Stanford 2010!!! Forum

[CardinalRules]

Cal >>> Chicago, in case you weren't aware, Kronk.

Care to explain?

Berkeley is a really wonderful place to be as a student, and the Bay Area in general is a great environment. Plus, there's plenty of evidence from weather.com to support Cal. When evaluating two equally ranked schools, lifestyle and climate are sufficient to prefer one over the other, IMO.

Chicago also has a reputation for harsh grading and intense competition, not a lot of fun either. But I don't want to come across as an anti-Chicago troll; I'm not making the choice myself, so don't take me too seriously.

[Kronk]

Cal or Chicago, yeah. I would probably choose Boalt, but Chicago is a better school and offered me a scholarship. Hoping Berkeley will match it, but they are traditionally stingy.

Edit: Should be noted I talked to a professor who thought Chicago wasn't any more competitive than other law schools, edited the rest about this.


Edit II: I'd actually also prefer NYU to Chicago as I'm interested in a specific kind of law that happens to be public interest oriented, but the Chicago professors have been so great in communicating with me that they are definitely winning me over. Still haven't heard back from Berkeley or NYU professors, unfortunately, so they can't tell me what makes their schools the better choice. The Chicago professor, on the other hand, gave me his home phone # and talked to me extensively about why Chicago was a great option for what I wanted and why he left Stanford for Chicago as a professor, etc.

[CardinalRules]

Cal or Chicago, yeah. I would probably choose Boalt, but Chicago is a better school and offered me a scholarship. Hoping Berkeley will match it, but they are traditionally stingy.

Edit: Should be noted I talked to a professor who thought Chicago wasn't any more competitive than other law schools, and actually cited Berkeley (wtf?) as a school he considered "bad" competitive. Also, they have an amazing clinic at Chicago that I would love to be involved in. I'd still rather attend Berkeley though, and I'm sure my upcoming visits of both places will reinforce that.

Is that a Chicago professor?

[Kronk]

Is that a Chicago professor? Nobody has ever told me that Boalt is ultra-competitive.

Yeah. He was the PI director at Stanford and then moved to be the PI director at Chicago because he had some sort of fellowship there and has been there for ten years. He admitted bias.

[CardinalRules]

He admitted he was biased.

Haha, I would say so. Stanford + Chicago = arch-enemy of Cal. The gunning and fanatical studying was what I was mentioning earlier; I didn't mean to imply unethical behavior. To me, a school full of gunners wouldn't be a very pleasant atmosphere.

[crackberry]

Kronk, are you serious? Berkeley is so much better than UIUC.

[Kronk]

He admitted he was biased.

Haha, I would say so. Stanford + Chicago = arch-enemy of Cal. The gunning and fanatical studying was what I was mentioning earlier; I didn't mean to imply unethical behavior. To me, a school full of gunners wouldn't be a very pleasant atmosphere.

Eh, I highly doubt it's any different at any top 14, especially with the economy the way it is. Maybe you'll get off the hook because of no grades at YS, but even Berkeley's no-grade system is ranked and mostly superficial with HH, H, and P.

[Kronk]

Kronk, are you serious? Berkeley is so much better than UIUC.

UIUC and the University of California, Oakland are fairly comparable. Though I do want to work in San Fran.

[crackberry]

Kronk, are you serious? Berkeley is so much better than UIUC.

UIUC and the University of California, Oakland are fairly comparable. Though I do want to work in San Fran.

Yeah, why am I going to school in Stamford, CT, if I want to work in the Bay Area?

[CardinalRules]

He admitted he was biased.

Haha, I would say so. Stanford + Chicago = arch-enemy of Cal. The gunning and fanatical studying was what I was mentioning earlier; I didn't mean to imply unethical behavior. To me, a school full of gunners wouldn't be a very pleasant atmosphere.

Eh, I highly doubt it's any different at any top 14, especially with the economy the way it is. Maybe you'll get off the hook because of no grades at YS, but even Berkeley's no-grade system is ranked and mostly superficial with HH, H, and P.

Point taken. The economy does seem to be making everyone more anxious, even at the top schools.

[CardinalRules]

This conversation has taken an odd turn since CB entered the thread.

