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Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:09 pm
by lutcf2021
I woke up this morning and found THIS in my fb newsfeed:
"Well the cat is sticking its head out of the bag. Guess it's time to tell everyone! Last week it was only a dream, but now it's a reality! I (name) have been OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED TO LAW SCHOOL! The
Thomas M. Cooley Law School!!"
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It has over 50 likes.
How do I break it to this guy that he is making the worst mistake EVER.
(This is not a flame.) I feel like it would be rude to crap on his dream, but at the same time. The consensus is that this place is essentially the University of Phoenix.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:11 pm
by Teflon_Don
lutcf2021 wrote:I woke up this morning and found THIS in my fb newsfeed:
"Well the cat is sticking its head out of the bag. Guess it's time to tell everyone! Last week it was only a dream, but now it's a reality! I (name) have been OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED TO LAW SCHOOL! The Thomas M. Cooley Law School!!"
....
It has over 50 likes.
How do I break it to this guy that he is making the worst mistake EVER.
(This is not a flame.) I feel like it would be rude to crap on his dream, but at the same time. The consensus is that this place is essentially the University of Phoenix.
Send him that transparency website that shows Cooley's price & employment stats, that's what I did with my friend, it helped
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:12 pm
by mephistopheles
get him a padfolio and send him on his way..
that research is too easy to do to care for those who don't.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:12 pm
by rinkrat19
Unless this is a close friend or family member who will still listen after you've hurt his fee-fees, you're probably not going to be able to change his mind.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:14 pm
by cinephile
Had a friend do this for Capital University. Same thing, a million likes and not only did I judge him, but also everyone he knew who "liked" it. Never said anything as it's not my place. But I'm sure he'll learn soon enough.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:15 pm
by Gunnar Stahl
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Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:26 pm
by suralin
rinkrat19 wrote:Unless this is a close friend or family member who will still listen after you've hurt his fee-fees, you're probably not going to be able to change his mind.
Yeah I wouldn't even bother.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:55 pm
by Crowing
rinkrat19 wrote:Unless this is a close friend or family member who will still listen after you've hurt his fee-fees, you're probably not going to be able to change his mind.
yeah this - it's probably a worthless endeavor
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:04 pm
by Hattori Hanzo
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:54 pm
by timbs4339
The fourth result on Google is
thomas m cooley law school SCAM. There's fuck all you can do about this. If he owes you money get it back now.
Although I have known people who have applied to law schools without Googling anything about law school. Granted it was 5 years ago now.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:56 pm
by Drake014
lutcf2021 wrote:I woke up this morning and found THIS in my fb newsfeed:
"Well the cat is sticking its head out of the bag. Guess it's time to tell everyone! Last week it was only a dream, but now it's a reality! I (name) have been OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED TO LAW SCHOOL! The Thomas M. Cooley Law School!!"
....
It has over 50 likes.
How do I break it to this guy that he is making the worst mistake EVER.
(This is not a flame.) I feel like it would be rude to crap on his dream, but at the same time. The consensus is that this place is essentially the University of Phoenix.
Just tell him to do some research on the school as you've heard some things that make you concerned. If he doesn't do the research, then he doesn't want to know.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:58 pm
by cinnamonchurros
rinkrat19 wrote:Unless this is a close friend or family member who will still listen after you've hurt his fee-fees, you're probably not going to be able to change his mind.
+1 for "fee-fees".
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:01 pm
by manofjustice
It's like a band-aid. Ya gotta just rip it off.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:01 pm
by manofjustice
Try linking to this thread and to the LST report for the school.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:25 pm
by rad lulz
Unless y'all are super tight, don't do anything.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:50 pm
by LexLeon
lutcf2021 wrote:I woke up this morning and found THIS in my fb newsfeed:
"Well the cat is sticking its head out of the bag. Guess it's time to tell everyone! Last week it was only a dream, but now it's a reality! I (name) have been OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED TO LAW SCHOOL! The Thomas M. Cooley Law School!!"
....
It has over 50 likes.
How do I break it to this guy that he is making the worst mistake EVER.
(This is not a flame.) I feel like it would be rude to crap on his dream, but at the same time. The consensus is that this place is essentially the University of Phoenix.
It's not necessarily a mistake, at all. How can you deem it that without any further information?
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:53 pm
by rinkrat19
LexLeon wrote:lutcf2021 wrote:I woke up this morning and found THIS in my fb newsfeed:
"Well the cat is sticking its head out of the bag. Guess it's time to tell everyone! Last week it was only a dream, but now it's a reality! I (name) have been OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED TO LAW SCHOOL! The Thomas M. Cooley Law School!!"
....
It has over 50 likes.
How do I break it to this guy that he is making the worst mistake EVER.
(This is not a flame.) I feel like it would be rude to crap on his dream, but at the same time. The consensus is that this place is essentially the University of Phoenix.
It's not necessarily a mistake, at all. How can you deem it that without any further information?
The subset of people for whom Cooley is not a life-ruining mistake is so small (like 3 people) that we're pretty safe in assuming. Additionally, OP presumably knows the person and whether Cooley is a bad idea.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:53 pm
by stuckinthemiddle
How does this person not know what he's getting himself into? :/ All he has to do is a google search of his prospective schools. God knows how many I've done...
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:01 am
by stillwater
LexLeon wrote:
It's not necessarily a mistake, at all. How can you deem it that without any further information?
you consistently give bad advice
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:22 am
by lutcf2021
http://www.lstscorereports.com/?school=cooley
This link?
The subset of people for whom Cooley is not a life-ruining mistake is so small (like 3 people) that we're pretty safe in assuming. Additionally, OP presumably knows the person and whether Cooley is a bad idea.
Yes, for his situation. This would be a BAD move.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:23 am
by drmguy
Send the link and post the results.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:17 am
by suralin
OP, this thread is useless without a SCREENSHOT. Please?
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:47 am
by lutcf2021
Suralin wrote:OP, this thread is useless without a SCREENSHOT. Please?
Not sure how to upload saved images from comp to forum page.
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:45 am
by Bronck
lutcf2021 wrote:Suralin wrote:OP, this thread is useless without a SCREENSHOT. Please?
Not sure how to upload saved images from comp to forum page.
Upload to
http://imgur.com/
Then use this code: [img]INSERT_URL_HERE[/img]
or alternatively, just paste the link
Re: Dear God Help
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:03 am
by mg7
I'm sure this has probably been discussed elsewhere, but this is just so.. wrong:
http://www.cooley.edu/news/2011/020411_ ... hools.html
TL;DR Cooley ranks itself 2nd best law school in the nation, next to Harvard of course..