Penn vs. UChi and NYU Forum

[bofaem]

haha well i guess ill explain why im so concerned about other non legal people...im not so sure i want to do big law my whole life, and i want to have my options open so i want to know how people outside the legal community view different schools

[dresden doll]

Go to GULC. Of all the schools I got into, for some reason people seemed most impressed by Georgetown.

Either GULC or Cornell are the TCR. Nevermind the public school sounding-Chicago or Penn State. Go for the gold, young grasshopper.

[IAFG]

Go to GULC. Of all the schools I got into, for some reason people seemed most impressed by Georgetown.

My stepdad still wonders aloud in my presence why I would turn GULC down for some school in Chicago he'd never heard of before I went to interview there.

[doyleoil]

haha well i guess ill explain why im so concerned about other non legal people...im not so sure i want to do big law my whole life, and i want to have my options open so i want to know how people outside the legal community view different schools

do you think the sophisticated people outside the legal community for whom you might eventually want to work are too stupid to figure out law school reputations among lawyers/judges (i.e. people who matter and know)?

[thechee]

here on the west coast, no one would know anything about any of those schools. oddly, they're impressed by georgetown though.

Haha, same in the midwest. Georgetown Law garners all kinds of "Oohs".

Yea wtf is with that. It does have a cool name. Georgetown Mill of Diplomas.

Georgetown sounds lawyerish and political.

[czelede]

here on the west coast, no one would know anything about any of those schools. oddly, they're impressed by georgetown though.

Haha, same in the midwest. Georgetown Law garners all kinds of "Oohs".

Yea wtf is with that. It does have a cool name. Georgetown Mill of Diplomas.

I think in another thread someone had concluded that any school named after a location automatically kills the lay prestige.

[IAFG]

haha well i guess ill explain why im so concerned about other non legal people...im not so sure i want to do big law my whole life, and i want to have my options open so i want to know how people outside the legal community view different schools

then focus on going to an impressive firm then doing impressive work and getting assigned to impressive clients so the people who take biglaw refugees will be impressed.

[09042014]

Go to GULC. Of all the schools I got into, for some reason people seemed most impressed by Georgetown.

Either GULC or Cornell are the TCR. Nevermind the public school sounding-Chicago or Penn State. Go for the gold, young grasshopper.

Cornell isn't the TCR. It's got reputation, reputation for being the shittiest Ivy. Columbia or GTFO.

[IAFG]

here on the west coast, no one would know anything about any of those schools. oddly, they're impressed by georgetown though.

Haha, same in the midwest. Georgetown Law garners all kinds of "Oohs".

Yea wtf is with that. It does have a cool name. Georgetown Mill of Diplomas.

I think in another thread someone had concluded that any school named after a location automatically kills the lay prestige.

Georgetown is named after a location? So is Columbia, IIRC.

[Emma.]

here on the west coast, no one would know anything about any of those schools. oddly, they're impressed by georgetown though.

Haha, same in the midwest. Georgetown Law garners all kinds of "Oohs".

Yea wtf is with that. It does have a cool name. Georgetown Mill of Diplomas.

I think in another thread someone had concluded that any school named after a location automatically kills the lay prestige.

This is TCR, IMO.

edit: For this to work it needs to be a location that laypeople recognize as a location.

[09042014]

here on the west coast, no one would know anything about any of those schools. oddly, they're impressed by georgetown though.

Haha, same in the midwest. Georgetown Law garners all kinds of "Oohs".

Yea wtf is with that. It does have a cool name. Georgetown Mill of Diplomas.

I think in another thread someone had concluded that any school named after a location automatically kills the lay prestige.

Is Georgetown a place?

[quakeroats]

If you're concern is Big law placement chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

[IAFG]

If you're concern is Big Law placement Chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

wait is this true? do uchi students who do poorly suddenly find their degrees less portable?

[quakeroats]

here on the west coast, no one would know anything about any of those schools. oddly, they're impressed by georgetown though.

Haha, same in the midwest. Georgetown Law garners all kinds of "Oohs".

