THE DING BAR Forum

[ballcaps]

From looking at this thread, you would think that Berkeley is literally the only school that has rejected anyone from c/o 2018. I know we can do better. Come on, guys.

But hating on Berkeley is so fun....

Dear Berkeley,

The first time you waitlisted me (4th quartile, ouch), I thought we just needed more time to get to know each other. Maybe if I flashed a little more public interest work experience, really dove into that "non-dramatized" 4-page personal statement, you would see that I'm so much more than a pretty face and an LSAT above your 75th.

But then you waitlisted me, again. And I realized that it’s not me, Berkeley. It’s you. It’s you, with your drought-scorched wasteland of aging white hippies, your cost of living on par with NYC but absolutely nothing to show for it. Oh, another mediocre bar flooded with ugly tennis shoe and hoodie-wearing undergrads? Thanks, but I'll pass. You’re not as edgy as Oakland, not as cool as SF, and for a $4.50 latte I really expect better coffee art.

Berkeley, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you are the hipster douche of law schools, the white vegan Marxist with dreadlocks whose rapacious and self-righteous quinoa and almond milk consumption is starving Bolivian farmers and destroying California's wild salmon populations. You claim to be chock full of liberal social justice-y treehuggers, but in reality you have one black friend and those hippies you love so much still get their lawns manicured by the same underpaid migrant workers you purport to help in your clinics.

No thanks, Berkeley. I'll be sitting this one out.

xo,
Dipper

here we go!

whammy that was good!

[gilessanderson]

this is great. thought I'd switch up the tone..

Dear Berkeley,

Thank you for a wonderful undergrad experience and not stringing me along with a WL. Your population of edgy, bohemian homeless (by choice) youth and militant progressives who claim to celebrate the free speech movement but shun any political convictions they disagree with as insensitive hate speech provided me with endless entertainment (albeit a bit of frustration as well). You taught me the valuable lesson that uber-liberal douche's are even more laughable than hardcore evangelical conservatives. When I leave you for good and experience the freedom of once again using a plastic bag I'll know it's best for both of us that we're apart.

XOXO
GS

[gilessanderson]

From looking at this thread, you would think that Berkeley is literally the only school that has rejected anyone from c/o 2018. I know we can do better. Come on, guys.

But hating on Berkeley is so fun....

Dear Berkeley,

The first time you waitlisted me (4th quartile, ouch), I thought we just needed more time to get to know each other. Maybe if I flashed a little more public interest work experience, really dove into that "non-dramatized" 4-page personal statement, you would see that I'm so much more than a pretty face and an LSAT above your 75th.

But then you waitlisted me, again. And I realized that it’s not me, Berkeley. It’s you. It’s you, with your drought-scorched wasteland of aging white hippies, your cost of living on par with NYC but absolutely nothing to show for it. Oh, another mediocre bar flooded with ugly tennis shoe and hoodie-wearing undergrads? Thanks, but I'll pass. You’re not as edgy as Oakland, not as cool as SF, and for a $4.50 latte I really expect better coffee art.

Berkeley, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you are the hipster douche of law schools, the white vegan Marxist with dreadlocks whose rapacious and self-righteous quinoa and almond milk consumption is starving Bolivian farmers and destroying California's wild salmon populations. You claim to be chock full of liberal social justice-y treehuggers, but in reality you have one black friend and those hippies you love so much still get their lawns manicured by the same underpaid migrant workers you purport to help in your clinics.

No thanks, Berkeley. I'll be sitting this one out.

xo,
Dipper

Bravo

[middlebear]

Dear Yale,

Thank God, I applied because all the partners at work told me to and I felt like I "should". I knew going in that I didn't want to go, I was dreading the one-in-a-million chance that would see me accepted. I'd like to actually learn how to practice law, not your touchy feel theory bullshit. And frankly, I know a fair amount of YLS students, and I don't want to be their classmate.

Four years in undergrad was enough. Suck it, Mama Yale, I won't be back in New Haven till the reunion, and even that may be too soon.

Here's my middle finger,

middlebear

PS: Berkeley says hi. THEY love me, you ungrateful piece of stale, burned pizza crust.

[LawsRUs]

^^ alert! we have a berkeley lover
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Dear Berkeley,

I forgot to comment on the location of your building. Do you think you are better than everybody else on campus because your building is on top of a hill? News for you: The undergrad business school sits higher than you.

Hope that burns,
With love,
LRU

[Stillblade]

The saltiness at Berkeley in this thread is really friggin good. Actually makes me glad I didn't apply. Good job!

[bou]

Dear Berkeley,

You're gonna love this! So my wife wants to move from ny to cali. She doesnt like the cold ny, you see. So she made (and paid) for me to apply to you guys.

4page ps - what joy bestowed! I believe in the sister of talent, and you got a 2 pager. Alma Mater of my former psycho boss who got a job as s salesman upon graduation...in 1993.? Sign me up!
Don't apply at the end ? -Your website admonishes. Deadline it is!
No honey, we're not moving to north of lalaland and south of tru nutjob uber-liberals in orgegon. Bay area isnt that warm babe. You're stuck with whereever I want to go to my precious.

