Is BC on a gradual decline? Forum

[Blindmelon]

Not that it really matters, but now that the assessment between BC/BU are the same, BC is going to have a really hard time climbing back up. Yes, BC raised their median LSAT, but so most other schools, except to do so BC had to admit a lot of weak splitters which lowered their GPA. Thats probably what pulled them down to 28.

Now with everything equal, yet BU being more selective, I wonder if it'll pull more stronger applicants from BC and just continue the trend.

Oh well. US News doesn't mean much at all - but I was a little disappointed to be behind UIUC - GW doesn't really bother me.

[Informative]

Not that it really matters, but now that the assessment between BC/BU are the same, BC is going to have a really hard time climbing back up. Yes, BC raised their median LSAT, but so most other schools, except to do so BC had to admit a lot of weak splitters which lowered their GPA. Thats probably what pulled them down to 28.

Now with everything equal, yet BU being more selective, I wonder if it'll pull more stronger applicants from BC and just continue the trend.

Oh well. US News doesn't mean much at all - but I was a little disappointed to be behind UIUC - GW doesn't really bother me.

So says the BU student. Haha. I don't think I would pick BU over BC, even given the rankings. Name recognition and reputation are more important to me and the consensus I get from talking to attorneys is that the schools are close but that BC places better in biglaw (backed up now by the NLJ250 rankings).

Eitherway, I agree with all the commenters that there really is no difference between the 18-30 schools as far as USNews is concerned. But when you look at Iowa/Indiana/Illinois/WUSTL, these schools just don't seem to place nearly as well in the top firms. Probably due to location (Other than Faegre, I can't think of a big firm with an Iowa presence).

[kams]

Not that it really matters, but now that the assessment between BC/BU are the same, BC is going to have a really hard time climbing back up. Yes, BC raised their median LSAT, but so most other schools, except to do so BC had to admit a lot of weak splitters which lowered their GPA. Thats probably what pulled them down to 28.

Now with everything equal, yet BU being more selective, I wonder if it'll pull more stronger applicants from BC and just continue the trend.

Oh well. US News doesn't mean much at all - but I was a little disappointed to be behind UIUC - GW doesn't really bother me.

So says the BU student. Haha. I don't think I would pick BU over BC, even given the rankings. Name recognition and reputation are more important to me and the consensus I get from talking to attorneys is that the schools are close but that BC places better in biglaw (backed up now by the NLJ250 rankings).

Eitherway, I agree with all the commenters that there really is no difference between the 18-30 schools as far as USNews is concerned. But when you look at Iowa/Indiana/Illinois/WUSTL, these schools just don't seem to place nearly as well in the top firms. Probably due to location (Other than Faegre, I can't think of a big firm with an Iowa presence).

BC placed better in biglaw?

[Blindmelon]

Yea, Informative you might want to look at the biglaw placement of BU/BC, its identical. Nice try trolling though.

[Informative]

True. I just saw that BU is catching up. Last year BC outranked BU by three or four spots.

[Informative]

Sorry, here is what I was looking at. Info was a bit stale.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&start=75

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=108517

[kams]

Yea, Informative you might want to look at the biglaw placement of BU/BC, its identical. Nice try trolling though.

You can't blame them man. Insecurity always wins out.

I'm pretty sure they'll find a way to justify their way past the whole assessment scores being the same as meaning nothing because they've "heard from people (probably other BC hopefuls on TLS) that BC is is better among the older crowd." Most of their arguments generally rest on hearsay.

[sullidop]

Sorry, here is what I was looking at. Info was a bit stale.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&start=75

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=108517

Interesting. The two years aren't really representative though. I'll be curious to see the number for this year when we'll really see what firms are committed to hiring from certain schools and who was just riding the high level of legal demand over the last 10 years.

[splinter23x]

I certainly don't think BC is on the decline anywhere except US News, which isn't real. I don't understand the US News thing. BC has a lower acceptance rate than any school above it until UCLA. Same with Fordham all the way up to UCLA, except for BC. US News clearly doesn't represent where students want to go, at least. And who chooses Indiana or Georgia over Fordham. What?

As for the BC vs. BU fight that erupted here, I always thought the schools were basically equal.

[tram988]

Even I, with my blatant BC bias have conceded that BU/BC are equal.

[OneSixtySix]

I wrestled with BU/BC and ultimately emerged from that debate with BU, for strictly personal reasons.

BC has the name recognition, no question. And historically they were ranked over BU (up until the past 10 years or so). However, BU is well known for its powerhouse faculty. Also there is something to be said for the quality of a school to overcome that godwaful campus.

[sullidop]

I wrestled with BU/BC and ultimately emerged from that debate with BU, for strictly personal reasons.

BC has the name recognition, no question. And historically they were ranked over BU (up until the past 10 years or so). However, BU is well known for its powerhouse faculty. Also there is something to be said for the quality of a school to overcome that godwaful campus.

It's sad because they want to tear that tower down, but the city won't let them because it's one of the few examples of "brutalist" architecture. Maybe this is why BU's property classes are oriented more towards owners' rights...

[OneSixtySix]

I wrestled with BU/BC and ultimately emerged from that debate with BU, for strictly personal reasons.

BC has the name recognition, no question. And historically they were ranked over BU (up until the past 10 years or so). However, BU is well known for its powerhouse faculty. Also there is something to be said for the quality of a school to overcome that godwaful campus.

It's sad because they want to tear that tower down, but the city won't let them because it's one of the few examples of "brutalist" architecture. Maybe this is why BU's property classes are oriented more towards owners' rights...

I recall reading an article about that. I laughed to myself that city is arguing the law tower cannot be torn down simply because its huge and ugly in a city that is compact and relatively beautiful (I say relatively because the month of February exists).

I keep trying to use it as a detractor against BU for my own personal decision, but in the end its beyond irrelevant.

[danquayle]

Frank Galvin went to BC.

BC (Galvin) > BU (No Galvin).

[sullidop]

Ha, yes and Jack Ryan went there undergrad. BC has a storied tradition of fictional alumni.