Harvard or (insert lower ranked school)?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:00 pm
Stop trying to create a dilemma where none exists and go to Harvard. Your needless equivocating is annoying.
Law School Discussion Forums
https://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/
https://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=296675
dang yo let these high achievers liveAnonymous User wrote:Stop trying to create a dilemma where none exists and go to Harvard. Your needless equivocating is annoying.
I assume this is probably dependent on the individual and some luck of the draw. Since I didn't go to HLS I can't comment on that aspect, but I can say that typically the top of the class at Penn still has a shot at firms like Wachtell, so being top at Penn certainly is a good outcome (just not sure how good relative to median at HYS).paradiselost9 wrote:any career paths where Penn w/law review is better than HLS at median? assuming equal loans at end of either 3L yr
Pretty sure people saw the question the first time?paradiselost9 wrote:paradiselost9 wrote:any career paths where Penn w/law review is better than H at median? assuming equal COA
if that’s the rule then obviously my question is misplaced. thanks for explaining why you aren’t going to answer instead of just not answering and leaving me in perpetual suspensenixy wrote:Yes, but my point is that no one is currently making the actual decision to transfer from Penn to Harvard, because of where we are in the school year, so it’s a question in a vacuum until someone is actually accepted to H as a transfer. And people aren’t supposed to ask about transfers here until they have at least one semester of grades back, because it’s entirely hypothetical till then. (Is the OP going to work less hard if they’re told that Penn with LR is absolutely sufficient for many career paths? That would be stupid.)
I actually did answer this earlier - you'll notice that I pointed out that being on LR at Penn will put you in an excellent position for almost all jobs because you will have excellent grades and probably have developed relationships with profs, and median at Harvard is unlikely to offer any additional benefits, but it will depend on what it is you actually want to do. And you have to actually be facing this situation so counting your chickens before they've hatched is a waste of time.paradiselost9 wrote:if that’s the rule then obviously my question is misplaced. thanks for explaining why you aren’t going to answer instead of just not answering and leaving me in perpetual suspensenixy wrote:Yes, but my point is that no one is currently making the actual decision to transfer from Penn to Harvard, because of where we are in the school year, so it’s a question in a vacuum until someone is actually accepted to H as a transfer. And people aren’t supposed to ask about transfers here until they have at least one semester of grades back, because it’s entirely hypothetical till then. (Is the OP going to work less hard if they’re told that Penn with LR is absolutely sufficient for many career paths? That would be stupid.)
It's not a "rule" per se, but it is good general practice. The regulars post on TLS because we like to help. But we don't enjoy wasting time/energy debating pure hypotheticals, because the hypotheticals may never happen in reality (and thus may never help anyone). It's kind of like standing doctrine - we prefer to only address actual cases & controversies.paradiselost9 wrote:if that’s the rule then obviously my question is misplaced. thanks for explaining why you aren’t going to answer instead of just not answering and leaving me in perpetual suspensenixy wrote:Yes, but my point is that no one is currently making the actual decision to transfer from Penn to Harvard, because of where we are in the school year, so it’s a question in a vacuum until someone is actually accepted to H as a transfer. And people aren’t supposed to ask about transfers here until they have at least one semester of grades back, because it’s entirely hypothetical till then. (Is the OP going to work less hard if they’re told that Penn with LR is absolutely sufficient for many career paths? That would be stupid.)
no. can't really say what variables would line up where i would transfer to another law schoolJohnnieSockran wrote:Now I just want to know what the situation is. Is paradiselost a 1L hoping to transfer to H next year?
noted. will try not to waste anyone's timeQContinuum wrote:It's not a "rule" per se, but it is good general practice. The regulars post on TLS because we like to help. But we don't enjoy wasting time/energy debating pure hypotheticals, because the hypotheticals may never happen in reality (and thus may never help anyone). It's kind of like standing doctrine - we prefer to only address actual cases & controversies.paradiselost9 wrote:if that’s the rule then obviously my question is misplaced. thanks for explaining why you aren’t going to answer instead of just not answering and leaving me in perpetual suspensenixy wrote:Yes, but my point is that no one is currently making the actual decision to transfer from Penn to Harvard, because of where we are in the school year, so it’s a question in a vacuum until someone is actually accepted to H as a transfer. And people aren’t supposed to ask about transfers here until they have at least one semester of grades back, because it’s entirely hypothetical till then. (Is the OP going to work less hard if they’re told that Penn with LR is absolutely sufficient for many career paths? That would be stupid.)
Idk how Penn does LR, but Top 15% w/LR from Penn will be better than HLS at median for almost any career path where there is a difference.paradiselost9 wrote:any career paths where Penn w/law review is better than HLS at median? assuming equal loans at end of either 3L yr