Top 1-2% at NYU to HLS or SLS? UPDATED W/COA--HELP PLS. Forum

[shump92]

Op there's really no wrong decision
Obviously you've killed it
Have 3 beers in an hour and a half or so, ask yourself where you want to be, shout the answer, and then do that
You are going to have big law and potentially stuff like Bristow or SCOTUS based on your grades

+1

[jbagelboy]

Stay at NYU. The marginal advantage to transferring would be in fields you don't care much about and probably won't pursue if you aren't already excited about them.

NEVERMIND. Saw the COA figures. Harvard.

[Dexter97]

Op there's really no wrong decision
Obviously you've killed it
Have 3 beers in an hour and a half or so, ask yourself where you want to be, shout the answer, and then do that
You are going to have big law and potentially stuff like Bristow or SCOTUS based on your grades

+1

+2

[rpupkin]

Op there's really no wrong decision
Obviously you've killed it
Have 3 beers in an hour and a half or so, ask yourself where you want to be, shout the answer, and then do that
You are going to have big law and potentially stuff like Bristow or SCOTUS based on your grades

+1

+2

Uh....there are, like, four Bristow fellowships a year. And they don't go to people with the OP's attitude--i.e., they don't go to folks who have no interest in clerking and who make school transfer decisions based, in part, on whether they can manage to avoid taking con law. (I'm not criticizing the OP; I'm just observing that he's not going to end up with a Bristow).

If all the OP wants is big law, and if he's not particularly attached to NYU, then he should just transfer to save money. I'd pick H if the preference is big law on the East Coast, and SLS if the preference is big law on the West Coast.

[lavarman84]

Op there's really no wrong decision
Obviously you've killed it
Have 3 beers in an hour and a half or so, ask yourself where you want to be, shout the answer, and then do that
You are going to have big law and potentially stuff like Bristow or SCOTUS based on your grades

+1

+2

Uh....there are, like, four Bristow fellowships a year. And they don't go to people with the OP's attitude--i.e., they don't go to folks who have no interest in clerking and who make school transfer decisions based, in part, on whether they can manage to avoid taking con law. (I'm not criticizing the OP; I'm just observing that he's not going to end up with a Bristow).

If all the OP wants is big law, and if he's not particularly attached to NYU, then he should just transfer to save money. I'd pick H if the preference is big law on the East Coast, and SLS if the preference is big law on the West Coast.

To be fair to the OP, Con Law is terrible.

[Anonymous User]

Op there's really no wrong decision
Obviously you've killed it
Have 3 beers in an hour and a half or so, ask yourself where you want to be, shout the answer, and then do that
You are going to have big law and potentially stuff like Bristow or SCOTUS based on your grades

+1

+2

Uh....there are, like, four Bristow fellowships a year. And they don't go to people with the OP's attitude--i.e., they don't go to folks who have no interest in clerking and who make school transfer decisions based, in part, on whether they can manage to avoid taking con law. (I'm not criticizing the OP; I'm just observing that he's not going to end up with a Bristow).

If all the OP wants is big law, and if he's not particularly attached to NYU, then he should just transfer to save money. I'd pick H if the preference is big law on the East Coast, and SLS if the preference is big law on the West Coast.

I have never heard of a Bristow until this very day, so I think it's probably safe to say I'm not going to get one.

[Anonymous User]

Stay at NYU. The marginal advantage to transferring would be in fields you don't care much about and probably won't pursue if you aren't already excited about them.

NEVERMIND. Saw the COA figures. Harvard.

Why Harvard? Just because of the stuff I mentioned in OP?

[Fiero85]

id transfer to SLS in a heartbeat for 50k less and i'm an NYU grad. in any scenario where it is oddly possible to do so

[chingwoo]

id transfer to SLS in a heartbeat for 50k less and i'm an NYU grad. in any scenario where it is oddly possible to do so

[chuckbass]

Cambridge >>> Palo Alto

[emptyflare]

Have you tried negotiate with NYU for scholarship given your acceptance to H/S?

This. If the only reason you're transferring is basically COA, NYU could make it worth your while to stay. If they don't match or provide you with more money, I'd go based on East Coast/West Coast preference or large class size/small class size preference.

[Phil Brooks]

OP displays levels of self-awareness and self-reflection that are sadly rare on this forum.

Whoever made the "aspie striver" comment is spot-on.

I would take Harvard, not just because it is the cheapest, but also because it is the safest bet for someone who sees themselves as a generalist and who may not like being a lawyer at all. The Harvard Law degree carries more lay prestige and can help OP transition out of law much better and earlier in his/her career, it would seem to me.

[Fiero85]

OP displays levels of self-awareness and self-reflection that are sadly rare on this forum.

