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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Michigan is better
But if you got into Michigan you probably have better options, like Cornell
But if you got into Michigan you probably have better options, like Cornell
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
^agree. Cornell is tcr
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Cornell is not *always* better than Michigan. Depends on target market and price.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Would much rather spend 3 years in Ann Arbor than
Ithaca (yawn)
or
DC (expensive sauna)
But GTTTown or Cornell for east coast
Ithaca (yawn)
or
DC (expensive sauna)
But GTTTown or Cornell for east coast
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
i.e. Cornell places a substantial number of students in NYC while Michigan only around 20% NYC and the rest in CA, Chicago, Michiganjbagelboy wrote:Cornell is not *always* better than Michigan. Depends on target market and price.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Q: GULC or Michigan?
A: Maybe Cornell.
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A: Maybe Cornell.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan
Make the choice dependent on what type of jacket you would like to wear in November
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Just cuz OPs' love false dichotomies doesn't mean we have to let them win broCapitol_Idea wrote:Q: GULC or Michigan?
A: Maybe Cornell.
Only TLS.
Eta: it's not like this is an actual choice faced by the OP either. No way he deserves to win this one.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
ur right lets stick to USNWRCapitol_Idea wrote:Q: GULC or Michigan?
A: Maybe Cornell.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Rumor has it that Michigan Career Services claimed that >60% of 2L's who took part in OCI got biglaw this past year, then that + clerkships. Would be interesting to know what % of the class took part in OCI.
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Every year this will be the year that Michigan turns it around, every year it's the same old Michigan.Fiddlesticks wrote:Rumor has it that Michigan Career Services claimed that >60% of 2L's who took part in OCI got biglaw this past year, then that + clerkships. Would be interesting to know what % of the class took part in OCI.
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I think this is actually likely and doesn't necessarily mean M improved its numbers. CS claimed that 60% of 2ls who took part in OCI so a subgroup of the class.. don't know how many do not participate thoughBigZuck wrote:Every year this will be the year that Michigan turns it around, every year it's the same old Michigan.Fiddlesticks wrote:Rumor has it that Michigan Career Services claimed that >60% of 2L's who took part in OCI got biglaw this past year, then that + clerkships. Would be interesting to know what % of the class took part in OCI.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
I spit my water out; congratsCapitol_Idea wrote:Q: GULC or Michigan?
A: Maybe Cornell.
Only TLS.
With that said, why is Cornell a better option than Michigan? Just because of its NYC placement?
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60% success rate is weak for a T14mvp99 wrote:I think this is actually likely and doesn't necessarily mean M improved its numbers. CS claimed that 60% of 2ls who took part in OCI so a subgroup of the class.. don't know how many do not participate thoughBigZuck wrote:Every year this will be the year that Michigan turns it around, every year it's the same old Michigan.Fiddlesticks wrote:Rumor has it that Michigan Career Services claimed that >60% of 2L's who took part in OCI got biglaw this past year, then that + clerkships. Would be interesting to know what % of the class took part in OCI.
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Yeah, that sounds pretty bad. I'm no mathlete, but that sounds worse than GULC when you factor in the third of our class that doesn't do OCI.jbagelboy wrote:60% success rate is weak for a T14mvp99 wrote:I think this is actually likely and doesn't necessarily mean M improved its numbers. CS claimed that 60% of 2ls who took part in OCI so a subgroup of the class.. don't know how many do not participate thoughBigZuck wrote:Every year this will be the year that Michigan turns it around, every year it's the same old Michigan.Fiddlesticks wrote:Rumor has it that Michigan Career Services claimed that >60% of 2L's who took part in OCI got biglaw this past year, then that + clerkships. Would be interesting to know what % of the class took part in OCI.
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Well, people that don't participate in OCI at all are not counted in the denominator of the success rate.Glasseyes wrote:Yeah, that sounds pretty bad. I'm no mathlete, but that sounds worse than GULC when you factor in the third of our class that doesn't do OCI.jbagelboy wrote:60% success rate is weak for a T14mvp99 wrote:I think this is actually likely and doesn't necessarily mean M improved its numbers. CS claimed that 60% of 2ls who took part in OCI so a subgroup of the class.. don't know how many do not participate thoughBigZuck wrote:Every year this will be the year that Michigan turns it around, every year it's the same old Michigan.Fiddlesticks wrote:Rumor has it that Michigan Career Services claimed that >60% of 2L's who took part in OCI got biglaw this past year, then that + clerkships. Would be interesting to know what % of the class took part in OCI.
