DF Thread Forum

[KD35]

As a dude who got into HLS and YLS and chose HLS, the simple answers are: (1) I liked Cambridge/Boston way better than New Haven, (2) I liked the idea of a bigger environment (See, e.g., Federalist Number 10), (3) I went to a New Haven-type town for undergrad. and was utterly miserable, (4) Cambridge>>>>New Haven, and (5) See (4), (3) and (1).

Did I make the rational choice? Probs not. Am I happy? Yeah. Any regrets? Nah.

A note: I know people at YLS and HLS and though they are all "intelligent" in a conventional sense, my I think the added neuroticism, egos, inflated sense of importance, gunnerish-ness, etc. outweigh the pros of these people. I'm pretty jaded though. Dunno if this post makes sense but it's 12:30 AM and I'm too lazy to edit it again.

You just cited Federalist No. 10 as a defense in a thread calling you and your pals socially off.

On a scale of 1 to drunk, how many beers deep are you?

sober enough to drive home from the bar asshole

Apologies, was referring to CicerBro for citing Federalist #10.

[lacrossebrother]

gotcha

[CicerBRo]

As a dude who got into HLS and YLS and chose HLS, the simple answers are: (1) I liked Cambridge/Boston way better than New Haven, (2) I liked the idea of a bigger environment (See, e.g., Federalist Number 10), (3) I went to a New Haven-type town for undergrad. and was utterly miserable, (4) Cambridge>>>>New Haven, and (5) See (4), (3) and (1).

Did I make the rational choice? Probs not. Am I happy? Yeah. Any regrets? Nah.

A note: I know people at YLS and HLS and though they are all "intelligent" in a conventional sense, my I think the added neuroticism, egos, inflated sense of importance, gunnerish-ness, etc. outweigh the pros of these people. I'm pretty jaded though. Dunno if this post makes sense but it's 12:30 AM and I'm too lazy to edit it again.

You just cited Federalist No. 10 as a defense in a thread calling you and your pals socially off.

On a scale of 1 to drunk, how many beers deep are you?

It's 2L man, and a Thursday night, and I went to a party school for UG. I hope that answers the question.

[yomisterd]

why not yale? didn't get in. why not? no clue maybe they already had seven people with my background and didn't want eight. do I care? why am I responding to this thread? who gives a fuck? all worthwhile questions.

[metroidbum]

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[jingosaur]

Think twice before accepting harvard. A coworker asked a HLS grad, why not Yale and the person just stammered and looked visibly ashamed.

My answer is "I didn't apply. I knew I wanted to do corporate law from the start and I wanted to leverage HLS's network in corporate law that Yale lacks and HBS's resources for business education."

Maybe you should forward this answer to your coworker.

[KD35]

It's 2L man, and a Thursday night, and I went to a party school for UG. I hope that answers the question.

Valid answer.

[Desert Fox]

Think twice before accepting harvard. A coworker asked a HLS grad, why not Yale and the person just stammered and looked visibly ashamed.

My answer is "I didn't apply. I knew I wanted to do corporate law from the start and I wanted to leverage HLS's network in corporate law that Yale lacks and HBS's resources for business education."

Maybe you should forward this answer to your coworker.

Obviously this doesn't apply if you are doing a jd mba.

[stellina]

There are multiple people taking this thread seriously.

I'm so glad I got out of the law school game while I had the chance.

[sublime]

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[moonman157]

Who the hell is ever going to ask this question and expect a serious response, other than in some alternate universe where DF is desperate to try to make HLS grads feel bad about their life choices

[Pragmatic Gun]

In defense of DF, while his style is satirical, he always has a point to make or a question to raise. He's a successful gadfly. I can already see this thread reaching four pages.

[Pneumonia]

Idk, the usual HLS apologists haven't jumped in yet

[Cicero76]

DF your premise is wrong. Every time I meet an HLS bro they break down crying, completely unprompted, and tell me the story of how the entire sub-par future of their life was decided the moment that they accepted their offer at Cambridge Degree Mill. They generally begin to weep when they get around to describing all the ways that one moment of indecision led to a life of unprestigious mediocrity.

You don't have to ask them "Why not Yale?" It's their icebreaker once they realize you're a LAWYER.

[AOT]

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[Pneumonia]

DF your premise is wrong. Every time I meet an HLS bro they break down crying, completely unprompted, and tell me the story of how the entire sub-par future of their life was decided the moment that they accepted their offer at Cambridge Degree Mill. They generally begin to weep when they get around to describing all the ways that one moment of indecision led to a life of unprestigious mediocrity.

You don't have to ask them "Why not Yale?" It's their icebreaker once they realize you're a LAWYER.

Yep.

[Winston1984]

The inability of many to take sarcasm is strong in this thread.

[CicerBRo]

DF your premise is wrong. Every time I meet an HLS bro they break down crying, completely unprompted, and tell me the story of how the entire sub-par future of their life was decided the moment that they accepted their offer at Cambridge Degree Mill. They generally begin to weep when they get around to describing all the ways that one moment of indecision led to a life of unprestigious mediocrity.

You don't have to ask them "Why not Yale?" It's their icebreaker once they realize you're a LAWYER.

I am honored to share a name with you.

[Pragmatic Gun]

Don't defile the name of that good Roman orator.

[Rhymes With Wolf]

I am honored to share a name with you.

Oh, I get it. Because he goes to Yale?

[Desert Fox]

lol at the jealously at the Yale student.

[CicerBRo]

I am honored to share a name with you.

Oh, I get it. Because he goes to Yale?

Yes. And because of his Gandalf-avatar.

[star fox]

Feel like that could apply to pretty much anyone not at Yale; Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Northwestern.

I mean, it's like asking someone who goes to, say, NU "why not Columbia" when the obvious answer is "numbers".

But it's not the same. Since like I said the difference between HLS and YLS is not numbers.

Yeah, it's softs. Still a short, obvious, one word answer.

Not sure what this thread is getting at. YLS only accepts (not matriculates, accepts) 250 people out of some 50,000 total applicants in the cycle each year. There will be people who are chill and have good softs at HLS and below who didn't have top-250-in-cycle softs, doesn't indicate a character flaw or that they were schoolbots during undergrad.

He's just playing at the inadequacy HLS grads feel whenever a lay person is like " oh wow Harvard. Best law school in the country!"

[Pneumonia]

He's just playing at the inadequacy HLS grads feel whenever a lay person is like " oh wow Harvard. Best law school in the country!"

Some embrace it, some qualify it, and some adamantly defend it; none do so unashamedly

[Cicero76]

I am honored to share a name with you.

Oh, I get it. Because he goes to Yale?

Yes. And because of his Gandalf-avatar.

There can only be one. We should highlander battle.