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Post by guynourmin » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:02 pm

amta wrote:
guybourdin wrote:
amta wrote:
jhc14 wrote:How many students roughly does that come out to be? Compared to the other rates
you can pull all the 509s and do the math.
won't you do it for me though
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13 at WashU
I was joking. thanks though.

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Post by jhc14 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:03 pm

guybourdin wrote:
amta wrote:
jhc14 wrote:How many students roughly does that come out to be? Compared to the other rates
you can pull all the 509s and do the math.
won't you do it for me though

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lmao I was more just making a point, going purely off of that graph might be misleading. If they are only at the top of the graph due to 5-10 students

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Post by amta » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:04 pm

jhc14 wrote: lmao I was more just making a point, going purely off of that graph might be misleading. If they are only at the top of the graph due to 5-10 students
i mean 5-10 students is still 5+% of your class, that still says something about how well you, as a school, retain your class.

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Post by jhc14 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:07 pm

amta wrote:
jhc14 wrote: lmao I was more just making a point, going purely off of that graph might be misleading. If they are only at the top of the graph due to 5-10 students
i mean 5-10 students is still 5+% of your class, that still says something about how well you, as a school, retain your class.
True. I'd imagine WashU lures some kids for the money, but they wanted to be T14 and realize after a year that theyre not willing to give that up.

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Post by Kopetz » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:09 pm

jhc14 wrote:
amta wrote:
jhc14 wrote: lmao I was more just making a point, going purely off of that graph might be misleading. If they are only at the top of the graph due to 5-10 students
i mean 5-10 students is still 5+% of your class, that still says something about how well you, as a school, retain your class.
True. I'd imagine WashU lures some kids for the money, but they wanted to be T14 and realize after a year that theyre not willing to give that up.
Yeah, I imagine a certain portion of WUSTL 1Ls are splitters with an axe to grind who believe they deserved better

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Post by amta » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:13 pm

jhc14 wrote:True. I'd imagine WashU lures some kids for the money, but they wanted to be T14 and realize after a year that theyre not willing to give that up.
i guess, but that sounds like a personal problem for those students, not really washu's fault.

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Post by jhc14 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:17 pm

amta wrote:
jhc14 wrote:True. I'd imagine WashU lures some kids for the money, but they wanted to be T14 and realize after a year that theyre not willing to give that up.
i guess, but that sounds like a personal problem for those students, not really washu's fault.
That's what I'm saying though. It's hard to tell what's actually indicative of WashU's quality as a school, and what's a result of their awkward in-between ranking and geographical location.

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Post by amta » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:20 pm

jhc14 wrote: That's what I'm saying though. It's hard to tell what's actually indicative of WashU's quality as a school, and what's a result of their awkward in-between ranking and geographical location.
it's a quality school with a beautiful campus, that has some big names on the faculty, and has put 75% of their class into jobs, 30% of those being BIGLAW. also i liked everyone i met at ASW.

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Post by somedeadman » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:50 pm

amta wrote:
jhc14 wrote: That's what I'm saying though. It's hard to tell what's actually indicative of WashU's quality as a school, and what's a result of their awkward in-between ranking and geographical location.
it's a quality school with a beautiful campus, that has some big names on the faculty, and has put 75% of their class into jobs, 30% of those being BIGLAW. also i liked everyone i met at ASW.
And rumor has it that number is closer to 40^ now...

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Post by njdevils327 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:53 pm

njdevils327 wrote:When you're deciding between UCLA for less money and Wash U for more money, those stats really do make you think.
By the way, by this I mean, WashU will cost me less than UCLA but I'm not sure now what to do considering those transfer stats

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Post by guynourmin » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:00 pm

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njdevils327 wrote:When you're deciding between UCLA for less money and Wash U for more money, those stats really do make you think.
By the way, by this I mean, WashU will cost me less than UCLA but I'm not sure now what to do considering those transfer stats
what is concerning about those transfer stats? their 509 says 13 people transferred out last year. It doesn't seem like a huge deal to me.

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Post by jhc14 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:06 pm

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njdevils327 wrote:When you're deciding between UCLA for less money and Wash U for more money, those stats really do make you think.
By the way, by this I mean, WashU will cost me less than UCLA but I'm not sure now what to do considering those transfer stats
I think those stats don't really matter, except as a warning not to go solely for the money if that's not enough for you.

Also, it's worth noting how cheap St Louis is to live in. You will have a lot less financial stress during those three years.

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Post by amta » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:13 pm

njdevils327 wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:When you're deciding between UCLA for less money and Wash U for more money, those stats really do make you think.
By the way, by this I mean, WashU will cost me less than UCLA but I'm not sure now what to do considering those transfer stats
1) its definitely no secret that WashU has a rep for having students gun to transfer out. 2) that transfer rate is down like 10% from where it was a few years ago. 3) i got the sense from actually speaking with students that WashU is a very friendly environment these days. 4) what a weird thing to factor into your decision.