Whoever made the "aspie striver" comment is spot-on.

I would take Harvard, not just because it is the cheapest, but also because it is the safest bet for someone who sees themselves as a generalist and who may not like being a lawyer at all. The Harvard Law degree carries more lay prestige and can help OP transition out of law much better and earlier in his/her career, it would seem to me.

Even though I'd go Stanford, this seems like solid reasoning

(2L)

[lavarman84]

OP displays levels of self-awareness and self-reflection that are sadly rare on this forum.

Whoever made the "aspie striver" comment is spot-on.

I would take Harvard, not just because it is the cheapest, but also because it is the safest bet for someone who sees themselves as a generalist and who may not like being a lawyer at all. The Harvard Law degree carries more lay prestige and can help OP transition out of law much better and earlier in his/her career, it would seem to me.

Gotta agree with everything. OP sounds pretty awesome. Would definitely grab a beer with him if we were at the same school. Seems really chill.

[Wild Card]

OP displays levels of self-awareness and self-reflection that are sadly rare on this forum.

Whoever made the "aspie striver" comment is spot-on.

I would take Harvard, not just because it is the cheapest, but also because it is the safest bet for someone who sees themselves as a generalist and who may not like being a lawyer at all. The Harvard Law degree carries more lay prestige and can help OP transition out of law much better and earlier in his/her career, it would seem to me.

Gotta agree with everything. OP sounds pretty awesome. Would definitely grab a beer with him if we were at the same school. Seems really chill.

i.e., the sort of guy HLS/SLS would pass over the first time.

[Nebby]

I chose HLS for lowest COA

[Danger Zone]

I chose Stanford for the weather, but you obviously can't go wrong with Harvard

[Lurk3r]

OP displays levels of self-awareness and self-reflection that are sadly rare on this forum.

Whoever made the "aspie striver" comment is spot-on.

I would take Harvard, not just because it is the cheapest, but also because it is the safest bet for someone who sees themselves as a generalist and who may not like being a lawyer at all. The Harvard Law degree carries more lay prestige and can help OP transition out of law much better and earlier in his/her career, it would seem to me.

Gotta agree with everything. OP sounds pretty awesome. Would definitely grab a beer with him if we were at the same school. Seems really chill.

+1 for both of these. Also, Stanford for the weather. But really, depends on whether East Coast/West Coast connections appeal more to OP.

[FrozenBananaStand]

OP -- I just want to say that, as a current NYU student, I am stoked to know someone like you is top of the pops in good ol' Greenwich Village. Good on you.

Selfishly, I hope you to stay at NYU (which, if you do, let's grab a beer), but if I were in your shoes I'd probably head west. When choosing between peer schools named after competing hues of red, I'd rather be linked to a tree than a dopey pilgrim.

[Anonymous User]

OP here. Thanks for all the replies and votes! I have to make a final decision by Monday, and I'm probably going to go with SLS unless I learn something shocking. I really appreciate the point that HLS would allow me to transition out of law better--but ultimately I don't think I can bank on transitioning out of law. My skillset is pretty meager, and I don't even know what a security is (presumably I would transition out of law and into finance or something). I would love to hear more on that point, however, if anyone has some more specific knowledge.

Although I would like to spend the rest of my life telling people I went to Harvard, I also would feel like a jerk if that were the only reason I went. I can at least come up with some semi-credible reasons to transfer to SLS at OCI. I think I would have an awfully hard time explaining HLS ("Like, um, I wanted to save $50k, and, uh, the alumni network and Professor X's Whatever Clinic.").

Anyways, thanks again.

[Ron Howard]

Good luck, Original Poster! I think you are making the right call going with SLS given what you have said in this thread. Also, Stanford is not really a step down from Harvard. I think it has about the same respect as Harvard on the west coast, and an "exotic flair" on the east coast. You are good either way.

[Instinctive]

OP here. Thanks for all the replies and votes! I have to make a final decision by Monday, and I'm probably going to go with SLS unless I learn something shocking. I really appreciate the point that HLS would allow me to transition out of law better--but ultimately I don't think I can bank on transitioning out of law. My skillset is pretty meager, and I don't even know what a security is (presumably I would transition out of law and into finance or something). I would love to hear more on that point, however, if anyone has some more specific knowledge.

Although I would like to spend the rest of my life telling people I went to Harvard, I also would feel like a jerk if that were the only reason I went. I can at least come up with some semi-credible reasons to transfer to SLS at OCI. I think I would have an awfully hard time explaining HLS ("Like, um, I wanted to save $50k, and, uh, the alumni network and Professor X's Whatever Clinic.").

Anyways, thanks again.

Send a PM or something when 2/3L classes start up again. We'll grab a drink.