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Does anyone else here think that GW, Emory, BU, BC are a ripoff. I mean, how can someone pay that whole tuition? Even Georgetown is overrated in my book

Top14orGoHome wrote:Does anyone else here think that GW, Emory, BU, BC are a ripoff. I mean, how can someone pay that whole tuition? Even Georgetown is overrated in my book

Then perhaps you should switch your username to Top13orGoHome...

Also, "overrated" and "overpriced" are two entirely different things

Obvious april fools troll is obvious.

I'm reasonably certain that BU/BC and Emory are the best values of the T-30. BU/BC are always top 10 for career prospects in the Princeton Review and Emory throws scholarship money at median candidates.

Cupidity wrote:I'm reasonably certain that BU/BC and Emory are the best values of the T-30. BU/BC are always top 10 for career prospects in the Princeton Review and Emory throws scholarship money at median candidates.

Wait how is Emory a good value? They cut down their scholarship money significantly this year. Numbers that used to yield 90K now yield between 50-70K. They also don't place much better than UGA for more than twice the price (if you're a GA resident.)

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doinmybest wrote:

Cupidity wrote:I'm reasonably certain that BU/BC and Emory are the best values of the T-30. BU/BC are always top 10 for career prospects in the Princeton Review and Emory throws scholarship money at median candidates.

Wait how is Emory a good value? They cut down their scholarship money significantly this year. Numbers that used to yield 90K now yield between 50-70K. They also don't place much better than UGA for more than twice the price (if you're a GA resident.)

Everyone cut down their scholarship money. Recesssssiiiioooon....

doinmybest wrote:

Cupidity wrote:I'm reasonably certain that BU/BC and Emory are the best values of the T-30. BU/BC are always top 10 for career prospects in the Princeton Review and Emory throws scholarship money at median candidates.

Wait how is Emory a good value? They cut down their scholarship money significantly this year. Numbers that used to yield 90K now yield between 50-70K. They also don't place much better than UGA for more than twice the price (if you're a GA resident.)

Troof.

Top14orGoHome wrote:Does anyone else here think that GW, Emory, BU, BC are a ripoff. I mean, how can someone pay that whole tuition? Even Georgetown is overrated in my book

I wouldn't pay full tuition at GW or Georgetown because I don't want to work in DC or NOVa but that's just me. (or Emory cause I wouldn't want GA)

Of those schools only Georgetown is overrated in the sense of rankings (maybe Emory too). I think Vandy, UT, USC, and UCLA out perform them.

There is a value in being located in DC, Boston, or Atlanta. It makes summer employment, networking, and flights around the country much easier. For those who are married, like myself, it is better to have a strong job market for a spouse too.

For example, I could go to UGA for ~$30k less than Emory, but if I lived in Athens I'd have to leave during the summer, and my wife would have a hard time finding employment. UGA is a better deal for some, but not all.

Top14orGoHome wrote:Does anyone else here think that GW, Emory, BU, BC are a ripoff. I mean, how can someone pay that whole tuition? Even Georgetown is overrated in my book

This seems like a targeted attack...Did they all reject you? I would probably start my tuition gripes with USC or Brooklyn law...

hannibalhamlin61 wrote:

Top14orGoHome wrote:Does anyone else here think that GW, Emory, BU, BC are a ripoff. I mean, how can someone pay that whole tuition? Even Georgetown is overrated in my book

This seems like a targeted attack...Did they all reject you? I would probably start my tuition gripes with USC or Brooklyn law...

Haha like!! I'm excited to move back to Atlanta!! Top 14 or go home? pleaaasssee since when can 14 schools produce enough (great) lawyers for this country? (what with the high suicide rates in the t14, then later in the top firms and all). Truthfully though, it is illogical to choose the bottom half of most t14's for jobs over the top 10-20% of the top 25 or 30. It's not like us T20's are going to florida coastal, we didn't just take the LSAT for the sake of taking it and get in. We do have some merit based accomplishments, believe it or not.

