Harvard Student(s) Answering Your Questions Forum

[guppiesbaby]

Hi all! Way back in this or another HLS thread, I saw people talking about getting access to the Harvard gyms before school starts/before getting a HUID.

I emailed the membership guy for H gyms and he nixed this, said I had to wait to get my HUID.

Any crafty ways of getting around this, etc.? Getting to Cambridge in July and would love to get my gym on...

Thanks!

You should have your HUID number by then. That's all I needed to get in the gym before I got my ID.

Thanks!!

[theventriloquist]

Do u know about the JD/MBA program? Is their an admission advantage in that program? People here have said I have a shot at harvard law, but not the business school. I want to get in the business school so would applying for the duel program be good? Thank you for all your help!

Being a 1L at HLS is a small boost to admission at HBS, but, well, only a small boost. If you're not likely to get into HBS as is, you're probably not all that much more likely if you're at HLS.

Also, do u think that JD/MBA would be good job-wise? I'd like to work in IB, but I can't get into the business school. I imagine that JD/MBA would be good to open doors in the top place.

This is not something I know a lot about, but if you want to work in IB, I don't think that the JD does you any good. Just get an MBA.

But also, how do you know you want to work in IB? It sounds like you have no education or work experience even tangentially related to that.

I have not taken GMAt but I took MCAT (for medical school, harder than GMAT) and got in the upper 99 percentile.

If you got far enough along as a pre-med that you did that well on the MCAT, why are you not going to medical school? You must have put years into it and gotten right to the point where you could do it and then backed off....

Also, do u know if the GMAT has strong influence in MBA admission? I am good at standarized tests, even since high school, so I wonder if a good score would compensate for poor grades and lack of business experience at the business school?

A bad GMAT score keeps you out. A good GMAT score doesn't necessarily get you in. You still need all the other things that they're looking for.

Thanks for the advice and help. I think a T6 JD/MBA or JD alone would open more doors than an MBA from a low ranking MBA program. I'm interested in restructuring.

[theventriloquist]

Also, do u think that JD/MBA would be good job-wise? I'd like to work in IB, but I can't get into the business school. I imagine that JD/MBA would be good to open doors in the top place.

This is not something I know a lot about, but if you want to work in IB, I don't think that the JD does you any good. Just get an MBA.

I agree the JD in a JD/MBA doesn't add much for IB. But, you can definitely get IB for 2L summer or full-time with just a JD if you put a bit of effort into it.

Thaks for that. Even w/out any formal experience in finance or IB? Thank you

[theventriloquist]

Also, I have heard HSL and other T6 schools have good courses in business that law students can take. Are the business courses at HSL very quantitive? And would, say, IB/PE firms consider those courses? (I want to break into IB through law school. As I don't have the stats for a M10, but have a chance at T6). Thank you again for all your hlep.

[radio1nowhere]

Also, I have heard HSL and other T6 schools have good courses in business that law students can take. Are the business courses at HSL very quantitive? And would, say, IB/PE firms consider those courses? (I want to break into IB through law school. As I don't have the stats for a M10, but have a chance at T6). Thank you again for all your hlep.

Bro, you have posts from earlier this week about how your experience with cancer made you want to go to law school to do bio research..? Leaving aside this and the whole issue that going to law school to "break into IB" makes no sense, you're very unlikely to get into HLS anyway with your 2.9 UGPA and — quite honestly — relatively poor command of English. There's no chance of you getting into HBS with zero business/industry experience and those grades. Take the advice of the people who replied to your "What are my chances?" post; you're not going to help yourself fishing for answers you like more in other threads.

[theventriloquist]

Also, I have heard HSL and other T6 schools have good courses in business that law students can take. Are the business courses at HSL very quantitive? And would, say, IB/PE firms consider those courses? (I want to break into IB through law school. As I don't have the stats for a M10, but have a chance at T6). Thank you again for all your hlep.

Bro, you have posts from earlier this week about how your experience with cancer made you want to go to law school to do bio research..? Leaving aside this and the whole issue that going to law school to "break into IB" makes no sense, you're very unlikely to get into HLS anyway with your 2.9 UGPA and — quite honestly — relatively poor command of English. There's no chance of you getting into HBS with zero business/industry experience and those grades. Take the advice of the people who replied to your "What are my chances?" post; you're not going to help yourself fishing for answers you like more in other threads.

I did, they said I have a shot at T6 ok? I was asking a general question about the finance and businesses courses at law schools. So what is the problem?

[radio1nowhere]

Also, I have heard HSL and other T6 schools have good courses in business that law students can take. Are the business courses at HSL very quantitive? And would, say, IB/PE firms consider those courses? (I want to break into IB through law school. As I don't have the stats for a M10, but have a chance at T6). Thank you again for all your hlep.

