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Anonymous wrote:generally speaking, if you think you might end up living and working somewhere else, I'd advise going to a shitty national type state school over a decent regional school. That means I prefer schools like WVU, NC State and Ole Miss over places like VCU, ODU and UMBC. If you apply in San Diego, at least they will have heard of where you went to school.

DW went to NC State, wonder what she'll think of this assessment.....

NC State is not a shitty national school? of course it is. just like FSU, WVU, Louisville, etc. no shame in that.

In terms of reputation sure, but you can get a good education at any of these if you want to.

NONE of these schools are shitty. There are some state schools that are but these particular schools aren't. You folks are crazy and probably have kids who haven't applied to college yet so you are all still living at Lake Wobegon.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a biglaw partner and see hundreds of resumes at a time. Law school, law school grades, work experience and writing sample are most important. Undergrad, not so much.

But a person has a tough time going from a mediocre state school to a top grad school. Top law schools have many more applicants than spaces. the is s study about this in the NYT.

Here are the entering class profiles for Yale and Harvard Law Schools - I'm seeing several "mediocre" colleges
http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profile.htm
http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/apply/undergrads.html

No one from W&M at Harvard? Oh no!

I did not see any mediocre schools on that list, but OK.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a biglaw partner and see hundreds of resumes at a time. Law school, law school grades, work experience and writing sample are most important. Undergrad, not so much.

But a person has a tough time going from a mediocre state school to a top grad school. Top law schools have many more applicants than spaces. the is s study about this in the NYT.

Here are the entering class profiles for Yale and Harvard Law Schools - I'm seeing several "mediocre" colleges
http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profile.htm
http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/apply/undergrads.html

No one from W&M at Harvard? Oh no!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a biglaw partner and see hundreds of resumes at a time. Law school, law school grades, work experience and writing sample are most important. Undergrad, not so much.

But a person has a tough time going from a mediocre state school to a top grad school. Top law schools have many more applicants than spaces. the is s study about this in the NYT.

Here are the entering class profiles for Yale and Harvard Law Schools - I'm seeing several "mediocre" colleges
http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profile.htm
http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/apply/undergrads.html

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a biglaw partner and see hundreds of resumes at a time. Law school, law school grades, work experience and writing sample are most important. Undergrad, not so much.

But a person has a tough time going from a mediocre state school to a top grad school. Top law schools have many more applicants than spaces. the is s study about this in the NYT.

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It’s a very good post. But I’m paying the bills. So, you know, I get to have some say in the process.

(now many of those schools are just not worth going to, fit or no fit. )

You sound exactly like the type of dick the PP was describing.

Thanks. Higher standards perhaps. Wouldn’t pay a dime for some of those schools. And DC agrees BTW

Anonymous wrote:I'm a biglaw partner and see hundreds of resumes at a time. Law school, law school grades, work experience and writing sample are most important. Undergrad, not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:

It’s a very good post. But I’m paying the bills. So, you know, I get to have some say in the process.

(now many of those schools are just not worth going to, fit or no fit. )

You sound exactly like the type of dick the PP was describing.

Anonymous wrote:

It’s a very good post. But I’m paying the bills. So, you know, I get to have some say in the process.

(now many of those schools are just not worth going to, fit or no fit. )

Anonymous wrote:I stumbled across this post just casually researching schools. I am a senior in high school. According to this website you are all "moms and dads". Let me just say that I would not like to meet the children most of you have raised. You are petty, arguing over silly things about these schools. The students who choose these schools are usually not looking past the 4 years they'll be there to when they're employed. That's not how the high school counselors encourage us to think. We're supposed to figure out what school will provide the best fit and the right opportunities for us. For the majority of students choosing a college is not about the school's reputation but a combination of where we can get in and what we want. The "best" Virginia schools, UVA and W&M, are incredibly difficult to get into. I go to a Fairfax County high school and have seen our school's statistics from my counselor. If you don't have over a 4.0 and are not a minority you have to have something very special to get in to those schools. Therefore many students simply cannot get in. Transferring is always an option but many, including myself, see it as inconvenient...a final choice if nothing else is available. Schools like CNU, VCU, GMU, UMW, and Longwood offer great opportunities to students who didn't take all AP classes and have potential. If you really want to go on to be successful you can go to a "higher quality" grad school afterwards. Admittedly, I have less respect for schools like Radford and WVU simply because I have less respect for the people I know seriously applying/attending those schools. Basically, I hope you're all much kinder to your children when they go through the college process than you are on this website. Every school provides opportunities to students that are willing to look for them and everyone has somewhere that is the right fit for them, even if it's not a top 50 nationally ranked school or whatever statistic you prefer to cite.

Just trying to pull all of you down to a student's perspective.

Anonymous wrote:I stumbled across this post just casually researching schools. I am a senior in high school. According to this website you are all "moms and dads". Let me just say that I would not like to meet the children most of you have raised. You are petty, arguing over silly things about these schools. The students who choose these schools are usually not looking past the 4 years they'll be there to when they're employed. That's not how the high school counselors encourage us to think. We're supposed to figure out what school will provide the best fit and the right opportunities for us. For the majority of students choosing a college is not about the school's reputation but a combination of where we can get in and what we want. The "best" Virginia schools, UVA and W&M, are incredibly difficult to get into. I go to a Fairfax County high school and have seen our school's statistics from my counselor. If you don't have over a 4.0 and are not a minority you have to have something very special to get in to those schools. Therefore many students simply cannot get in. Transferring is always an option but many, including myself, see it as inconvenient...a final choice if nothing else is available. Schools like CNU, VCU, GMU, UMW, and Longwood offer great opportunities to students who didn't take all AP classes and have potential. If you really want to go on to be successful you can go to a "higher quality" grad school afterwards. Admittedly, I have less respect for schools like Radford and WVU simply because I have less respect for the people I know seriously applying/attending those schools. Basically, I hope you're all much kinder to your children when they go through the college process than you are on this website. Every school provides opportunities to students that are willing to look for them and everyone has somewhere that is the right fit for them, even if it's not a top 50 nationally ranked school or whatever statistic you prefer to cite.

Just trying to pull all of you down to a student's perspective. [/quote

It’s a very good post. But I’m paying the bills. So, you know, I get to have some say in the process.

(now many of those schools are just not worth going to, fit or no fit. )