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Where should I go next fall? / Re: What is a T2 school?
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Where should I go next fall? / Re: What is a T2 school?« on: March 30, 2009, 05:10:10 PM »
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Where should I go next fall? / Re: Is Iowa a national or regional school?« on: March 30, 2009, 01:19:56 PM »I'm an Iowa Law alum. Some of my law school friends practice in Iowa - Des Moines, Quad-Cities, etc. Some went to Phoenix, some to Minneapolis, some to Austin, some to DC, some to NYC, one was an assistant DA in Boston, and I'm in-house corporate counsel at a Fortune 500 company in Silicon Valley. Do you know how your friends working outside of the midwest placed in their class? 43
Where should I go next fall? / Re: Is Iowa a national or regional school?« on: March 27, 2009, 08:44:51 PM »The Bloomington comparison was a mistake and I was thinking of Minneapolis/St. Paul as also being a larger market in the context of my statements. Granted it's not Chicago but it's not Des Moines either.According to ABA data only a third of the 2007 graduating class stayed in Iowa but FWIW Iowa was the biggest placement market and there was 7% unemployment. I wouldn't say it's crazy to go Iowa and aim to land to a job in Chicago but if you're primarily interested in big markets outside of Iowa it's hard for me to see what Iowa would offer that would make it better than a school that's closer to or in one of those markets like Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or IU Bloomington. Well, the main reason I am interested in Iowa was because it is ranked the highest by far out of the 3 schools I applied to (SMU and Houston are the other). I also get instate tuition for Iowa. From the searches I've done on this board it seems like tey do have some alumni that go to places like Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas- all 3 places I wouldn't mind practiing. However, if these placements require being near the top of the class, I would probably go to a Texas school instead. I would be satisfied if I finished in he middle of the class and practiced in a midsized firm in Texas. I would not be satisfied if I graduated in the middle of the class at Iowa and had to stay in the midwest. So my main question I guess was whether or not the middle of Iowa's class had mobility outside the midwest. 44
Affirmative Action / Re: Be honest URMs: why does race-blind admissions really bother you?« on: March 25, 2009, 06:18:17 PM »More: not all people of color have grown up in the hood or have been called racial slurs to their faces on a regular basis. A URM with the most cushy life has still been disadvantaged compared to a white guy. There are millions of white people who would trade places to be a black millionaire. If you honestly believe in Chris Rock's joke you are blind. Just go to a random mall and see the white kids who try to walk and dress like they're black and talk like they're black. Most of them would trade places with a poor black person, forget the wealth. 45
Affirmative Action / Re: Be honest URMs: why does race-blind admissions really bother you?« on: March 25, 2009, 06:01:05 PM »Step 1: Insert white person into most udesirable conditions possible in this country. But it won't show AA is fair to "overrepesented minorities". Admitting people based on race is wrong on all levels. 46
Affirmative Action / Re: Be honest URMs: why does race-blind admissions really bother you?« on: March 25, 2009, 04:39:34 PM »Step 1: Insert white person into most udesirable conditions possible in this country. What about Asians and Indians? Do they not get discriminated against? At the same time these groups need even higher scores than whites to be considered their equal during admissions. Tell me how this is fair? 47
Affirmative Action / Re: Be honest URMs: why does race-blind admissions really bother you?« on: March 25, 2009, 04:38:07 PM »Step 1: Insert white person into most udesirable conditions possible in this country. What about Asians and Indians? Do they not get discriminated against? At the same time these groups need never higher scores than whites to be considered their equal during admissions. Tell me how this is fair? 48
Transferring / Re: T10 transfer, taking questions...« on: March 25, 2009, 03:09:49 PM »
What month did you starting sending out transfer applications? How long did it typically take for a school to give you a response?
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Where should I go next fall? / Re: Is Iowa a national or regional school?« on: March 25, 2009, 01:28:54 PM »It's a regional school, but the region is big. You arent stuck in Iowa. Lots of Iowa grads work in MI, WI, MN, IL etc. Iowa will give you plenty of options in the Great Lakes and Midwest. I hate the midwest... so I guess this chart is misleading? http://www.law.uiowa.edu/careers/stats-alumni.php 50
Where should I go next fall? / Is Iowa a national or regional school?« on: March 25, 2009, 02:25:37 AM »
Their website shows graduates all over the US. I'm sure their top 25% get biglaw like any other tier 1 school. Does anyone know the rest of their class places nationally? They only rank top 12%, top 37%, and everyone else is unranked. Is this a good or bad thing when looking outside the midwest for employment?
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