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Post by Kopetz » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:14 pm

amta wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:When you're deciding between UCLA for less money and Wash U for more money, those stats really do make you think.
By the way, by this I mean, WashU will cost me less than UCLA but I'm not sure now what to do considering those transfer stats
1) its definitely no secret that WashU has a rep for having students gun to transfer out. 2) that transfer rate is down like 10% from where it was a few years ago. 3) i got the sense from actually speaking with students that WashU is a very friendly environment these days. 4) what a weird thing to factor into your decision.
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Post by njdevils327 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:27 pm

No yeah, I appreciate all that info and yeah I get that. It's just worrying me because I think UCLA is a great school too and I'm trying to decide whether I love it enough and it's a good enough school to justify 70,000-100000 more in total cost of attendance than Wash U. So when you see things that are a bit worrisome about people potentially being unhappy about their choice you have to at least think about it.

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Post by njdevils327 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:27 pm

Kopetz wrote:
amta wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:When you're deciding between UCLA for less money and Wash U for more money, those stats really do make you think.
By the way, by this I mean, WashU will cost me less than UCLA but I'm not sure now what to do considering those transfer stats
1) its definitely no secret that WashU has a rep for having students gun to transfer out. 2) that transfer rate is down like 10% from where it was a few years ago. 3) i got the sense from actually speaking with students that WashU is a very friendly environment these days. 4) what a weird thing to factor into your decision.
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Post by Kopetz » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:29 pm

njdevils327 wrote:
Kopetz wrote:
amta wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:When you're deciding between UCLA for less money and Wash U for more money, those stats really do make you think.
By the way, by this I mean, WashU will cost me less than UCLA but I'm not sure now what to do considering those transfer stats
1) its definitely no secret that WashU has a rep for having students gun to transfer out. 2) that transfer rate is down like 10% from where it was a few years ago. 3) i got the sense from actually speaking with students that WashU is a very friendly environment these days. 4) what a weird thing to factor into your decision.
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Post by chargers21 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:41 pm

njdevils327 wrote:No yeah, I appreciate all that info and yeah I get that. It's just worrying me because I think UCLA is a great school too and I'm trying to decide whether I love it enough and it's a good enough school to justify 70,000-100000 more in total cost of attendance than Wash U. So when you see things that are a bit worrisome about people potentially being unhappy about their choice you have to at least think about it.
it really boils down to location preferences and how much they are worth to you. Also, USC is fairly generous compared to UCLA in case you applied there as well

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Post by njdevils327 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:59 pm

chargers21 wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:No yeah, I appreciate all that info and yeah I get that. It's just worrying me because I think UCLA is a great school too and I'm trying to decide whether I love it enough and it's a good enough school to justify 70,000-100000 more in total cost of attendance than Wash U. So when you see things that are a bit worrisome about people potentially being unhappy about their choice you have to at least think about it.
it really boils down to location preferences and how much they are worth to you. Also, USC is fairly generous compared to UCLA in case you applied there as well
Weirdly... USC waitlisted me

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njdevils327 wrote:
chargers21 wrote:
njdevils327 wrote:No yeah, I appreciate all that info and yeah I get that. It's just worrying me because I think UCLA is a great school too and I'm trying to decide whether I love it enough and it's a good enough school to justify 70,000-100000 more in total cost of attendance than Wash U. So when you see things that are a bit worrisome about people potentially being unhappy about their choice you have to at least think about it.
it really boils down to location preferences and how much they are worth to you. Also, USC is fairly generous compared to UCLA in case you applied there as well
Weirdly... USC waitlisted me
It did the same with me, and I also got in at UCLA.

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Post by bitter_melon » Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:04 pm

I really want to go to WashU but I'm hardcore getting cold feet :(

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Post by chargers21 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:06 pm

well shoot. WashU placed me on hold and I got into a t6 so I guess everything is a crapshoot. I didn't even apply to UCLA because I thought the money was bad there

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Post by jhc14 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:11 pm

bitter_melon wrote:I really want to go to WashU but I'm hardcore getting cold feet :(
why?

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Post by bitter_melon » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:13 pm

jhc14 wrote:
bitter_melon wrote:I really want to go to WashU but I'm hardcore getting cold feet :(
why?
Don't know if I want to live in St. Louis, don't know how easy it would be to come back to the east coast, would miss my life here, would miss my hobbies here, think DC might be a better environment for me, etc

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Post by jhc14 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:14 pm

bitter_melon wrote:
jhc14 wrote:
bitter_melon wrote:I really want to go to WashU but I'm hardcore getting cold feet :(
why?
Don't know if I want to live in St. Louis, don't know how easy it would be to come back to the east coast, would miss my life here, would miss my hobbies here, think DC might be a better environment for me, etc
Those are all valid concerns. Do you have a better option?

Edit: visiting the school helped me a lot

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