Law School Discussion

Quote from: chombi3 on December 24, 2005, 01:20:14 PM

Quote from: Pancho on December 23, 2005, 03:40:10 PM

Paging chombi, jd2009, and Pancho - it's now your turn!  Kidding (well, hopefully not)...

hear hear

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhear.html

Quote from: bloomich on December 25, 2005, 10:05:31 AM

Quote from: he onny on December 25, 2005, 02:46:22 AM

Toby's Binging:

http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com/search_schools.php?action=search&cycle=3&school_code=0008&sort=decision&order=d&application_type=0

Binging on 175+ LSAT scorers.  11 in a row since 12/14/05.  No more charity offers of admission to those in the low 170's -- he's getting down to business now.

ahem... charity?? 

congrats on getting accepted; just don't talk in class because the socratic dialogue has a way of exposing the level of intellect that misses close to 10% of the questions on the entrance exam

ok, i'm not one who generally feels the need to defend my intellect... but this is really off base here... and if you want to make judgments on my intellect because i missed one extra question (1 more right would've given me a 175 on the June LSAT), then more power to you, i guess...

but thanks anyway for the congrats, and i'll try to keep quiet at yale...

i'll post mine after this cycle for those applying next cycle

Quote from: he onny on December 24, 2005, 10:25:48 PM

Quote from: daveman on December 24, 2005, 10:13:23 PM

I'm not saying they don't want that type of person, but the person who writes about it in their PS simply looks naive.

if satchel/seamus allen/farrow had written his essay about saving the world, would he have looked naive?  lots of those types of people do apply to yls.

Yup - they would have.

And I think all of these 250's are trite, especially that stupid one about the navigation system - well written perhaps, but I cringe when people try to be "clever" with their essays.

I much prefer the one last year where the guy talked about his thesis which was on health care, he just talked about a problem he cared about.

maximum tennis?

so, i received a package from duke... not at my current address, so don't know the exact day it arrived or what it says... but i'm assuming i'm in given that it's a package

Quote from: badmammajamma on December 23, 2005, 11:46:05 AM

Wow. I didn't think it was off the charts, but it's definitely not as bad as some are saying. Some of the comments reek of "it-would-crush-my-ego-to-admit-anyone-else-can-do-anything-right" insecurity. It's a little wierd to see someone call it "thesaurusy," and then proceed to use the words "palimpsestuous" and "banality."
It's not a Pulitzer piece, but it does OK within the constraints.

I was too harsh last night (I get excited when I've been drinking). The essay is just really pompous and silly. Ironically, my Yale 250 (which I won't post, for fear of responses like mine last night) was about how my writing style has changed from my days as a self-obsessed freshman columnist. My favorite line: "I sounded like an angry little girl with a big thesaurus."

yea seriously...you'd have to have some thick skin to leave your 250 for the wolves...