Cupidity wrote:I'm reasonably certain that BU/BC and Emory are the best values of the T-30. BU/BC are always top 10 for career prospects in the Princeton Review and Emory throws scholarship money at median candidates.

Questions: Where can I see these Princeton Review rankings, and how much credence should one give them? (Obviously, we all give much credence to the USNWR rankings.) Also, how much credence should one give to Brian Leiter's rankings?

AllBusiness wrote:

Cupidity wrote:I'm reasonably certain that BU/BC and Emory are the best values of the T-30. BU/BC are always top 10 for career prospects in the Princeton Review and Emory throws scholarship money at median candidates.

Questions: Where can I see these Princeton Review rankings, and how much credence should one give them? (Obviously, we all give much credence to the USNWR rankings.) Also, how much credence should one give to Brian Leiter's rankings?

Give credence to whatever you please. But USNWR gets cred here because employers give it cred. Which turns to a pretty nice correlation to job prospects. Leiter tends to give emphatic nuance to certain aspects of different rankings. E.g. academic publications/citations; biglaw firm placement etc. Princeton review? They don't give overall rankings; just niche aspects of top-law-schools.com. And you can't see them unless you subscribe.

rando wrote:

AllBusiness wrote:

Cupidity wrote:I'm reasonably certain that BU/BC and Emory are the best values of the T-30. BU/BC are always top 10 for career prospects in the Princeton Review and Emory throws scholarship money at median candidates.

Questions: Where can I see these Princeton Review rankings, and how much credence should one give them? (Obviously, we all give much credence to the USNWR rankings.) Also, how much credence should one give to Brian Leiter's rankings?

Give credence to whatever you please. But USNWR gets cred here because employers give it cred. Which turns to a pretty nice correlation to job prospects. Leiter tends to give emphatic nuance to certain aspects of different rankings. E.g. academic publications/citations; biglaw firm placement etc. Princeton review? They don't give overall rankings; just niche aspects of top-law-schools.com. And you can't see them unless you subscribe.

Thanks. I'll take a closer look at Leiter's rankings sometime. I have at least a moderate amount of confidence in them if only for the reason that I kind of like Brian Leiter, at least his internet persona.

Does anyone know where I can score a pirated copy of the Princeton Review rankings? I'm talking about breaking the rules here.

AllBusiness wrote:
Thanks. I'll take a closer look at Leiter's rankings sometime. I have at least a moderate amount of confidence in them if only for the reason that I kind of like Brian Leiter, at least his internet persona.

Does anyone know where I can score a pirated copy of the Princeton Review rankings? I'm talking about breaking the rules here.

Leiter is legit. But is an academic. Take it fwiw. I wouldn't worry too much about PR rankings. It is based on student data. But it will give you an idea of what students think about the school

The T-14.

rando wrote:

AllBusiness wrote:
Thanks. I'll take a closer look at Leiter's rankings sometime. I have at least a moderate amount of confidence in them if only for the reason that I kind of like Brian Leiter, at least his internet persona.

Does anyone know where I can score a pirated copy of the Princeton Review rankings? I'm talking about breaking the rules here.

Leiter is legit. But is an academic. Take it fwiw. I wouldn't worry too much about PR rankings. It is based on student data. But it will give you an idea of what students think about the school

+1 Leiter's numbers are solid for the most part, and when they are not he will tell you so and explain their shortcomings. Don't even waste time looking at the Princeton Review rankings. It could not be more useless. For instance in the "Best Career Prospects" ranking Yale and Columbia don't make the top-ten, but Boston U and Boston College are 6 and 7 respectively. Its one of those things where somebody throws together a list and five of the schools make sense and then they throw in a bunch of other random schools. The other categories they use to rank aren't even really all that relevant. Leiter's categories on the other hand are at least consequential.

I'm shocked there isn't any anti-GULC/t13 trolling here.

My vote for overrated? Fordham and William and Mary.

Rating schools is overrated.