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Right, right. Rough math: GULC places half-ish the class (just under) in biglaw, but the PI focused kids and a lot of below median folks don't bother with OCI. Forget where I heard 2/3 of the class does OCI, but I heard it somewhere. If that number is true, and half of the total CLASS gets biglaw, that's like ~75% success rate at OCI?jbagelboy wrote:Well, people that don't participate in OCI at all are not counted in the denominator of the success rate.Glasseyes wrote:Yeah, that sounds pretty bad. I'm no mathlete, but that sounds worse than GULC when you factor in the third of our class that doesn't do OCI.jbagelboy wrote:60% success rate is weak for a T14mvp99 wrote:I think this is actually likely and doesn't necessarily mean M improved its numbers. CS claimed that 60% of 2ls who took part in OCI so a subgroup of the class.. don't know how many do not participate thoughBigZuck wrote:Every year this will be the year that Michigan turns it around, every year it's the same old Michigan.Fiddlesticks wrote:Rumor has it that Michigan Career Services claimed that >60% of 2L's who took part in OCI got biglaw this past year, then that + clerkships. Would be interesting to know what % of the class took part in OCI.
Lol Dean Z. Just lol.
I suppose the half-ish biglaw numbers will also include 3L OCI and mass mailing, so my underlying assumptions probably don't add up. Still, 60% at Michigan sounds bad.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Just to clear up a few Michigan things: 2016 employment data is going to be an improvement over past years, and we've been saying this on here for two years now, about that class in particular. It's better than Georgetown as things stand now.
Also, the 20 percent go to New York bit is a garbage argument. Practically everyone on TLS makes the same b.s. Cornell arguments. But they ignore the fact that Cornell appears to feed into mediocre New York big law simply because everyone at Cornell is ok with New York big law. It's the easiest market in the country; everyone who goes to a T14 law school and has done OCI knows that. It you go to Cornell, you're saying you're ok with living in New York, whereas those students who go to the Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, or Berkley are making a different choice despite the ability to go to Cornell and end up working at some bottom rung 160 shop in New York for less. You're more likely to make 160 and work at a 500+ person firm if you're looking at New York than ANYWHERE else (regardless of what school you went to). It's not that Cornell students do better interviewing with those firms; it's that everyone does well interviewing in New York and Cornell students are highly predisposed to be willing to work in New York. I like going to a place where lots of people have different ambitions. Why do you think that, despite being offered by a New York based firm, Cornell is horrible at landing its grads with prestigious non-big law jobs? See http://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/congratu ... fellows/2/.
Georgetown is a fine school. I could have gone there for less than I paid to attend Michigan and I thought about it, but I'm happy I chose Michigan. The living is easier/cheaper and the law school community is tighter. Plus, the sports and great; the job outcomes are better; the campus is more attractive; and I am willing to bet that I have a vastly better relationship with my professors than I would have had at georgetown.
Also, the 20 percent go to New York bit is a garbage argument. Practically everyone on TLS makes the same b.s. Cornell arguments. But they ignore the fact that Cornell appears to feed into mediocre New York big law simply because everyone at Cornell is ok with New York big law. It's the easiest market in the country; everyone who goes to a T14 law school and has done OCI knows that. It you go to Cornell, you're saying you're ok with living in New York, whereas those students who go to the Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, or Berkley are making a different choice despite the ability to go to Cornell and end up working at some bottom rung 160 shop in New York for less. You're more likely to make 160 and work at a 500+ person firm if you're looking at New York than ANYWHERE else (regardless of what school you went to). It's not that Cornell students do better interviewing with those firms; it's that everyone does well interviewing in New York and Cornell students are highly predisposed to be willing to work in New York. I like going to a place where lots of people have different ambitions. Why do you think that, despite being offered by a New York based firm, Cornell is horrible at landing its grads with prestigious non-big law jobs? See http://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/congratu ... fellows/2/.
Georgetown is a fine school. I could have gone there for less than I paid to attend Michigan and I thought about it, but I'm happy I chose Michigan. The living is easier/cheaper and the law school community is tighter. Plus, the sports and great; the job outcomes are better; the campus is more attractive; and I am willing to bet that I have a vastly better relationship with my professors than I would have had at georgetown.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
We'll go ahead and mark you down as a Michigan Man thenCTT wrote:Just to clear up a few Michigan things: 2016 employment data is going to be an improvement over past years, and we've been saying this on here for two years now, about that class in particular. It's better than Georgetown as things stand now.
Also, the 20 percent go to New York bit is a garbage argument. Practically everyone on TLS makes the same b.s. Cornell arguments. But they ignore the fact that Cornell appears to feed into mediocre New York big law simply because everyone at Cornell is ok with New York big law. It's the easiest market in the country; everyone who goes to a T14 law school and has done OCI knows that. It you go to Cornell, you're saying you're ok with living in New York, whereas those students who go to the Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, or Berkley are making a different choice despite the ability to go to Cornell and end up working at some bottom rung 160 shop in New York for less. You're more likely to make 160 and work at a 500+ person firm if you're looking at New York than ANYWHERE else (regardless of what school you went to). It's not that Cornell students do better interviewing with those firms; it's that everyone does well interviewing in New York and Cornell students are highly predisposed to be willing to work in New York. I like going to a place where lots of people have different ambitions. Why do you think that, despite being offered by a New York based firm, Cornell is horrible at landing its grads with prestigious non-big law jobs? See http://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/congratu ... fellows/2/.
