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co-founder, in September, 2008, with Simon Johnson of The Baseline Scenario[1] a widely-cited commentary on the global financial crisis, mostly focused on the situation in the USA. James received his A.B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in French intellectual history from the University of California, Berkeley (b. 2007.)

He has worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co.and later was Director of Product Marketing at Ariba, where he led product strategy and marketing for the Platform Solutions division and the Ariba Network. He was a co-founder of Guidewire Software, Inc., an independent software vendor for the property & casualty insurance industry, where he helped write the requirements for their initial product, Guidewire ClaimCenter, managed the first customer implementation project, and served as Vice President for Marketing.

nycparalegal wrote:I was reading about James Kwak, and he is a Yale law student. His background is the following:

co-founder, in September, 2008, with Simon Johnson of The Baseline Scenario[1] a widely-cited commentary on the global financial crisis, mostly focused on the situation in the USA. James received his A.B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in French intellectual history from the University of California, Berkeley (b. 2007.)

He has worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co.and later was Director of Product Marketing at Ariba, where he led product strategy and marketing for the Platform Solutions division and the Ariba Network. He was a co-founder of Guidewire Software, Inc., an independent software vendor for the property & casualty insurance industry, where he helped write the requirements for their initial product, Guidewire ClaimCenter, managed the first customer implementation project, and served as Vice President for Marketing.

And maybe I'm biased, but I feel like anyone who gets into Standford or Yale Law are wonderfully accomplished people and I'd love to hear your backgrounds.

englawyer wrote:it does seem like Yale and Stanford cater to the high pedigree crowd, especially S.

It seems like:

Yale filters for sky-high numbers AND pedigree
Harvard focuses on sky-high numbers to match Yale and top the rankings
Stanford accepts mediocre numbers (by T6 standards) but focuses on pedigree

I also think that the level of "pedigree" to get into S/Y is not THAT high. if you went to a t-10 undergrad and got the right stats, I think you are in.

ConMan345 wrote:What do we mean by "pedigree"?

I certainly don't have a reputable pedigree. Nor do I have sky-high numbers. But then again, I feel like I'm an outlier.

nycparalegal wrote:I was reading about James Kwak, and he is a Yale law student. His background is the following:

co-founder, in September, 2008, with Simon Johnson of The Baseline Scenario[1] a widely-cited commentary on the global financial crisis, mostly focused on the situation in the USA. James received his A.B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in French intellectual history from the University of California, Berkeley (b. 2007.)

He has worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co.and later was Director of Product Marketing at Ariba, where he led product strategy and marketing for the Platform Solutions division and the Ariba Network. He was a co-founder of Guidewire Software, Inc., an independent software vendor for the property & casualty insurance industry, where he helped write the requirements for their initial product, Guidewire ClaimCenter, managed the first customer implementation project, and served as Vice President for Marketing.

And maybe I'm biased, but I feel like anyone who gets into Stanford or Yale Law are wonderfully accomplished people and I'd love to hear your backgrounds.