Go to a T14 IN THIS ECONOMY!

[Somewhere]

speaking of wachtell, do you think making partner there (after you become an associate...let's assume you've already become an associate) is, generally speaking, a harder or easier task than securing a supreme court clerkship?  (sort of like the question "how many nose jobs is too many?" this question is probably unanswerable...but it'll be fun to hear people weigh in - i'd say it's.....harder, just because i'm generally more bowled over by corporate overachievers than i am by intellectual overachievers)

It is not particularly difficult to make partner assuming you are an associate.  The partner/ associate ratio is very low, and everyone I know that left did so for lifestyle reasons.

[wkjr]

how deep would they go at HYS?

[Somewhere]

how deep would they go at HYS?

They do about 15% at CCN, so maybe 20-25% at HYS.   That really is just a guess.

[wkjr]

it's cool....all i really wanted was the "i'm ok with talking out of my ass" answer anyway - sounds close enough to me

[Somewhere]

it's cool....all i really wanted was the "i'm ok with talking out of my ass" answer anyway - sounds close enough to me

Yeah, I only know what the hard grade cutoff is at my school.  But they would clearly give a little more leeway to Harvard.

[wkjr]

makes sense

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What's top 15% here?  Like a 180?  Maybe a 179?

[Somewhere]

What's top 15% here?  Like a 180?  Maybe a 179?

179 is the hard cutoff for Wachtell.

[flyaway]

Is Chicago's scale like basically the LSAT scale?

[....,,.,]

What's top 15% here?  Like a 180?  Maybe a 179?

I think for 1L top 10% is 180 or so, top 15% is probably around a 179 or so, top 33% is about 178.  These are complete guesses though - I don't really have any basis for those numbers other than my general impression.