Georgetown is a fine school. I could have gone there for less than I paid to attend Michigan and I thought about it, but I'm happy I chose Michigan. The living is easier/cheaper and the law school community is tighter. Plus, the sports and great; the job outcomes are better; the campus is more attractive; and I am willing to bet that I have a vastly better relationship with my professors than I would have had at georgetown.
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Re: Georgetown vs Michigan?
Guess why? Because they look at USNews and see other schools ranked higher than Cornell. Also, they write off Ithaca without even visiting.CTT wrote:Just to clear up a few Michigan things: 2016 employment data is going to be an improvement over past years, and we've been saying this on here for two years now, about that class in particular. It's better than Georgetown as things stand now.
Also, the 20 percent go to New York bit is a garbage argument. Practically everyone on TLS makes the same b.s. Cornell arguments. But they ignore the fact that Cornell appears to feed into mediocre New York big law simply because everyone at Cornell is ok with New York big law. It's the easiest market in the country; everyone who goes to a T14 law school and has done OCI knows that. It you go to Cornell, you're saying you're ok with living in New York, whereas those students who go to the Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, or Berkley are making a different choice despite the ability to go to Cornell and end up working at some bottom rung 160 shop in New York for less. You're more likely to make 160 and work at a 500+ person firm if you're looking at New York than ANYWHERE else (regardless of what school you went to). It's not that Cornell students do better interviewing with those firms; it's that everyone does well interviewing in New York and Cornell students are highly predisposed to be willing to work in New York. I like going to a place where lots of people have different ambitions. Why do you think that, despite being offered by a New York based firm, Cornell is horrible at landing its grads with prestigious non-big law jobs? See http://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/congratu ... fellows/2/.
Georgetown is a fine school. I could have gone there for less than I paid to attend Michigan and I thought about it, but I'm happy I chose Michigan. The living is easier/cheaper and the law school community is tighter. Plus, the sports and great; the job outcomes are better; the campus is more attractive; and I am willing to bet that I have a vastly better relationship with my professors than I would have had at georgetown.
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For what it's worth, I wrote off Ithaca after getting into and visiting Cornell. Ann Arbor clearly had more going on, was closer to a major airport, and had more students who cared about things other than New York big law--and I say that having happily considered and declined offers from three V5 NYC shops.
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Well then, color me convinced.
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I think this board is collectively risk-averse (not a bad thing, but it is limiting), which is why Cornell gets such glowing praise from people on here who probably didn't actually go there. Your reasoning re: Cornell and the NY market is almost certainly accurate, and I doubt Cornell has much reach into other markets besides for the top of the class, same as any other school in that range. Depending on goals, Cornell COULD make sense over Michigan even at similar costs, but I don't think it's as clear a decision as some on this site would suggest.CTT wrote:Just to clear up a few Michigan things: 2016 employment data is going to be an improvement over past years, and we've been saying this on here for two years now, about that class in particular. It's better than Georgetown as things stand now.
Also, the 20 percent go to New York bit is a garbage argument. Practically everyone on TLS makes the same b.s. Cornell arguments. But they ignore the fact that Cornell appears to feed into mediocre New York big law simply because everyone at Cornell is ok with New York big law. It's the easiest market in the country; everyone who goes to a T14 law school and has done OCI knows that. It you go to Cornell, you're saying you're ok with living in New York, whereas those students who go to the Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, or Berkley are making a different choice despite the ability to go to Cornell and end up working at some bottom rung 160 shop in New York for less. You're more likely to make 160 and work at a 500+ person firm if you're looking at New York than ANYWHERE else (regardless of what school you went to). It's not that Cornell students do better interviewing with those firms; it's that everyone does well interviewing in New York and Cornell students are highly predisposed to be willing to work in New York. I like going to a place where lots of people have different ambitions. Why do you think that, despite being offered by a New York based firm, Cornell is horrible at landing its grads with prestigious non-big law jobs? See http://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/congratu ... fellows/2/.
Georgetown is a fine school. I could have gone there for less than I paid to attend Michigan and I thought about it, but I'm happy I chose Michigan. The living is easier/cheaper and the law school community is tighter. Plus, the sports and great; the job outcomes are better; the campus is more attractive; and I am willing to bet that I have a vastly better relationship with my professors than I would have had at georgetown.
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