both and then use the CLS acceptance to squeeze a little money out of NYU. Then go to NYU and save $25k...

[ahduth]

serious answers please

Always pick the Ivy over the state school.

[chasgoose]

serious answers please

Always pick the Ivy over the state school.

You're right ahduth, what's 25k when you can have an IVY LEAGUE DEGREE! The doors that will open are worth 25k ALONE.

[BiglawOrBust]

To be semi-helpful, just visit the two schools. CLS = quieter, shittier neighborhood, but you get a campus, so that's cool. NYU = busier, better nightlife, but you get hipsters, so very many hipsters. Also, if you go to NYU you have to deal with me, so that's another negative. It's looking like CLS is the clear winner upon further review.

Ugh hipsters.

Some of them are hot though.

You're too mainstream for them.

And OP is clearly a troll.