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Transferring to BU/BC/Harvard from a T50

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:14 pm
by Scuzzlebutt
I desperately wanted to get into a top Boston school this cycle, but was unfortunately rejected by BU, BC and Harvard. My fiancee is moving to Boston to start her Ph.D. and now I've either got to go to Northeastern or wait a year and transfer. I was accepted at a handful of T50 schools in and around the Northeast, but I'm concerned about it being difficult to transfer into one of those three Boston schools.

My question is, do I go to the highest-ranked school I get into, even if it's out of the region and hope to transfer next year, or do I take a lower-ranked regional school for a year and cross my fingers after my 1L?

OR should I just suck it up and go to Northeastern?

Re: Transferring to BU/BC/Harvard from a T50

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:17 pm
by JuTMSY4
Its a shame you couldn't go to NU and then transfer (if possible), but I'm pretty sure that's highly unlikely (given the lack of grades). That being said, as many posters will tell you, don't go to LS planning on transferring...

Re: Transferring to BU/BC/Harvard from a T50

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:22 pm
by bceagles182
what about uconn? that's probably your best bet to transfer/stay close

Re: Transferring to BU/BC/Harvard from a T50

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:23 pm
by blerg
Scuzzlebutt wrote:I desperately wanted to get into a top Boston school this cycle, but was unfortunately rejected by BU, BC and Harvard. My fiancee is moving to Boston to start her Ph.D. and now I've either got to go to Northeastern or wait a year and transfer. I was accepted at a handful of T50 schools in and around the Northeast, but I'm concerned about it being difficult to transfer into one of those three Boston schools.

My question is, do I go to the highest-ranked school I get into, even if it's out of the region and hope to transfer next year, or do I take a lower-ranked regional school for a year and cross my fingers after my 1L?

OR should I just suck it up and go to Northeastern?

Wait a year and kill the LSAT.

Re: Transferring to BU/BC/Not YLS from a T50

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:40 pm
by firebreathingliberal
blerg wrote:
Scuzzlebutt wrote:I desperately wanted to get into a top Boston school this cycle, but was unfortunately rejected by BU, BC and Not YLS. My fiancee is moving to Boston to start her Ph.D. and now I've either got to go to Northeastern or wait a year and transfer. I was accepted at a handful of T50 schools in and around the Northeast, but I'm concerned about it being difficult to transfer into one of those three Boston schools.

My question is, do I go to the highest-ranked school I get into, even if it's out of the region and hope to transfer next year, or do I take a lower-ranked regional school for a year and cross my fingers after my 1L?

OR should I just suck it up and go to Northeastern?

Wait a year and kill the LSAT.
.+.1

Also, since your SO is in a PhD program she will be in the area for 5 years. So retake for next cycle and spend the year doing something awesome in the Boston area. Eliminate poverty in S. Boston or write a best-selling novel.

Re: Transferring to BU/BC/Harvard from a T50

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:23 am
by englawyer
retake, reapply, enjoy the year off 8)