Bro, you have posts from earlier this week about how your experience with cancer made you want to go to law school to do bio research..? Leaving aside this and the whole issue that going to law school to "break into IB" makes no sense, you're very unlikely to get into HLS anyway with your 2.9 UGPA and — quite honestly — relatively poor command of English. There's no chance of you getting into HBS with zero business/industry experience and those grades. Take the advice of the people who replied to your "What are my chances?" post; you're not going to help yourself fishing for answers you like more in other threads.

I did, they said I have a shot at T6 ok? I was asking a general question about the finance and businesses courses at law schools. So what is the problem?

My post wasn't in response to that specifically, but rather in response to the numerous posts you've been spamming across a bunch of threads (though not the post where you ask whether women at BC are "easy to fuck"). But to answer your question: No, of course law school business courses don't give you heavy quant. They're law school courses.

[tangers91]

Hey all. I just received my timeslot for room selection on May 9th (1st day of selection for incoming JDs) and it is the very last time on that day (21:00). In your opinion, how releastic do you think it is that a room in North will be available? Thanks in advance!

[neptunian]

To piggyback off the previous question, I got a 19:00 slot. Should I expect to get a not so ideal type I room in Gropius? Will we get the floorplan before the room pick?

[tomwatts]

Vaguely remembering from a few years back... I think that a few rooms in North and a fair number of Type I and II rooms in Gropius were available as of fairly late in the selection process. I think singles in Hastings (the really expensive kind) were also still available. Not much else was. The larger rooms in Gropius (Type III and up) tend to go pretty early.

You have access to floorplans now, I think. Google hls gropius and you get a page with a link to floorplans.

[tangers91]

Vaguely remembering from a few years back... I think that a few rooms in North and a fair number of Type I and II rooms in Gropius were available as of fairly late in the selection process. I think singles in Hastings (the really expensive kind) were also still available. Not much else was. The larger rooms in Gropius (Type III and up) tend to go pretty early.

You have access to floorplans now, I think. Google hls gropius and you get a page with a link to floorplans.

Good to hear, and thanks for the input. I'm a pretty big guy so I think Gropius I and II is just out of the question, so fingers crossed for Hastings or North.

[xn3345]

Would any Harvard students, preferably someone that went straight through from undergrad as I will be, be willing to talk to me on the phone? I'm on Harvard's waitlist and currently committed to Chicago. If I get an offer, I'll have to decide in 24 hours. I haven't been able to talk to any Harvard students, so some negative stereotypes have a huge influence on how I imagine life at HLS. I spent nearly three full days at Chicago's ASW. That dispelled all of the stereotypes I had heard about Chicago. If someone would be willing to talk to me about their experience at HLS for a while, I would be so grateful. I'm operating on so little concrete information. It would be such a relief to have the perspective of someone actually spending time there. If you're feeling extremely generous or want to procrastinate, send me a PM. It would mean a lot.

[taxman14]

WHen do we get our schedules?

[Pneumonia]

WHen do we get our schedules?

As I remember it, sometime in early- to mid- August.

[taxman14]

WHen do we get our schedules?

As I remember it, sometime in early- to mid- August.

thx!

[ThrowawayPanda11]

According to http://hls.harvard.edu/dept/dos/housing ... s-complex/ the listed gender designations for gropius were last updated August 2015... Have any of the floor/bathroom gender designations for gropius have changed since then? Thanks!

[EnderWiggin]

WHen do we get our schedules?

For the 1Ls this year it was August 10th

[lawlorbust]

WE DODGED A BULLET

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... etown.html

[polareagle]

According to http://hls.harvard.edu/dept/dos/housing ... s-complex/ the listed gender designations for gropius were last updated August 2015... Have any of the floor/bathroom gender designations for gropius have changed since then? Thanks!

No. They put that language there because August 2015 was the first time they were updated since . . . I don't know, whenever the law school went coed.

Post-2015, the Gropius floor plans online used to have the bathrooms listed incorrectly (because they were image files that were hard to update). I don't know if they've corrected them now. (That part of the website is closed down to alumni.)

There was talk at one point about making all/most of the bathrooms gender neutral, but they would definitely have announced that prior to you selecting rooms.

[Joscellin]

WE DODGED A BULLET

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... etown.html

I honest to god feel really bad for her.

Can you imagine being a 1L and knowing that your first coldcall flub is likely to get plastered all over the news (or at least ATL)?

I mean, she's obviously got more to deal with than just that, but damn...