Thanks for assisting me Berkeley, for keeping the woman in her place beside me.
Ah, what sweet irony.

But seriously, hats off to you.

Farewell


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[KMart]

I didn't apply to Berkeley, but I thought I would contribute:

Dear Berkeley,

Why didn’t you give me a fee waiver? Do you discriminate again poor people? I was going to apply (I really was), but your four page PS? Why do you torture us? But more importantly, why do you torture yourselves?

Love,
xoxo,
LRU

They give needs based fee waivers .

[LawsRUs]

I didn't apply to Berkeley, but I thought I would contribute:

Dear Berkeley,

Why didn’t you give me a fee waiver? Do you discriminate again poor people? I was going to apply (I really was), but your four page PS? Why do you torture us? But more importantly, why do you torture yourselves?

Love,
xoxo,
LRU

They give needs based fee waivers .

Dear Berkeley,

I asked you specifically for a need-based fee waiver! WTF!

eff you,
LRU

[KMart]

Berkeley is the 10 at the bar we all see until we realize she is too conceited and stuck up for our taste.

[ub3r]

Berkeley is the 10 at the bar we all see until we realize she is too conceited and stuck up for our taste.

The 10 who says they don't like dogs. Dealbreaker.

[Username123]

Berkeley is the 10 at the bar we all see until we realize she is too conceited and stuck up for our taste.

The 10 who says they don't like dogs. Dealbreaker.

The 10 who smokes cigs.

#swipeleft

[LawsRUs]

The 10 who has halitosis.

[Username123]

The 10 who has halitosis.

The 10 who doesn't know wtf halitosis is.

[KMart]

Sometimes it is better not to google.

[NoBladesNoBows]

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[Hand]

From looking at this thread, you would think that Berkeley is literally the only school that has rejected anyone from c/o 2018. I know we can do better. Come on, guys.

But hating on Berkeley is so fun....

Dear Berkeley,

The first time you waitlisted me (4th quartile, ouch), I thought we just needed more time to get to know each other. Maybe if I flashed a little more public interest work experience, really dove into that "non-dramatized" 4-page personal statement, you would see that I'm so much more than a pretty face and an LSAT above your 75th.

But then you waitlisted me, again. And I realized that it’s not me, Berkeley. It’s you. It’s you, with your drought-scorched wasteland of aging white hippies, your cost of living on par with NYC but absolutely nothing to show for it. Oh, another mediocre bar flooded with ugly tennis shoe and hoodie-wearing undergrads? Thanks, but I'll pass. You’re not as edgy as Oakland, not as cool as SF, and for a $4.50 latte I really expect better coffee art.

Berkeley, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you are the hipster douche of law schools, the white vegan Marxist with dreadlocks whose rapacious and self-righteous quinoa and almond milk consumption is starving Bolivian farmers and destroying California's wild salmon populations. You claim to be chock full of liberal social justice-y treehuggers, but in reality you have one black friend and those hippies you love so much still get their lawns manicured by the same underpaid migrant workers you purport to help in your clinics.

No thanks, Berkeley. I'll be sitting this one out.

xo,
Dipper

Beautiful, Dipper. Almost makes me grateful they waitlisted me.

[bou]

Berkeley is the 10 at the bar we all see until we realize she is too conceited and stuck up for our taste.

More like the 8 M I RITE???

out of 20

[ballcaps]

Berkeley is the 10 at the bar we all see until we realize she is too conceited and stuck up for our taste.

More like the 8 M I RITE???

out of 20

got em!!

but srsly berkeley is no 10.

[LawsRUs]

sorry this is my last post hating on Berkeley:

Dear Berkeley,

Have you noticed that the alley behind your building smells like homeless men's piss? Why don't you clean that shit up before you go buy another case reporter for that library?

I really needed that fee waiver,
xoxo,
LRU

[kanthandleit]

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Sounds to me like Berkeley is the 10 that neckbeards always complain about being friendzoned by.

[mgschiet]

Sounds to me like Berkeley is the 10 that neckbeards always complain about being friendzoned by.

If a girl doesn't go for a neckbeard, she's not a 10.

[nawi226]

Dear Northwestern,

You had no interview dates available, and when I emailed you to inquire about this conundrum you said simply that interview dates MAY become available but that NOT COMPLETING AN INTERVIEW WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT MY APPLICATION. Faced with no choice, I completed my application without scheduling one. Within a couple short weeks I received your auto-ding, and have no choice but to suspect that you are simple scoundrels who are very ungentleman-like. I fart in your general direction, Northwestern, and I didn't want to go to your crappy midwestern city anyway.

Yours Truly,

Salty Forever, Esq

P.S. thanks for the fee waiver. I'm going to Cornell anyway.

[nosocat]

Love it!

[Stillblade]

How inadvisable do you guys think it is it to spread salt in here about a waitlist? Do you think schools troll this thread to find people to ding off of the waitlist? Do you think prestigious law schools have a staff of elite hackers who specialize in identifying and tracking down applicants who badmouth them on the internet?