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New 2012 U.S. News Rankings

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Post by JazzOne » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:52 am

Sweet

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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

Post by phonepro » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:12 am

Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.

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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

Post by keg411 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:06 pm

phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
My guess? Chri$ Chri$tie brought in some $$$$ from him and all of his cronies that graduated from there. A big portion of the USNWR rankings is alumni giving.

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Post by ksimon2007 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:07 pm

keg411 wrote:
phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
My guess? Chri$ Chri$tie brought in some $$$$ from him and all of his cronies that graduated from there. A big portion of the USNWR rankings is alumni giving.
No need to attack the Governor.

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Post by gabbagabba » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:29 pm

Damn, a lot of Florida schools took a hit

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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

Post by phonepro » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:30 pm

keg411 wrote:
phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
My guess? Chri$ Chri$tie brought in some $$$$ from him and all of his cronies that graduated from there. A big portion of the USNWR rankings is alumni giving.
LOL. Makes sense. Not that any of them are good, but I doubt Seton Hall has better employment prospects than Rutgers or BLS, or even SJU. Could be wrong...

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Post by Curry » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:32 pm

How many of these threads are there going to be?

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Curry wrote:How many of these threads are there going to be?
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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

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lfgsuperman wrote:
Curry wrote:How many of these threads are there going to be?
+1
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Post by Alex-Trof » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:23 pm

phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
Theory. Maybe U.S. News decided to look at Big Law numbers? Seton Hall does well in NJ Bil Law placements (relatively speaking).

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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

Post by keg411 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:48 pm

ksimon2007 wrote:
keg411 wrote:
phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
My guess? Chri$ Chri$tie brought in some $$$$ from him and all of his cronies that graduated from there. A big portion of the USNWR rankings is alumni giving.
No need to attack the Governor.
He's the governor of my state. I can bash him if I want to. The fact that he went to $$$eton Hall is the least of the problems I have with him (the $$$ indicate the debt most Seton Hall students graduate with without a job).

ETA: SHU BigLaw numbers? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:. Thanks for making me laugh. Where is MrAnon when you need him?

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Post by zomginternets » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:02 pm

Interesting, they rank up to 150 now.

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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

Post by gabbagabba » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:01 pm

keg411 wrote:
ksimon2007 wrote:
keg411 wrote:
phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
My guess? Chri$ Chri$tie brought in some $$$$ from him and all of his cronies that graduated from there. A big portion of the USNWR rankings is alumni giving.
No need to attack the Governor.
He's the governor of my state. I can bash him if I want to. The fact that he went to $$$eton Hall is the least of the problems I have with him (the $$$ indicate the debt most Seton Hall students graduate with without a job).

ETA: SHU BigLaw numbers? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:. Thanks for making me laugh. Where is MrAnon when you need him?
Someone doesn't like union givebacks . . . (yeah, NJ is my State too; I can say the guy is doing a great job if I want to)

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Post by Mickey Quicknumbers » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:06 pm

Alex-Trof wrote:
phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
Theory. Maybe U.S. News decided to look at Big Law numbers? Seton Hall does well in NJ Bil Law placements (relatively speaking).
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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

Post by Alex-Trof » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:34 pm

Mickey Quicknumbers wrote:
Alex-Trof wrote:
phonepro wrote:Why did Seton Hall jump so many spots? Weird.
Theory. Maybe U.S. News decided to look at Big Law numbers? Seton Hall does well in NJ Bil Law placements (relatively speaking).
Outted as not knowing anything.
Good for you.

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Re: New 2011 U.S. News Rankings

Post by keg411 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:42 pm

gabbagabba wrote:Someone doesn't like union givebacks . . . (yeah, NJ is my State too; I can say the guy is doing a great job if I want to)
As someone educated in the NJ public school system, I'm extremely pro-NJEA. So yeah, I don't like union givebacks :lol: (I'm also very pro-players in the current NFL labor situation, which I think is a total sham by the owners). Also, I was quoting a poster who I'm pretty sure is not from NJ.

But this thread is about the USNWR rankings and why SeTTTon Hall is ranked so high. I mean, neither Rutgers schools is great shakes or anything, but at least you won't go in $250k debt with no job (just $75k in debt with no job :lol:).

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Post by nouseforaname123 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:53 pm

keg411 wrote:As someone educated in the NJ public school system, I'm extremely pro-NJEA. So yeah, I don't like union givebacks :lol: (I'm also very pro-players in the current NFL labor situation, which I think is a total sham by the owners). Also, I was quoting a poster who I'm pretty sure is not from NJ.
Sorry to jump into the hijack. I've never understood why people buy into this line of thinking. Any teachers' union has a duty to advance the interests of teachers, not the education system. Should the interests of teachers conflict with the interests of the education system the union must side with teachers. I don't understand why people try to imply that teachers' union = education system.

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Post by lawfreak » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:05 pm

St. John's went way down in the rankings from 72 to 95! Now Hofstra is ranked 84, so does that mean that Hofstra is now considered a better school than St. John's?

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Re: New 2012 U.S. News Rankings

Post by BCLS » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:05 pm

lawfreak wrote:St. John's went way down in the rankings from 72 to 95! Now Hofstra is ranked 84, so does that mean that Hofstra is now considered a better school than St. John's?
they both suck

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Post by MrPapagiorgio » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:29 pm

BCLS wrote:
lawfreak wrote:St. John's went way down in the rankings from 72 to 95! Now Hofstra is ranked 84, so does that mean that Hofstra is now considered a better school than St. John's?
they both suck
Rankings are volatile. Next year, it is very possible that it reverses again so St. Johns is ranked higher than Hofstra. Don't worry so much about yearly changes. Job prospects will be the same at both schools, regardless of which is ranked higher. At that high up in the rankings, it really doesn't matter anyway.

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Post by lawfreak » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:48 pm

How do the rankings affect job prospects? I am debating between Cardozo ranked at 50, so is now tier 1, but with no scholarship money and Hofstra ranked at 84 tier 2, with 25k a year. Is there much of a difference between the 2?

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Post by MrPapagiorgio » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:57 pm

lawfreak wrote:How do the rankings affect job prospects? I am debating between Cardozo ranked at 50, so is now tier 1, but with no scholarship money and Hofstra ranked at 84 tier 2, with 25k a year. Is there much of a difference between the 2?
Didn't this thread of yours answer this question satisfactorily? The odds of getting a job that can pay off Cardozo sticker are stacked against you. Hofstra will be less, but job prospects are even worse. Do not bank on doing better at Hofstra because it is lower-ranked. You will not be the only person there who picked Hofstra over better schools for the money thinking that very same thing.

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