[Kronk]

Kronk, are you serious? Berkeley is so much better than UIUC.

UIUC and the University of California, Oakland are fairly comparable. Though I do want to work in San Fran.

Yeah, why am I going to school in Stamford, CT, if I want to work in the Bay Area?

I'm considering Haverford, but only if they give me an interview in the next few weeks.

[crackberry]

Kronk, are you serious? Berkeley is so much better than UIUC.

UIUC and the University of California, Oakland are fairly comparable. Though I do want to work in San Fran.

Yeah, why am I going to school in Stamford, CT, if I want to work in the Bay Area?

I'm considering Haverford, but only if they give me an interview in the next few weeks.

Fail. Everyone knows what Harvard is.

[Kronk]

Fail. Everyone knows what Harvard is.

lulz at you using the Stanford joke prior.

[BioEBear2010]

I like how many of these prestigious schools have names similar to other schools. I had a ton of band friends in high school, and everyone thought I was going to attend Berklee College of Music.

Also these threads get off topic purty fast.

[CardinalRules]

I must be slow-witted today; it took me until that last post to figure out what you guys were doing. Then I LOL'd.

[Kronk]

I like how many of these prestigious schools have names similar to other schools. I had a ton of band friends in high school, and everyone thought I was going to attend Berklee College of Music.

Also these threads get off topic purty fast.

Only because Stanford is driving me insane. I haven't been rejected anywhere, though, so I can't have messed up my application too much.

[CardinalRules]

I like how many of these prestigious schools have names similar to other schools. I had a ton of band friends in high school, and everyone thought I was going to attend Berklee College of Music.

Also these threads get off topic purty fast.

Re name confusion, my sister had a British friend who went to "Trinity College." My sister asked if she could visit her at Oxford or Cambridge when she next went to London.

It was Trinity College Dublin.

[Kretzy]

Having gone to Colorado College ("CC" to everyone here), I get asked often why I only chose to go to community college. This includes folks from my hometown, 45 minutes away from CC.

[CardinalRules]

Having gone to Colorado College ("CC" to everyone here), I get asked often why I only chose to go to community college. This includes folks from my hometown, 45 minutes away from CC.

There's the U Penn / Penn State thing too.

[BioEBear2010]

Having gone to Colorado College ("CC" to everyone here), I get asked often why I only chose to go to community college. This includes folks from my hometown, 45 minutes away from CC.

There's the U Penn / Penn State thing too.

There are just too many. I've gotten the "Oh, which Cal State do you go to?" question a couple of times.

Stamford's my favorite, though. I remember freaking out when the "In at Stamford" thread came alive.

[crackberry]

I like how many of these prestigious schools have names similar to other schools. I had a ton of band friends in high school, and everyone thought I was going to attend Berklee College of Music.

Also these threads get off topic purty fast.

Re name confusion, my sister had a British friend who went to "Trinity College." My sister asked if she could visit her at Oxford or Cambridge when she next went to London.

It was Trinity College Dublin.

There's also the Trinity College for the dregs of the NYC private school system in Connecticut.

[CardinalRules]

I remember freaking out when the "In at Stamford" thread came alive.

+a lot. Also, there were people who applied to Penn and got "Congratulations" emails from...Penn State, which was "congratulating" them on their record and offering a fee waiver.

[CardinalRules]

I like how many of these prestigious schools have names similar to other schools. I had a ton of band friends in high school, and everyone thought I was going to attend Berklee College of Music.

Also these threads get off topic purty fast.

Re name confusion, my sister had a British friend who went to "Trinity College." My sister asked if she could visit her at Oxford or Cambridge when she next went to London.

It was Trinity College Dublin.

There's also the Trinity College for the dregs of the NYC private school system in Connecticut.

It was the finishing school for the annoying dumbasses at my own private school too. When some lazy slob walked past, I used to think "perfect for Trinity."

[crackberry]

There's also the Trinity College for the dregs of the NYC private school system in Connecticut.

It was the finishing school for the annoying dumbasses at my own private school too. When some lazy slob walked past, I used to think "perfect for Trinity."

In NYC, if you were rich, went to private school, did a lot of coke and had a 2.0-2.5, you went to Trinity or Hamilton.