Yea wtf is with that. It does have a cool name. Georgetown Mill of Diplomas.

I think in another thread someone had concluded that any school named after a location automatically kills the lay prestige.

This is TCR, IMO.

edit: For this to work it needs to be a location that laypeople recognize as a location.

Did you just say Columbia was named after a person and edit FTW?

[09042014]

If you're concern is Big Law placement Chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

wait is this true? do uchi students who do poorly suddenly find their degrees less portable?

I'm pretty sure if I was sub median at UChi I'd aim for NYC only. At least ITE. NYC is the easiest market.

[quakeroats]

If you're concern is Big Law placement Chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

wait is this true? do uchi students who do poorly suddenly find their degrees less portable?

Before ITE not really, but if you can't make it past 70 percent you might have some issues.

[thechee]

Is Georgetown a place?

Yes, I vacation there every summer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Maine

[dresden doll]

haha well i guess ill explain why im so concerned about other non legal people...im not so sure i want to do big law my whole life, and i want to have my options open so i want to know how people outside the legal community view different schools

do you think the sophisticated people outside the legal community for whom you might eventually want to work are too stupid to figure out law school reputations among lawyers/judges (i.e. people who matter and know)?

Is that a rhetorical question? Quite clearly, my friend, the answer here is a resounding yes.

Do the good deed and encourage OP to steer clear of TTTs like Chicago.

[doyleoil]

If you're concern is Big Law placement Chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

wait is this true? do uchi students who do poorly suddenly find their degrees less portable?

I'm pretty sure if I was sub median at UChi I'd aim for NYC only. At least ITE. NYC is the easiest market.

strooooooooock; stroooooooooooooooooock

(*said in lamenting tone, a la Kramer pining for the Kenny Roger's*)

also, tongue-in-cheek - i just couldn't help myself

[09042014]

If you're concern is Big Law placement Chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

wait is this true? do uchi students who do poorly suddenly find their degrees less portable?

I'm pretty sure if I was sub median at UChi I'd aim for NYC only. At least ITE. NYC is the easiest market.

strooooooooock; stroooooooooooooooooock

(*said in lamenting tone, a la Kramer pining for the Kenny Roger's*)

also, tongue-in-cheek - i just couldn't help myself

I don't even get the reference.

[IAFG]

If you're concern is Big Law placement Chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

wait is this true? do uchi students who do poorly suddenly find their degrees less portable?

I'm pretty sure if I was sub median at UChi I'd aim for NYC only. At least ITE. NYC is the easiest market.

I guess midwest could mean Minneapolis and Omaha

[doyleoil]

I don't even get the reference.

if you don't watch seinfeld, then we're done here

[bofaem]

haha well i guess ill explain why im so concerned about other non legal people...im not so sure i want to do big law my whole life, and i want to have my options open so i want to know how people outside the legal community view different schools

do you think the sophisticated people outside the legal community for whom you might eventually want to work are too stupid to figure out law school reputations among lawyers/judges (i.e. people who matter and know)?

Is that a rhetorical question? Quite clearly, my friend, the answer here is a resounding yes.

Do the good deed and encourage OP to steer clear of TTTs like Chicago.

I'm not hating on chicago, it was actually my first choice UG and id liked it a lot there--and there's a pretty good chance i ED there

[quakeroats]

If you're concern is Big Law placement Chicago wins by a mile even in New York. However, if you end up well south of median you could be stuck in the Midwest.

wait is this true? do uchi students who do poorly suddenly find their degrees less portable?

I'm pretty sure if I was sub median at UChi I'd aim for NYC only. At least ITE. NYC is the easiest market.

I guess midwest could mean Minneapolis and Omaha

Here's what it meant pre(ish)-ITE: --LinkRemoved--

[doyleoil]

I'm not hating on chicago, it was actually my first choice UG and id liked it a lot there--and there's a pretty good chance i ED there

we're always happy to have people who have seen the light - we're just here to shake you out of your silliness sooner rather than later - it's an act of kindness (no matter what it looks like on the surface)