URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread Forum

jemthey17 · Post by **jemthey17** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:08 pm

90convoy wrote:guess who just got a JS1? yup meeeeeeee so happy

the cat pic helped

Congrats!

Though I cannot condone this cat thing, I am still happy for you!

LoganCouture · Post by **LoganCouture** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:11 pm

jemthey17 wrote:Why S above H?

Smaller class size.

Skool · Post by **Skool** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:14 pm

Yeah, of HYS, the only one I've applied to is Harvard. Yale is just not going to happen and Stanford is just too far from home. Didn't apply to Berkeley either.

Harvard definitely offers students more opportunities, but Philly/NYC is home. Equal money at Harvard and NYU would probably mean NYU. Equal money at Penn/NYU would be a toss up. I would be seriously tempted by the Pass/Fail thing and Harvard PI loan forgiveness is top notch. But still... Cambridge would basically mean putting my life on hold for another three years (personal reasons).

LOL, though. No JS1 though, so this is a purely academic.

AOT · Post by **AOT** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:15 pm

cc78 wrote:
alloverthat wrote:
cc78 wrote:
ballcaps wrote: it's hard to be completely diligent about maximizing every outcome after getting into H(YS for you haha)
Agreed. YHS change the calculus big time. It's just hard for me to see anyone taking CCN(P) over YHS at equal money and still hard for me to see anyone taking CCN over YHS for anything other than free. I'd love to hear the thoughts of someone who sees things differently.
Well I didn't apply to S, but I probably would have taken either Columbia or NYU over S with equal money if I was faced with the decision. Just a personal preference
This is interesting...is it a west coast thing?

Kind of. None of my reasons really fit TLS thinking (and they sound a bit silly even to me). I know a couple of people from Stanford and they're both terrible + my old boss went to Stanford Law and said he didn't really enjoy it. The culture seems to be quite biglaw/IP focused rather than theory/international affairs, which are my main interests. Lastly I just really want to spend three years living in an actual city, and I don't drive. These things combined meant that Stanford just never appealed

janelle14 · Post by **janelle14** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:16 pm

hi guys

anyone has a minute to give me feedback on my personal statement?

AOT · Post by **AOT** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:17 pm

90convoy wrote:guess who just got a JS1? yup meeeeeeee so happy

the cat pic helped

Congrats!

Oh gosh I'm tempted..

90convoy · Post by **90convoy** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:20 pm

i didn't want to conform to the cat thing so i put a cheetah because I'm cool

jemthey17 · Post by **jemthey17** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:21 pm

janelle14 wrote:hi guys

anyone has a minute to give me feedback on my personal statement?

Sure, I can look it over. PM me.

cc78 · Post by **cc78** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:23 pm

lc39 wrote:
jemthey17 wrote:Why S above H?
Smaller class size.

Jem, just give in...S>H.

S has a higher biglaw + clerkship percentage, and its clerkship % itself is pretty amazing (29.4%).

Fortunately, for most folks' goals, they are virtually interchangeable.

cc78 · Post by **cc78** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:24 pm

Many thanks to the folks who shared some of their reasoning about taking CCN over YHS...those reasons all make sense to me and are a good reminder of the idea that there's no one-size-fits-all solution here.

AOT · Post by **AOT** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:28 pm

Finally: how are you expecting to study when it's warm all the time. Sounds like a nightmare

jemthey17 · Post by **jemthey17** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:32 pm

cc78 wrote:
lc39 wrote:
jemthey17 wrote:Why S above H?
Smaller class size.
Jem, just give in...S>H.

S has a higher biglaw + clerkship percentage, and its clerkship % itself is pretty amazing (29.4%).

Fortunately, for most folks' goals, they are virtually interchangeable.

CC, S needs to hire you to recruit. You are putting in work, lol.

cc78 · Post by **cc78** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:32 pm

alloverthat wrote:Finally: how are you expecting to study when it's warm all the time. Sounds like a nightmare

Sadly, I've lived in the south for so long (yes, we have seasons, but it never gets soul-crushingly cold) that I have turned into a weather wimp. I sit and wonder how so many folks can even bear to go to class when its so cold!

