Full Ride HLS or no scholarship SLS Forum

sonyvaio18 · Post by **sonyvaio18** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:02 am

I got a fellowship at HLS, which covers law school tuition for 3 years. I feel incredibly lucky to get this, but people have informally told me that there is better mentorship, student culture, and placement into legal academia at SLS. The problem with this is that the benefits at SLS are not as quantifiable as the money from HLS. I'm leaning towards taking the money as a result, but I wanted to see what others might say about this predicament.

HankBashir · Post by **HankBashir** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:12 am

Take the money and run, imo.

Cellar-door · Post by **Cellar-door** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:16 am

Take the money.

Brettanomyces · Post by **Brettanomyces** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:22 am

You're not going to find a single person on this forum tell you that SLS is the right choice in this scenario.

Unless, of course, money doesn't mean shit to you and you've got a ton of it lying around.

manu6926 · Post by **manu6926** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:52 am

drawstring · Post by **drawstring** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:00 am

sonyvaio18 wrote:I got a fellowship at HLS, which covers law school tuition for 3 years. I feel incredibly lucky to get this, but people have informally told me that there is better mentorship, student culture, and placement into legal academia at SLS. The problem with this is that the benefits at SLS are not as quantifiable as the money from HLS. I'm leaning towards taking the money as a result, but I wanted to see what others might say about this predicament.

not sure if serious.........

It's hard for me to imagine that someone chosen to be a fellow would not have great mentorship opportunities at HLS, and you'd also have significantly less to pay off (although maybe you're loaded and that doesn't matter). Legal academia is very tough to land, and we could be talking about a tiny difference in probabilities that isn't worth the extra $$$ you'd have to pay at SLS.

Besides, who told you those things and have you looked into the specific figures yourself?

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:43 am

#firstworldpredicaments

$peppercorn · Post by **$peppercorn** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:46 am

Dude, without question: take the money at Harvard

ph14 · Post by **ph14** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:38 am

What full tuition scholarship does Harvard award? Complete flame.

Pancakes12 · Post by **Pancakes12** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:39 am

Stanford no question

michlaw · Post by **michlaw** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:16 am

Nero fiddles while op ponders...

exitoptions · Post by **exitoptions** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:30 am

You'll never be complete unless you go to Yale.

manu6926 · Post by **manu6926** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:31 am

jk148706 · Post by **jk148706** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:39 am

Pancakes12 wrote:Stanford no question

Lold irl

Lannister_JD · Post by **Lannister_JD** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:58 am

anyone else think this is a sls troll?

ph14 · Post by **ph14** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:11 pm

Lannister_JD wrote:anyone else think this is a sls troll?

ph14 wrote:What full tuition scholarship does Harvard award? Complete flame.

It's not exactly subtle.

jbagelboy · Post by **jbagelboy** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:15 pm

Harvard is objectively superior to Stanford for academia anyway.

Pancakes12 · Post by **Pancakes12** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 2:15 pm

Maybe leverage your S acceptance to negotiate a living stipend at H? Then, and only then, would I maybe take H

twenty · Post by **twenty** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 2:25 pm

yeah, calling flame.

aboutmydaylight · Post by **aboutmydaylight** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:23 pm

In what scenario does someone get a full ride at H and no money at S? This didn't happen.

hcrimson2014 · Post by **hcrimson2014** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:33 pm

aboutmydaylight wrote:In what scenario does someone get a full ride at H and no money at S? This didn't happen.

Maybe he has one of those last names in which someone has established a scholarship for in Harvard but not in Stanford.

aboutmydaylight · Post by **aboutmydaylight** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:40 pm

hcrimson2014 wrote:
aboutmydaylight wrote:In what scenario does someone get a full ride at H and no money at S? This didn't happen.
Maybe he has one of those last names in which someone has established a scholarship for in Harvard but not in Stanford.

Then he wouldn't be on TLS asking a bunch of randoms.

moopness · Post by **moopness** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:47 pm

aboutmydaylight wrote:
hcrimson2014 wrote:
aboutmydaylight wrote:In what scenario does someone get a full ride at H and no money at S? This didn't happen.
Maybe he has one of those last names in which someone has established a scholarship for in Harvard but not in Stanford.
Then he wouldn't be on TLS asking a bunch of ~~randoms~~ plebs.

ftfy

ManoftheHour · Post by **ManoftheHour** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:55 pm

Neither. Law school is a scam. Don't go.

DportIA · Post by **DportIA** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:38 pm

troll

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