What if your school switches tiers? Forum

[itachiuchiha]

What if i were to go to a school like the University of Florida Law which is ranked around the latter portion of tier one. What if they were to drop down to tier 2 after I graduate? Would jobs see me as graduating from a tier 1 school or a tier 2 school?

I hope you understood my question, any response is appreciated!
Cheers

[Dany]

Legal employers will hire exactly the same amount of people from UF as they would have otherwise.

[rad lulz]

Legal employers will hire exactly the same amount of people from UF as they would have otherwise.

I emphatically disagree. All the evidence suggests that employers fled schools like BC/BU in DROVES and did OCI at Washington and ASU. See also how UT's OCI stats skyrocketed when it broke the T14 1 year.

[wert3813]

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[minnbills]

Legal employers will hire exactly the same amount of people from UF as they would have otherwise.

+1

[071816]

Legal employers will hire exactly the same amount of people from UF as they would have otherwise.

I emphatically disagree. All the evidence suggests that employers fled schools like BC/BU in DROVES and did OCI at Washington and ASU. See also how UT's OCI stats skyrocketed when it broke the T14 1 year.

I'll split the difference. Florida law firms aren't going to stop recruiting UF if they drop into the top of tier 2. But nationally rad lulz is absolutely correct.

Lol

[Ludo!]

I knew as soon as I read the title somebody would be here trolling OP already

[orbbs]

Legal employers will hire exactly the same amount of people from UF as they would have otherwise.

I emphatically disagree. All the evidence suggests that employers fled schools like BC/BU in DROVES and did OCI at Washington and ASU. See also how UT's OCI stats skyrocketed when it broke the T14 1 year.

I'll split the difference. Florida law firms aren't going to stop recruiting UF if they drop into the top of tier 2. But nationally rad lulz is absolutely correct.

Lol

[wert3813]

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[dingbat]

It late. I quit. Did UT not see a bump in OCI. I thought I read they did.

No. They didn't. Nobody gives a shit.

[CanadianWolf]

A shift into a lower USNews ranking tier may affect application volume, but not recruiting.

[Aberzombie1892]

While I wouldn't say the drop is irrelevant, it would be irrelevant to 99% of all graduates. I say that because I remember when Alabama enter the group of schools ranked 30 or higher, the number of employers on campus recruiting increased by 20%. I doubt it was a coincidence. But, because only people at the tip top of the class acquired OCI type jobs anyway, the increase of employers was irrelevant to 98%ish of the class (only 2%ish of the class was likely affected by the increase). If U of Florida fell some, it may lose a handful employers that probably didn't hire at least 1 person each from the school every year. So basically, it's irrelevant to -almost- every student.

As CanadianWolf stated, the real issue is that applications would drop significantly, and that would make it more difficult for U of Florida to move back up.