I hear GW is the most, followed by BC and BU.
Quote from: pd112aux on April 12, 2008, 09:29:49 PMQuote from: Pink Cosmo on April 12, 2008, 08:37:43 PMQuote from: pd112aux on April 12, 2008, 08:36:09 PMQuote from: Fruit Loops on April 12, 2008, 01:37:08 AMthe lower ones class rank, the more competitive they perceive the school to be.Yes. And all schools rank, even if only for graduation honors. If people don't see cum laude on your resume, they know you didn't make top third, and that's all they need or want to know.Northeastern doesn't "students may receive Honors or High Honors for strong academic performance in upper-level courses"http://www.slaw.neu.edu/affairs/requiredeg.htmlHow is that not ranking?No you're right, I didn't know that. Interesting that they have that with their no grading policy.
Quote from: Pink Cosmo on April 12, 2008, 08:37:43 PMQuote from: pd112aux on April 12, 2008, 08:36:09 PMQuote from: Fruit Loops on April 12, 2008, 01:37:08 AMthe lower ones class rank, the more competitive they perceive the school to be.Yes. And all schools rank, even if only for graduation honors. If people don't see cum laude on your resume, they know you didn't make top third, and that's all they need or want to know.Northeastern doesn't "students may receive Honors or High Honors for strong academic performance in upper-level courses"http://www.slaw.neu.edu/affairs/requiredeg.htmlHow is that not ranking?
Quote from: pd112aux on April 12, 2008, 08:36:09 PMQuote from: Fruit Loops on April 12, 2008, 01:37:08 AMthe lower ones class rank, the more competitive they perceive the school to be.Yes. And all schools rank, even if only for graduation honors. If people don't see cum laude on your resume, they know you didn't make top third, and that's all they need or want to know.Northeastern doesn't
Quote from: Fruit Loops on April 12, 2008, 01:37:08 AMthe lower ones class rank, the more competitive they perceive the school to be.Yes. And all schools rank, even if only for graduation honors. If people don't see cum laude on your resume, they know you didn't make top third, and that's all they need or want to know.
the lower ones class rank, the more competitive they perceive the school to be.
Friends of mine at Minnesota and Emory have told me that their schools were surprisingly competitive. The way they both explained it to me was that the top of the class had some pretty amazing opportunities job-wise (private and public), while the bottom half seemed to be miles away as far as the doors open to them. A sort of "feast or famine" kind of thing (the words of the UMN grad, who was on law review there), if I understood correctly. I also imagine that schools that routinely transfer a large number, relatively speaking, of students from the top of their class to T14s have a slightly more competitive edge. E.g. Case Western, American, etc.
Quote from: tashakies on April 14, 2008, 04:51:36 PMQuote from: DCB on April 13, 2008, 04:44:51 PMFriends of mine at Minnesota and Emory have told me that their schools were surprisingly competitive. The way they both explained it to me was that the top of the class had some pretty amazing opportunities job-wise (private and public), while the bottom half seemed to be miles away as far as the doors open to them. A sort of "feast or famine" kind of thing (the words of the UMN grad, who was on law review there), if I understood correctly. I also imagine that schools that routinely transfer a large number, relatively speaking, of students from the top of their class to T14s have a slightly more competitive edge. E.g. Case Western, American, etc. Anyone know about this for BC?? It has a reputation for being the Disneyland of law schools and I know fantastic doors are open for the top of the class. What about for those in the bottom half? Someone told me you are 'basically screwed' if you are in the bottom half. What's your definition of screwed? You may be out of biglaw but BC has a fantastic reputation in Boston - you will be employable.
Quote from: DCB on April 13, 2008, 04:44:51 PMFriends of mine at Minnesota and Emory have told me that their schools were surprisingly competitive. The way they both explained it to me was that the top of the class had some pretty amazing opportunities job-wise (private and public), while the bottom half seemed to be miles away as far as the doors open to them. A sort of "feast or famine" kind of thing (the words of the UMN grad, who was on law review there), if I understood correctly. I also imagine that schools that routinely transfer a large number, relatively speaking, of students from the top of their class to T14s have a slightly more competitive edge. E.g. Case Western, American, etc. Anyone know about this for BC?? It has a reputation for being the Disneyland of law schools and I know fantastic doors are open for the top of the class. What about for those in the bottom half? Someone told me you are 'basically screwed' if you are in the bottom half.
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