[theventriloquist]

Hey, does anyone know, what percent of students from HLS go into non-law carrears, by choice? Like, not the ones who can't get a law job, but the ones who choose a non-law job like Finance or consulting? Thanks

[tomwatts]

Hey, does anyone know, what percent of students from HLS go into non-law carrears, by choice? Like, not the ones who can't get a law job, but the ones who choose a non-law job like Finance or consulting? Thanks

I quickly Googled and came up with recent employment data showing that the class of 2016, 10 months out, had about 5% of people (29 out of 588) employed in "Business & Industry." In a different portion of the data, 34 grads were in "JD Advantage" jobs (i.e., jobs that the employer would prefer to fill with someone who has a law degree but the job doesn't specifically require a lawyer) and 3 were in "Professional Position" (which I gather means that they don't care whether you're a lawyer or not). I would assume that anyone going into finance/consulting would be in the "Professional Position" category — but I'm surprised it's as low as 3 people. I would've expected higher.

I personally knew four people who were going into non-law jobs (spread out across several class years). One was going into consulting. Of the other three, the jobs they said they were getting were: high school teacher, software engineer, and — well, I don't actually know what he meant, but he said he was going to play video games for a living, and he got a job at Blizzard.

And I knew a lot of people going into policy jobs, but I consider those essentially law jobs even if they're not exactly "the practice of law" per se.

[lawlorbust]

Hey, does anyone know, what percent of students from HLS go into non-law carrears, by choice? Like, not the ones who can't get a law job, but the ones who choose a non-law job like Finance or consulting? Thanks

I quickly Googled and came up with recent employment data showing that the class of 2016, 10 months out, had about 5% of people (29 out of 588) employed in "Business & Industry." In a different portion of the data, 34 grads were in "JD Advantage" jobs (i.e., jobs that the employer would prefer to fill with someone who has a law degree but the job doesn't specifically require a lawyer) and 3 were in "Professional Position" (which I gather means that they don't care whether you're a lawyer or not). I would assume that anyone going into finance/consulting would be in the "Professional Position" category — but I'm surprised it's as low as 3 people. I would've expected higher.

I personally knew four people who were going into non-law jobs (spread out across several class years). One was going into consulting. Of the other three, the jobs they said they were getting were: high school teacher, software engineer, and — well, I don't actually know what he meant, but he said he was going to play video games for a living, and he got a job at Blizzard.

And I knew a lot of people going into policy jobs, but I consider those essentially law jobs even if they're not exactly "the practice of law" per se.

I'm pretty sure MBB/banking are categorized as "JD advantage" positions. That said, 34 is shockingly high (even if before you subtract out the JD/MBAs), compared to my baseline expectations of what that number would be.

[nothingtosee]

Hey, does anyone know, what percent of students from HLS go into non-law carrears, by choice? Like, not the ones who can't get a law job, but the ones who choose a non-law job like Finance or consulting? Thanks

I quickly Googled and came up with recent employment data showing that the class of 2016, 10 months out, had about 5% of people (29 out of 588) employed in "Business & Industry." In a different portion of the data, 34 grads were in "JD Advantage" jobs (i.e., jobs that the employer would prefer to fill with someone who has a law degree but the job doesn't specifically require a lawyer) and 3 were in "Professional Position" (which I gather means that they don't care whether you're a lawyer or not). I would assume that anyone going into finance/consulting would be in the "Professional Position" category — but I'm surprised it's as low as 3 people. I would've expected higher.

I personally knew four people who were going into non-law jobs (spread out across several class years). One was going into consulting. Of the other three, the jobs they said they were getting were: high school teacher, software engineer, and — well, I don't actually know what he meant, but he said he was going to play video games for a living, and he got a job at Blizzard.

And I knew a lot of people going into policy jobs, but I consider those essentially law jobs even if they're not exactly "the practice of law" per se.

I'm pretty sure MBB/banking are categorized as "JD advantage" positions. That said, 34 is shockingly high (even if before you subtract out the JD/MBAs), compared to my baseline expectations of what that number would be.

I mean, we graduate like 600 students per year.

[theventriloquist]

Hey, does anyone know, what percent of students from HLS go into non-law carrears, by choice? Like, not the ones who can't get a law job, but the ones who choose a non-law job like Finance or consulting? Thanks

I quickly Googled and came up with recent employment data showing that the class of 2016, 10 months out, had about 5% of people (29 out of 588) employed in "Business & Industry." In a different portion of the data, 34 grads were in "JD Advantage" jobs (i.e., jobs that the employer would prefer to fill with someone who has a law degree but the job doesn't specifically require a lawyer) and 3 were in "Professional Position" (which I gather means that they don't care whether you're a lawyer or not). I would assume that anyone going into finance/consulting would be in the "Professional Position" category — but I'm surprised it's as low as 3 people. I would've expected higher.

I personally knew four people who were going into non-law jobs (spread out across several class years). One was going into consulting. Of the other three, the jobs they said they were getting were: high school teacher, software engineer, and — well, I don't actually know what he meant, but he said he was going to play video games for a living, and he got a job at Blizzard.

And I knew a lot of people going into policy jobs, but I consider those essentially law jobs even if they're not exactly "the practice of law" per se.

Thanks for that info.