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AnonymousApplicant
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Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
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August Wilson
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
Would help some, but probably not much. It would probably be a tie breaker between you and someone else, but not something that's going to vault you to the top of the pile.
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FairchildFLT
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
It won't help at all. Just look at Rachel Zane.
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Atmosphere
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
I lol'd.FairchildFLT wrote:It won't help at all. Just look at Rachel Zane.
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arklaw13
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
nah a partner giving a shit about a 1st year takes the cakesmccgrey wrote:Rachel Zane getting into Stanford but not Harvard was probably the least believable thing to happen in suits. Spoiler alert.Atmosphere wrote:I lol'd.FairchildFLT wrote:It won't help at all. Just look at Rachel Zane.
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jdmonkey
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
I had an LOR from the pres. of a CCN and still got rejected. Your numbers have to be at least in the "zone of credibility." I've heard this is less so if your family is a large donor. The best schools typically have the largest endowments and the last thing a law school wants to do is piss off a major donor.
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FairchildFLT
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
What about LSATs and being a marijuana kingpin haarklaw13 wrote:nah a partner giving a shit about a 1st year takes the cakesmccgrey wrote:Rachel Zane getting into Stanford but not Harvard was probably the least believable thing to happen in suits. Spoiler alert.Atmosphere wrote:I lol'd.FairchildFLT wrote:It won't help at all. Just look at Rachel Zane.
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sims1
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
I think you're supposed to put the spoiler tag before you write out the spoiler.smccgrey wrote:Rachel Zane getting into Stanford but not Harvard was probably the least believable thing to happen in suits. Spoiler alert.Atmosphere wrote:I lol'd.FairchildFLT wrote:It won't help at all. Just look at Rachel Zane.
Your point is valid though.
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Mullens
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Re: Would an alumni connection help at HYS?
It will only make a difference if your sibling actually went to the law school and even then the boost is probably far less than your URM boost.
