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this should be stickied

Retake feature=180.

I messed around with it a bit when you posted it in your original charts thread, and was very impressed. My only suggestion would be to make the numerical scale 1-5; I don't think anyone is truly that nuanced in being able to decipher the difference between 4 and 6 when deciding between a region and another or the importance of prestige.

FeelTheHeat wrote:Retake feature=180.

I messed around with it a bit when you posted it in your original charts thread, and was very impressed. My only suggestion would be to make the numerical scale 1-5; I don't think anyone is truly that nuanced in being able to decipher the difference between 4 and 6 when deciding between a place or importance of prestige.

+1

Other than that, excellent job.

It says I should attend IUb over UGA lulz

You should monetize this with discreet Google Adwords -- this way you can pay for your hosting, etc., and maybe pay for some bar tabs.

But good work. Would love to see more schools and geographic locations though.

dougroberts wrote:You should monetize this with discreet Google Adwords -- this way you can pay for your hosting, etc., and maybe pay for some bar tabs.

But good work. Would love to see more schools and geographic locations though.

Yeah I was going to put some google ads on it eventually.

I can do more schools, however I can't break down the locations any further since this is the highest level of detail US News provides data for (well, the only thing I can do is separate the schools home state from the rest of its region).

Awesome!!

Regarding the prestige score, maybe like a 3-year average of the peer and/or lawyer+judge review scores from USNews?

tgir wrote:
Regarding the prestige score, maybe like a 3-year average of the peer and/or lawyer+judge review scores from USNews?

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Heh, it seems to have agreed with my decision, so I feel validated

Im also thinking of adding a feature so you can browse the database of schools and look at all my info on each school (placement stats, coa, maybe I'll add more). This is a pretty simple feature to add, so I'll probably have that added by the end of the day.

It told me I should attend Marquette even though I didn't even choose it as an option haha divine intervention? hmmm...

For biglaw placement, can I recommend using maybe the average of the past 3 years' NLJ250 placement or something similar? I think using just c/o 2009 data for that gives an inaccurate picture.

Otherwise, this is great.

Something helpful might be to add which states are represented by which region. For instance I have no idea what East North Central means. Granted I can guess, but would be helpful if it was defined.

theavrock wrote:Something helpful might be to add which states are represented by which region. For instance I have no idea what East North Central means. Granted I can guess, but would be helpful if it was defined.

Yeah I agree. Ive just been trying to figure out where to put the legend (pop-up, little box on the side, etc).

this is really awesome thanks a bunch for putting in the time and effort!

Nice job, it's pretty fun just messing around with that thing. I would also second the idea to average out employment stats from the past 3 years or something, as it's probably more accurate than using just one year. Also, I think the names for your geographic areas are sort of hard to understand. Where does Illinois fit in lol? Great job though.

Interesting. I added it to the Useful Links thread.

Pretty cool. Told me to go to the school I am attending now. Also I though it was lulzy how given my career goals UF got -640 points hah.

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I just added the legend for geographic regions, it comes up in a new window (not pretty, but gets the job done for now)

"You should attend University of Chicago based on your preferences."

Awesome work, OP!

mine told me i should've gone to vanderbilt over CLS. i've been feeling the same way for the past several months.

Perhaps more geographic option slots?

This is awesome, and it validated my decision. Thank you!