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How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Fred_McGriff » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:31 pm

30%? 50%?
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Post by bk1 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:32 pm

100%
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Post by SupraVln180 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:33 pm

none, only use it as a tiebreaker.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Fred_McGriff » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:36 pm

bk187 wrote:100%

The LSU vs. Florida game last week was HUGE as far as LS goes. FSU throwing 500 interceptions against unranked BC this week is really fucking their chances. Such a shame Tennessee isn't getting it done right off the bat with Dereck Dooley. I'd love to go to school there.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Patriot1208 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:43 pm

Depends on what level of schools you are looking at. Tier 2-4 should be based 100% on College football because you'll end up unemployed anyways.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Lwoods » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:53 pm

bk187 wrote:100%
Time to head to Columbus, eh?
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Patriot1208 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:03 pm

Lwoods wrote:
bk187 wrote:100%
Time to head to Columbus, eh?
+10000
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by CanadianWolf » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:13 pm

Depends on whether or not you intend to become a sports agent.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by kalvano » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:20 pm

0%. Football sucks.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by CanadianWolf » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:23 pm

I think that you may misunderstand the objective.
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Post by 2014 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:44 pm

Strong soft
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Post by beidoun » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:47 pm

It makes the Michigan or Virginia decision easy for me.
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Post by Fred_McGriff » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:56 pm

beidoun wrote:It makes the Michigan or Virginia decision easy for me.
Yeah, go to a school that isn't the laughingstock of its conference. (I'm a Virginia grad)
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by canuck » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:04 pm

kalvano wrote:0%. Football sucks.
I'm not sure you're cut-out to be a lawyer/reasonable human being.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by JetstoRJC » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:13 pm

Fred_McGriff wrote:
beidoun wrote:It makes the Michigan or Virginia decision easy for me.
Yeah, go to a school that isn't the laughingstock of its conference. (I'm a Virginia grad)
Or go to a school that isn't in a laughingstock of a conference :wink:
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Post by Lawl Shcool » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:17 pm

It def made a difference on some level for me, both in UG and in transferring law schools. I didn't have the numbers to get into a good football school initially. Although my UG was much much better than my current law school. #1 vs. unranked, but they have a team that people seem to care about.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Fred_McGriff » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:19 pm

JetstoRJC wrote: Or go to a school that isn't in a laughingstock of a conference :wink:
You're preaching to the choir, I love UVA football, but the ACC is kind of an embarrassment of a conference to be in. Being a Virginia fan is like being a Bengals fan.

CanadianWolf wrote: I think that you may misunderstand the objective.
No way dude, picking a school based on College Basketball is a bad idea. Outside of March Madness basketball sucks. Unless you pick the right program at the right time, you're stuck with less than a month of quality sports each year. College football takes up the better part of a semester, longer if you do well enough to go to a bowl game.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by WestOfTheRest » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:52 pm

Fred_McGriff wrote:
JetstoRJC wrote: Or go to a school that isn't in a laughingstock of a conference :wink:
You're preaching to the choir, I love UVA football, but the ACC is kind of an embarrassment of a conference to be in. Being a Virginia fan is like being a Bengals fan.

CanadianWolf wrote: I think that you may misunderstand the objective.
No way dude, picking a school based on College Basketball is a bad idea. Outside of March Madness basketball sucks. Unless you pick the right program at the right time, you're stuck with less than a month of quality sports each year. College football takes up the better part of a semester, longer if you do well enough to go to a bowl game.
You mean there's factors other than college football? Who knew
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by sgtgrumbles » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:52 pm

Just make sure you write a "Why SEC?" essay.
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Post by Fred_McGriff » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:56 pm

sgtgrumbles wrote:Just make sure you write a "Why SEC?" essay.
Done, but I'm not going to submit it to Kentucky, because they would get all flustered and not know what to do.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by cowgirl_bebop » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:14 pm

canuck wrote:
kalvano wrote:0%. Football sucks.
I'm not sure you're cut-out to be a lawyer/reasonable human being.
This. Definitely this.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Dionysus » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:18 pm

If its USC, and you didn't get into HYS, and you definitely want to work in LA and no other city.

100%

otherwise, 0%.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by CanadianWolf » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:26 pm

OP: You misunderstood my earlier post.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Belili » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:27 pm

100%

Also, NYU hasn't lost a football game since WWII.
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Re: How Much of my LS decision should I base on College Football

Post by Bumi » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:06 pm

I'm starting my Wisconsin application right now.
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