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If you really care then pm. Stop posting ITTIwanttolawschool wrote: So you went to BC, and dropped out or something? I don't want to have to creep your posts to solve this mystery
BC placed more kids into Public interest work than Drexel did. In fact Drexel didn't place ANYONE into Public interest work (they placed 1 short term part time, which I am not counting). So your point is very wrong about that.Manali wrote: I don't rate the success of a school by how many people get big law. BC is not "objectively better" if you're aiming for government/public interest, especially since they are so stingy with scholarship money.
Were these for the same kind of position - that is, were they both for summer student positions?Manali wrote:I applied for the Philly PD with BC on my resume for the EJW Conference and Career Fair in 2014. Not even a screener. I applied for them this spring and got an offer, with Drexel on my resume. Ranking is not everything.
Please stop. Please.Manali wrote:
I applied for the Philly PD with BC on my resume for the EJW Conference and Career Fair in 2014. Not even a screener. I applied for them this spring and got an offer, with Drexel on my resume. Ranking is not everything.
No.A. Nony Mouse wrote:Were these for the same kind of position - that is, were they both for summer student positions?Manali wrote:I applied for the Philly PD with BC on my resume for the EJW Conference and Career Fair in 2014. Not even a screener. I applied for them this spring and got an offer, with Drexel on my resume. Ranking is not everything.
Yeah, that's the difference, not school reputation or rank.Manali wrote:No.A. Nony Mouse wrote:Were these for the same kind of position - that is, were they both for summer student positions?Manali wrote:I applied for the Philly PD with BC on my resume for the EJW Conference and Career Fair in 2014. Not even a screener. I applied for them this spring and got an offer, with Drexel on my resume. Ranking is not everything.
I don't understand.A. Nony Mouse wrote:Yeah, that's the difference, not school reputation or rank.Manali wrote:No.A. Nony Mouse wrote:Were these for the same kind of position - that is, were they both for summer student positions?Manali wrote:I applied for the Philly PD with BC on my resume for the EJW Conference and Career Fair in 2014. Not even a screener. I applied for them this spring and got an offer, with Drexel on my resume. Ranking is not everything.
Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
You have much higher grades then you did at BC... seems to explain why you got a screenerManali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
I'm not working at the Philly PD this summer.A. Nony Mouse wrote:But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
Grades did not come out until January 2016. Screener was in October 2015.DCfilterDC wrote:You have much higher grades then you did at BC... seems to explain why you got a screenerManali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
The offer you're referring to, is it for the summer or postgraduate?Manali wrote:I'm not working at the Philly PD this summer.A. Nony Mouse wrote:But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
So you had bad grades at BC, and they didn't know your grades yet at Drexel? A ton of 1Ls from random schools get PD summer positions, unfortunately few translate into actual employment.Manali wrote:Grades did not come out until January 2016. Screener was in October 2015.DCfilterDC wrote:You have much higher grades then you did at BC... seems to explain why you got a screenerManali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
Okay, you need to STOP right now. If you want to bring up that Drexel is all better than BC because Drexel got you the vaunted screener that BC didn't get you, you need to acknowledge that it's because the two applications were for different kinds of jobs. Don't respond to questions that weren't asked - I never said you were working at the Philly PD, I was talking about the two applications you said you submitted.Manali wrote:I'm not working at the Philly PD this summer.A. Nony Mouse wrote:But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
So you applied for a local Pennsylvania PI position with a Boston school on your resume and didn't get looked at, but when you applied for the same local position from a local school, you got it? I can't imagine why that would have happened unless Drexel is clearly the superior school. It clearly has nothing to do with geography.Manali wrote:I applied for the Philly PD with BC on my resume for the EJW Conference and Career Fair in 2014. Not even a screener. I applied for them this spring and got an offer, with Drexel on my resume. Ranking is not everything.Iwanttolawschool wrote:I'm confused. Did you apply to the Philly PD twice - once with Drexel and once with BC on your resume? Real question: Do you receive government disability benefits?Manali wrote:I got an offer from the Philly PD with Drexel on my resume. With BC on my resume, I did not even get a screener.Nebby wrote:I'm glad things are working out for you thereManali wrote:Drexel is a solid option if you go for cheap. I received a scholarship and am staying with family-have almost no living expenses. My career options here are much better than they were at BC.TheProdigal wrote:Also known as 83/141 in JD-required, or 58.87%.Manali wrote:Drexel:
http://drexel.edu/law/career/statistics ... 0Outcomes/
101/141 (~72%) in FTLT JD required/JD advantage positions 10 months after graduation. Not bad for a school that's been around for only a decade.
And 4.3% biglaw+fedclerk. Almost 10% unemployed. Nearly 8% underemployed.
With a rough average of a degree costing 120k.
You may want to rejig your definition of "not bad."
Just because they named the school after a second tier 1990's NBA star doesn't make it well-respectedManali wrote:I'm just saying that most grads stay in PA/NJ because of self-selection. However, Drexel has grads as far away as Washington and California. It has a respected name.Lincoln wrote:I know of a college-dropout who became the richest man in the world.Manali wrote:
Nearly 72% of the class of 2015 is in a FTLT JD required or JD advantage job, which is not bad for a school that's been around 10 years. The reason most grads remain in PA/NJ is largely self-selection, not because the school does a poor job of marketing itself to other legal markets. I know of a Drexel grad who works as an ADA in one of the NYC DA's offices. Getting a job outside PA/NJ is certainly not unheard of. The Tom Kline money is really helping Drexel become an up and coming school in the area.
I also know of a First Amendment Ivy League law professor who graduated from Loyola L.A.
Now read your post again and try to understand why it's ridiculous. And then please take this Drexel cheerleading to someplace where it's relevant.
DCfilterDC wrote:This wasn't for summer employment.Manali wrote:Grades did not come out until January 2016. Screener was in October 2015.DCfilterDC wrote:You have much higher grades then you did at BC... seems to explain why you got a screenerManali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
So you had bad grades at BC, and they didn't know your grades yet at Drexel? A ton of 1Ls from random schools get PD summer positions, unfortunately few translate into actual employment.
ETA: I didn't get even a summer position with BC on my resume.Nebby wrote:The offer you're referring to, is it for the summer or postgraduate?Manali wrote:I'm not working at the Philly PD this summer.A. Nony Mouse wrote:But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
So externship during the school year?Manali wrote:Neither.Nebby wrote:The offer you're referring to, is it for the summer or postgraduate?Manali wrote:I'm not working at the Philly PD this summer.A. Nony Mouse wrote:But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
Is this some sort of riddle?Manali wrote:Neither.Nebby wrote:The offer you're referring to, is it for the summer or postgraduate?Manali wrote:I'm not working at the Philly PD this summer.A. Nony Mouse wrote:But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
Nebby wrote:So externship during the school year?Manali wrote:No.Nebby wrote:The offer you're referring to, is it for the summer or postgraduate?Manali wrote:I'm not working at the Philly PD this summer.A. Nony Mouse wrote:But that's not what you were applying for, right? You were applying for a post-grad job from EJW while at BC. And a summer student position while at Drexel.Manali wrote:Philly PD recruits at EJW for summer positions.A. Nony Mouse wrote:The criteria for hiring a student for an unpaid summer position are very different for hiring someone for a permanent post-grad position (which is what the EJW jobs usually are, right?).
Neither.