Little weather report, 5:30 EST (2/5/15):

Cambridge: 21
New Haven: 23
New York: 34
Chicago: 16

Stanford: 61

btw, in Atlanta, where I live, it's just 46 so I ain't exactly in Jamaica here.

cc78 · Post by **cc78** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:34 pm

Jem, I have nothing better to do, and I have a vested self interest. I DO NOT want to be alone out there.

jemthey17 · Post by **jemthey17** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:38 pm

cc78 wrote:Jem, I have nothing better to do, and I have a vested self interest. I DO NOT want to be alone out there.

I don't either. Would certainly be nice to go to school with some of you lovely people.

Regarding weather, isn't Stanford kind of cold? Like, it doesn't get Chicago cold during the winter, but Chicago is hot, hot, hot during the summer. I've heard the bay area is pretty chilly during the summer.

jlk411 · Post by **jlk411** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:39 pm

90convoy wrote:guess who just got a JS1? yup meeeeeeee so happy

the cat pic helped

CONGRATS!!!! When did you go complete?

cc78 · Post by **cc78** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:42 pm

jemthey17 wrote:
cc78 wrote:Jem, I have nothing better to do, and I have a vested self interest. I DO NOT want to be alone out there.
I don't either. Would certainly be nice to go to school with some of you lovely people.

Regarding weather, isn't Stanford kind of cold? Like, it doesn't get Chicago cold during the winter, but Chicago is hot, hot, hot during the summer. I've heard the bay area is pretty chilly during the summer.

Calling LC! She knows for sure. But as someone who's just visited, I think that the area of the bay that Stanford is in basically has a static climate of nice weather. San Francisco itself has a microclimate that will kick your behind in the summer, if I'm not mistaken. But, I noticed literally driving across the bay to Oakland changed things weatherwise significantly.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:49 pm

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AOT · Post by **AOT** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:52 pm

gamerish wrote:
jemthey17 wrote:Why S above H?
I'm not applying until next cycle but were I lucky enough to get admitted to both, I could definitely see myself taking S over H. I like the smaller class size, the grading policy, the location and the idea of BigLaw in SV appeals to me (my career goals vary by school though so even if I decided I didn't want SV I'd probably still take S).

Schools in order of my preference are Yale > Stanford > Harvard > Columbia/NYU/Penn > everywhere else. I wouldn't be able to turn down an offer from Yale regardless of what other options were on the table for me - if I got Y, I'd deposit there the next day (so keep an eye out for my app, Asha :3).

I really enjoy your avatar

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:55 pm

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janelle14 · Post by **janelle14** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:01 pm

jemthey17 wrote:
janelle14 wrote:hi guys

anyone has a minute to give me feedback on my personal statement?
Sure, I can look it over. PM me.

Thanks a million

90convoy · Post by **90convoy** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:04 pm

jlk411 wrote:
90convoy wrote:guess who just got a JS1? yup meeeeeeee so happy

the cat pic helped
CONGRATS!!!! When did you go complete?

Thanks! way back in Oct.

cc78 · Post by **cc78** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:05 pm

gamerish wrote:Thanks. Marlon Brando was a god amongst men.

True, true, but when ol' boy lost his fastball he really lost it:

LoganCouture · Post by **LoganCouture** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:15 pm

jemthey17 wrote:
cc78 wrote:Jem, I have nothing better to do, and I have a vested self interest. I DO NOT want to be alone out there.
I don't either. Would certainly be nice to go to school with some of you lovely people.

Regarding weather, isn't Stanford kind of cold? Like, it doesn't get Chicago cold during the winter, but Chicago is hot, hot, hot during the summer. I've heard the bay area is pretty chilly during the summer.

I think it's pretty damn warm in the summer - like 80 degrees? Totally different climate than SF, which does get chilly.

Tr3 · Post by **Tr3** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:35 pm

90convoy wrote:guess who just got a JS1? yup meeeeeeee so happy

the cat pic helped

Well, I didn't want to, but given your proof of the cat-miracles... new avatar

Congrats!