The way I see it, your intelligence is what it is. Whatever your intelligence level is, you will place better at Howard than you will at American.It seems pretty clear that the people in the middle and bottom of the class at American and Howard get the same dismal job opportunities.It seems equally clear that the top of Howard gets better opportunities than the top of American (generally speaking).Your intelligence being what it is, you have a better chance of placing at the top of Howard than American.Thus, you should go to Howard money being no factor.
Quote from: Kirk Lazarus on April 04, 2009, 11:34:42 AMThe way I see it, your intelligence is what it is. Whatever your intelligence level is, you will place better at Howard than you will at American.It seems pretty clear that the people in the middle and bottom of the class at American and Howard get the same dismal job opportunities.It seems equally clear that the top of Howard gets better opportunities than the top of American (generally speaking).Your intelligence being what it is, you have a better chance of placing at the top of Howard than American.Thus, you should go to Howard money being no factor.I can understand that line of thinking, but LSAT's and GPA's of incoming law students are of little indicator, especially at Howard. The "top" of Howard tends to be a group of students who are very underrated and likely could/should have gone to top-20 schools. They are waitlisted at top-20 schools but don't get in, so they choose Howard Law. I know that sounds wierd, but it's true. Many Black law applicants think that way...either top-20 or Howard. So what you have at the top of Howard is a class of deceptively talented people. Plus, the profs are tough. It's not going to be easy to make the top of Howard.
Quote from: LawDog3 on April 04, 2009, 04:12:13 PMQuote from: Kirk Lazarus on April 04, 2009, 11:34:42 AMThe way I see it, your intelligence is what it is. Whatever your intelligence level is, you will place better at Howard than you will at American.It seems pretty clear that the people in the middle and bottom of the class at American and Howard get the same dismal job opportunities.It seems equally clear that the top of Howard gets better opportunities than the top of American (generally speaking).Your intelligence being what it is, you have a better chance of placing at the top of Howard than American.Thus, you should go to Howard money being no factor.I can understand that line of thinking, but LSAT's and GPA's of incoming law students are of little indicator, especially at Howard. The "top" of Howard tends to be a group of students who are very underrated and likely could/should have gone to top-20 schools. They are waitlisted at top-20 schools but don't get in, so they choose Howard Law. I know that sounds wierd, but it's true. Many Black law applicants think that way...either top-20 or Howard. So what you have at the top of Howard is a class of deceptively talented people. Plus, the profs are tough. It's not going to be easy to make the top of Howard. lol. I love Howard as much as the next guy, but this is ridiculous. Edit: I'll actually go ahead and say that you're correct here, on second thought. It isn't so much that I actually think this is true. After all, if you're waitlisted and didn't get in to a top 20 school, you can't reasonably say you "could/should have gone to a top 20 school." Nonetheless, I do remember that my girlfriend and I only applied to the t14 and Howard thinking that Howard was the only school outside of the t14 worth going to.
The previous post is a 120 answer.
Its always an issue of how important the money is to you. But Howard versus American is really a pretty lopsided comparison, American should win this hands down unless there are some very substantial factors pulling the other way.By what certainty are you assuming you will get it for the other 2 years? I'm guessing they have a class rank requirement, and do remember that 100% of the students in a 1L class are confident they will be in the top 10%. 90% of them are wrong.
Quote from: k0em9u on April 04, 2009, 01:17:46 AMIts always an issue of how important the money is to you. But Howard versus American is really a pretty lopsided comparison, American should win this hands down unless there are some very substantial factors pulling the other way.By what certainty are you assuming you will get it for the other 2 years? I'm guessing they have a class rank requirement, and do remember that 100% of the students in a 1L class are confident they will be in the top 10%. 90% of them are wrong.Fail! All you need at Howard to keep your scholy is a 3.0 GPA, which is tough, but doable. And according to WHAT do u assume that American should be the hands down favorite? It sound to me as if SOMEBODY has assumed that the same Howard Law that keeps beating the crap out of Harvard and Yale every year in Moot Court is inferior to predominantly White law schools. Howard is the most underrated law school in the country and should be at least top-50. Some others are very close:Cardozo is a top-25 schoolHastings is a top 25 school Brooklyn is a top-30 schoolChicago-Kent is top-30 schoolTulane is a top-30 schoolMiami is a top-tier schoolWayne State is a top-tier schoolSuffolk is a top-tier schoolAmerican is considered to be one of the most overrated schools in the country.
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