What's making me question the premise that the bottom of the class at Cornell is fucked as far as biglaw goes, is that their fed clerk/biglaw placement has been 60%+ the last couple years. Granted, that's including predominantly NYC biglaw placement. Although, given how much of an advantage biglaw seems to give you for your overall career trajectory, I'd settle for NYC if it meant having that advantage and the ability to pay my large loan balance. But, yes, once you venture into the bottom 40%, then I agree that it looks like you're screwed for biglaw. I'm not suggesting median or slightly below is a desirable position, only that biglaw seems doable if you're at median or a little below.Informative wrote:Given the money and the fact that BC is one of the better schools you can attend for Boston biglaw, I would take the money and give it a shot. Bottom of the class at any of the three aren't getting you into Boston biglaw, but from UVA or Cornell, you aren't a shoe in even in the top half.
I posted in the OP how I see myself miserable at a NYC firm doing biglaw, and I don't retract that. I think I would be. But it's not like I wouldn't be miserable, as far as I can tell, in Boston biglaw or small law. I'd just be a little less miserable in Boston with the biglaw demands due to being close to home and in a place I'm familiar, with friends and family already there.
